Rail Projects

The first four of eight rolling stock projects have been awarded funding as part of the 'Radical Train' competition. The contest, which was launched by the Railway Safety Standards Board's (RSSB) Enabling Innovation Team (EIT) earlier in the year, invited...

The HS2 Hybrid Bill, described as project's planning application, has been published by the Department for Transport (DfT). If the bill's passage through Parliament goes smoothly, construction of the line between London and Birmingham could begin between 2016 an 2017. The...

The High Speed Rail Preparation (paving) Act has received Royal Assent, allowing construction design work to begin on HS2. The Act, which MPs voted 350 to 34 in favour of at its third reading last month, gives HS2 the green...

A political delegation including Danny Alexander and Lord Deighton has toured Crossrail's first completed rail tunnel between Royal Oak and Farringdon. Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander, Infrastructure Minister Lord Deighton and Deputy Mayor for Transport Isabel Dedring became...

Martin Barlow, Carillion’s Senior Construction Manager on the Canal Tunnels project at Thameslink has praised the work of young apprentices Ashley Edwards, 18, Jason Platford, 17 and Jake Caddie, 17. ‘The most important quality I look for in trainees is good time keeping and taking a real interest in what you are doing – and [...]

A public inquiry has been launched into Transport for London's (TfL) proposed Northern Line extension to Battersea. TfL has said that work could begin on a new line west of Kennington to Battersea via Nine Elms as soon as 2015...

Ground has been broken on one of the two new depots that will house rescue and maintenance vehicles for the Gotthard Base Tunnel. In the event of a fire in the tunnel, emergency rescue trains will be dispatched from sites...

A new energy-efficient 'EcoTram' is undergoing live testing along the streets of Vienna. The Siemens-built light rail vehicle (LRV), which will operate on Line 62 until the end of May next year, has been fitted with several potentially revolutionary prototype...

Balfour Beatty, Laing O'Rourke Construction Limited, Morgan Sindall and VINCI Construction UK have been shortlisted for a £75 million contract to fit-out Woolwich station. As well as the station, the contract covers the fit-out of both portals at North Woolwich...

The EU has confirmed that it will offer up €11.5 million to co-finance electrification works on the final section of the Copenhagen-Esbjerg line. Funding will be delivered as part of the TEN-T project, an EU initiative designed to develop a...