Engineers are set to undertake an intensive round-the-clock schedule for 16 weeks from January 2025 as part of the £140M project to electrify and upgrade the railway between East Kilbride and Glasgow.
Network Rail and VolkerFitzpatrick have successfully completed the installation of 800 soil nails up to 25m long for landslide prevention at the Fareham cutting site in south east Hampshire.
The mood in the UK rail supply sector remains low, with the majority (83%) of business leaders expecting a hiatus in work and almost half (48%) expecting the industry to shrink.
The Department for Transport (DfT) spent £43M on Restoring Your Railway projects that face an uncertain future following chancellor Rachel Reeves’ cancellation of the programme, NCE can reveal.
Staff satisfaction at High Speed 2 (HS2) has dropped from 73% in 2022/2023 to 60% in 2023/2024, following the cancellation of the high speed line north of Birmingham.
One of the trains involved in the collision that killed one person in mid-Wales last month had a faulty wheel slide protection system, the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) has found.
Network Rail has announced a new redevelopment initiative for London Liverpool Street, following the backlash to the original plans put forward in May 2023.
High Speed 2 (HS2) contractor EKFB (Eiffage, Kier, Ferrovial, Bam) has opened a new overbridge to carry the A418 over the future high speed rail line in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire.
Transport infrastructure benefits are often considered purely in terms of moving people from one place to another. The reality, however, is far more complex, especially when it comes to permanent physical infrastructure, which offers important but intangible benefits such as driving investment into an area. Yet government guidelines for assessing…
A report put together by AtkinsRéalis for Ireland’s National Transport Authority (NTA) has concluded that there is a case to be made for the development of a light rail system in Galway.
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