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Reinstatement of abandoned Portadown to Armagh railway line in Northern Ireland gets technical backing

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Reinstatement of Northern Ireland’s abandoned railway between Portadown and Armagh is “technically deliverable” according to a study conducted by Aecom on behalf of Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon (ABC) Borough Council.

The technical study, part funded by Northern Ireland’s Department for Infrastructure (DfI), further determined the major infrastructure proposal is operationally…

Contractor appointed for new £18M station in Scotland

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Network Rail has appointed construction firm Story Contracting to design a new railway station in East Renfrewshire, south west of Glasgow. 

The new station will be located on the Neilston line in the area south of the town of Barrhead, off Balgraystone Road, between Patterton and Neilston stations. Plans for the…

New images reveal progress on HS2’s forked Curzon Viaduct in Birmingham

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Newly released photos show work gathering pace on the 300m-long viaduct that will carry high-speed trains into Birmingham's Curzon Street Station.

The viaduct, which crosses Digbeth Canal, is being built by HS2’s Midlands contractor BBV (Balfour Beatty Vinci) and was designed by BBV’s Design Joint Venture, made up of Mott MacDonald…

HS2 completes East West Rail civils works at Calvert

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HS2 contractor EKFB (Eiffage Kier Ferrovial Bam JV) has completed the last section of earthworks that will carry East West Rail (EWR) services over the new high-speed line, near the village of Calvert in Buckinghamshire.

EWR will run between Oxford and Cambridge. HS2 contractors have now built two bridges, an underpass…

£61.5M of rail contracts awarded for East Kilbride enhancement project

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Network Rail has awarded contracts worth £61.5M for the East Kilbride Enhancement Project, which will deliver track electrification and station upgrades.

Story Contracting, AmcoGiffen, SPL Powerlines, Siemens, Rail Systems Alliance Scotland and WSP have landed the contracts, which will see 22.4km of single-track railway electrified. The South Lanarkshire-based work is part…

People and place are key to bridging our net zero mobility gap

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Reducing carbon emissions from the transport sector is crucial in meeting the UK's decarbonisation goals  Yet Stantec and research body DecarboN8 have revealed a widening gap between the scale and pace of current transport decarbonisation plans, and what is really needed.

We wanted to gain an understanding of how different…