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Use of a digital twin of the Euston Station redevelopment for High Speed 2 (HS2) has saved the project £700,000 and reduced planning times by roughly 24 weeks. 

High Speed 2 (HS2) London tunnels chief James Richardson is to switch to a key role on the £11bn Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU).

A month-long critical maintenance programme of the Island Line on the Isle of Wight was completed recently, with South Western Railway (SWR) services resuming earlier this week.

An announcement will be made “very soon” by the transport secretary Louise Haigh about connecting HS2 to Euston, a decision which industry says could pay for itself.

Regional transport chiefs are to ask afresh for funding to kickstart a rail project connecting cities in the East and West Midlands after publishing fresh research showing the £100M scheme could create 3,000 construction jobs.

Network Rail spent more money with Bam Nuttall than any other construction company last year, official data has revealed.

Network Rail has promised to enlarge the concourse at Euston station after the government stepped in to the furore about overcrowding.

Former rail minister Huw Merriman has been appointed chair of the Liverpool to Manchester Railway Partnership Board.

A digital tool developed by AtkinsRéalis for Network Rail to assess washout risk on railways promises a “step-change” in railway climate resilience.

Concerns have been by passenger watchdog about continued unsafe overcrowding at Euston station.