Cracks in a viaduct between Amsterdam and Rotterdam in the Netherlands will see train speeds restricted until remediation works can be devised and completed in 2025.
The damage to the viaduct near Rijpwetering was discovered at the end of October. Engineers discovered cracks in the structure’s welds which are believed to…
The first two tunnel boring machines (TBMs) launched for High Speed 2 (HS2) in London have completed the first mile (1.6km) of their drives for a twin bored tunnel.
TBMs Sushila and Caroline were launched by SCS (Skanska Costain Strabag JV) in October last year from the HS2 site in West…
Campaigners trying to reinstate an abandoned railway line through the Lake District National Park are confident momentum is gaining after more than 25 years fighting for their cause.
The campaign group, CKP Railways, was set up in 1998 for the purpose of restoring the Keswick and Penrith line, which closed to…
Thanet Parkway station has opened to services today (31 July), becoming the first new station on the South Eastern rail network in eight years.
The station is situated between Ramsgate and Minster. It has two 250m long platforms that are able to accommodate 12-car trains offering high speed services to St…
Work to improve the resilience of a landslip prone section of the Severn Estuary line has begun today by contractor AmcoGiffen.
Contracted on behalf of Network Rail, AmcoGiffen will work on a 1.6km stretch of railway along the west bank of the River Severn from today, 31 July, until 18 August.…
The iconic Dawlish coastal railway in Devon will be protected for future generations as Bam Nuttall has begun a £34.7M cliff resilience project.
Working on behalf of Network Rail, Bam Nuttall will be installing a series of protection measures, from netting designed to retain the cliffs in some high-risk locations, as…
The first tunnel breakthrough on the new Sydney Metro – Western Sydney Airport project was achieved by the Ghella and CPB joint venture last week with the arrival of tunnel boring machine (TBM) Eileen arrived at the Airport Terminal metro station site.
The joint venture launched the TBM from the Airport Business Park…
Construction of a new London Undeground ticket hall in south London called for some complex ground engineering to protect the running tunnels.
Over the past decade, the Elephant & Castle district in south London has been transformed with the construction of several new high rise residential buildings. With many more flats…
The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) has called for Network Rail to work more collaboratively with the Environment Agency, Natural Resources Wales and Scottish local authorities to ensure that railway-related flood risk is managed appropriately.
The recommendation comes as part of RAIB’s report into the embankment washout under a passenger train…
Transport for London (TfL) and Tram Operations Limited (TOL) have been fined a total of £14M at London’s Central Criminal Court for the fatal Sandilands tram crash in Croydon in 2016.
TfL was fined £10M and TOL was fined £4M. TfL owns and maintains the infrastructure used by the Croydon tram…
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