Infrastructure

Overheard at last year’s Most Interesting awards in Derby was this brief snippet of conversation: “Really?”… “That’s an intriguing concept.” Perhaps this would have been lost in the general hubbub of networking going on but for the obvious height- of-eyebrow-raising on the “Really?”, the splutter on the gin-and-tonic and the narrowing of the eyes accompanying […]

Anyone who has walked barefoot into a child’s room late at night will probably hate Lego bricks. That aside, Lego has got to be one of the best toys ever developed. It’s an open system with which you can build whatever you want. Lego took the simple wooden cube and turned it into a building […]

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Phillip Hammond, presented his Autumn Statement to Parliament on November 23. The former Secretary of State for Transport (May 2010 – October 2011) spoke of forecasts for growth (2.1 per cent in 2016, reducing to...

Glasgow’s much-anticipated rail link with the city’s airport could be back on after a stop-start-stop history. The Glasgow Airport Rail Link (GARL), intended to link Glasgow city centre with the local airport and to be in operation by 2013, was...

The State of Victoria has signed a $2 billion contract with the Evolution Rail consortium for 65 High Capacity Metro Trains. The new fleet will be used on the Cranbourne Pakenham line before becoming the dedicated fleet between Pakenham and Sunbury through the...

Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail) may have to close the majority of its rail network if no extra government funding is forthcoming over the next few years. In their Rail Review 2016 Report, Irish Rail and the National Transport Authority said...

John Holland has been awarded a contract worth almost $600 million to extend the South Morang line to Mernda, north of Melbourne. The long-awaited Mernda Rail Extension includes eight kilometres of new railway between South Morang station and Mernda. As well as...

A $518 million upgrade of the Ballarat Line is to be headed by the same body which is overseeing the construction of Melbourne's Metro Tunnel project. The Melbourne Metro Rail Authority (MMRA) has been appointed to deliver the project, which...

Track laying has begun a new 60-kilometre double-track rail link between Copenhagen and Ringsted - what will become Denmark's first high-speed railway. A launch ceremony was held at a construction site in Ringsted on October 28. The full 60-kilometre line...

The UK government is deferring several electrification projects along the Great Western route, believing the money will benefit passengers more spent elsewhere. The decision has been taken following a review conducted by Network Rail chairman Sir Peter Hendy last year. Rail minister...