The “lack of an economic masterplan” for High Speed 2 (HS2) threatens to impact carbon emissions reduction and commercial gains in Scotland and across the UK, a taskforce has found.
The findings have been published by the Scottish Inter-City Rail Taskforce, which was set up by the High Speed Rail Group…
Network Rail has “considerable work to do” on drainage and earthworks management, the rail regulator has reported.
The Office of Rail and Road’s (ORR’s) Annual Report of Health and Safety on Britain’s Railways has been published this week, following up its recent annual assessments of Network Rail’s and National Highways’ performances.…
The route of High Speed 2 (HS2) through the Cheshire Plain will not be altered despite concerns raised by local stakeholders the geology of the area is “unsuitable”.
The concerns were raised during the petitioning sessions for HS2 Phase 2b (Crewe – Manchester) Bill, which have been taking place in recent…
HS2 Ltd has released its HS2 Corporate Plan 2022 to 2026, providing an overview of its goals for High Speed 2 (HS2) beyond the mid-decade mark.
Construction of key routes and stations is scheduled to go ahead, while HS2 East connecting Birmingham in the West Midlands to the East Midlands is…
The UK government has published its third National Adaptation Programme (NAP3) which sets out its strategic five-year plan to boost resilience against climate change risks, which includes several measures to boost resilience of infrastructure assets.
The 2008 Climate Change Act requires the government to complete a Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA)…
High Speed 2 (HS2) engineers have driven a 6,200t single-span bridge structure into place under the West Coast Main Line (WCML) in what is being touted as “the UK’s heaviest bridge drive”.
The 56m long and 19m wide structure was built adjacent to the WCML at Fulfen Wood, near Lichfield, over…
Network Rail has laid out a £10M plan it hopes will unlock the capacity for freight trains travelling through the Channel Tunnel to be able to directly join the UK network to London.
The freight loading gauge of much the UK’s network has remained the same since the 90s, but now…
Winvic Construction has been awarded the contract to deliver the first phase of the West Midlands Interchange (WMI) project.
The £1bn WMI is a Strategic Rail Freight Interchange (SRFI) and is tipped to be the UK’s largest intermodal logistics site when it is completed by 2034. It is located at M6…
The government has launched the long-awaited study into options for running High Speed 2 (HS2) trains to Leeds city centre.
The “HS2 to Leeds” study, as it has come to be known, was a £100M promise made in the Integrated Rail Plan (IRP), published by the Department for Transport (DfT) in…
Upgrade work on the Sunbury line in Melbourne, Australia, is complete, meaning the Metro Tunnel is now projected to open in 2025, a year ahead of schedule.
The Metro Tunnel is a 9km cross-city connector creating a continuous rail route between Sunbury in Melbourne’s north west and Cranbourne or Pakenham to…
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