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Balfour Beatty Vinci’s (BBV’s) construction of High Speed 2’s (HS2’s) 700m long Burton “green tunnel” in Warwickshire has reached the halfway point.

Euston station is “no longer in a fit condition” according to the minister responsible for the railways, Lord Hendy.

East West Railway Company (EWR Co) has released fresh consultation documents that detail updated proposals for engineering works to construct the East West Rail (EWR) line between Oxford and Cambridge.

The new state-owned UK rail operator Great British Railways (GBR) will be fully operational by late 2026 “at the earliest” due to the scale and complexity of the required reforms, transport secretary Louise Haigh has said.

A consortium comprising Mott MacDonald and Jacobs has been named as the design development partner by the West Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA) for the next phase of the £2.5bn West Yorkshire Mass Transit programme.

Network Rail has awarded a £22M contract to Morgan Sindall Infrastructure to revitalise the historic trainshed roof at London Liverpool Street station.

The annual electricity bill for Network Rail’s operations, including to power trains, has more than doubled in the last two years from £379M in 2021/2022 to £885M in 2023/2024.

High Speed 2 (HS2) spending more than £100M on a “bat shed” is just the “tip of the iceberg” of the project’s mismanagement, according to transport secretary Louise Haigh.

The West Midlands Metro is set to expand further into the Black Country, with construction commencing in January following recent government approval.

A “bat shed” intended to stop the creatures from flying near High Speed 2 (HS2) railway tracks between ancient woodlands in Buckinghamshire will cost “more than £100M” to build, the project’s chair Jon Thompson has revealed.