Engineers from Network Rail and Story Contracting have commenced an intensive 10-day programme to install a new 5,000t bridge on the West Coast Main Line (WCML) at Ravenscraig in North Lanarkshire, which is believed to be one of the largest bridge moves of its kind in Europe.
The £16.9M project, being…
High Speed 2 (Hs2) has seen successive aspects chopped from the programme, rephasing of timescales and ballooning budgets over the past decade. However the rump of the original HS2 programme now faces the prospect of seeing key parts paused for up to two years under plans to review costs. NCE…
There is a strong case for a new railway station in the Wiltshire town of Devizes as part of a wider rail improvement programme in the county, but not for a standalone station, a feasibility study has determined.
The study was carried out by Wiltshire Council, Devizes Development Partnerhsip (DDP) and…
The German government has released a modernisation programme that will aim to invest up to £40bn (€45bn) into the nation’s railways over the next four years.
A 16-page coalition agreement outlines a “modernisation package for climate protection and planning acceleration” and includes the major commitment to rail investment. The agreement states…
A disused railway in County Durham, which includes the world’s first iron railway bridge designed by George Stephenson, is to be converted into a cycling and walking route.
The 19km long former Stockton and Darlington Railway, also the world's first public railway to use steam locomotives, will be converted into an…
An audience gathered underground this week to witness the first breakthrough of a running tunnel on the £13.2bn Brenner Base Tunnel project, which will deliver a new rail link between Austria and Italy.
The major milestone on the megaproject was delivered by the Partecipazione Italia JV – formed by Webuild, Ghella…
High Speed 2 (HS2) Ltd and the Department for Transport (DfT) face a dilemma over whether to press ahead with construction of a 7km tunnel linking Old Oak Common with Euston later this year after the station project itself was put on pause earlier this month.
The £1.2bn tunnel is due to…
Transport for Wales (TfW) has announced the cost for its project to electrify and convert the Core Valley Lines into the South Wales Metro has risen by a third to £1bn.
Originally costed at £750M, the scheme will electrify the Aberdare, Merthyr, Rhymney and Treherbert lines into Cardiff and further upgrade…
The New Zealand government has unveiled five options for the proposed Auckland Harbour crossing.
The Waitematā Harbour crossing could cost between $NZ15bn (£7.5bn) and $NZ25bn (£12.6bn) depending on which option is chosen and includes options for road and rail tunnels and re-use of existing infrastructure. New Zealand transport minister Michael Wood…
Refurbishment of the Clyde Viaduct between Rutherglen and Dalmarnock has been completed by Story in a £4.7M improvement project for Network Rail.
The contractor undertook essential work to install 300m of new track and 1100m2 of waterproofing system for the structure which carries services between Glasgow and Lanark, Larkhall and Motherwell.…
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