A consortium encompassing several Vinci Construction and Vinci Energies companies has been awarded a €2.71bn (£2.32bn) design and build contract for Line 15 West of the Grand Paris Express.
Société du Grand Paris’ overall €35.6bn (£28bn) Grand Paris Express project will see 200km of new metro line to its public transport…
The Trent Valley line, a section of the West Coast Main Line between Rugby and Stafford, will close for nine days from tomorrow (15 July) as Network Rail and High Speed 2 (HS2) engineers carry out major works.
On Network Rail’s part, this will involve an £8.5M investment into the railway…
Network Rail's asset reliability declined, not all the planned track renewals were delivered and structural examinations have fallen behind in the last year, according to the rail regulator.
The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) published its annual assessment of Network Rail's performance for the period 1 April 2022 to 31…
The government has committed to “a reassessment of the evidence for better connecting Bradford and the case for a new station” as part of its study on bringing High Speed 2 (HS2) services to Leeds.
The promise comes as part of its response to the Transport Select Committee’s inquiry into the…
High Speed 2 Ltd (HS2 Ltd) chief executive Mark Thurston is to step down from his role at the end of September after six and a half years in the job.
HS2 Ltd chairman Sir Jon Thompson will become executive chairman for an interim period from October. Thurston’s decision comes when…
Work on the £161M Oxford station upgrade has been paused as contractors have unearthed a subsurface arch thought to be part of an old water system.
Network Rail confirmed that the arch’s brickwork emerged during an early ground investigation below the structure. Archaeologists are analysing the find, which is understood to…
High Speed 2 (HS2) Ltd has begun the search for a supplier to design, operate and maintain its Automated People Mover (APM) in the West Midlands in a contract worth £270M.
The APM will move passengers between HS2’s Interchange Station, to be built near Solihull, the National Exhibition Centre (NEC), Birmingham…
The Planning Inspectorate has launched a trial to test potential components of an enhanced pre-application service for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs).
The Planning Act 2008 introduced a new bespoke consenting route for major infrastructure projects in the fields of energy, transport, water, waste and wastewater. Between its introduction in 2010…
Winter storms and high tides have been blamed for delays in reopening Ryde Pier Head station following major restoration work to extend the life of the structure by 60 years.
The route has been closed to Island Line services since October last year but passenger services have resumed today. At the…
Transport for London (TfL) will need £475M from central government to meet its 2024-25 capital delivery programme, prompting renewed calls from the London mayor and TfL commissioner for a long-term funding deal.
Sadiq Khan and Andy Lord, speaking in a plenary meeting at the London Assembly on Thursday 6 July, stated…
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