Housing will be built on a derelict railway line in Scotland despite fears the development could “undermine” guidance on protecting routes for future use.
South Lanarkshire Council has approved the development in a village near Biggar, located on part of the former Symington to Peebles railway line that closed to passengers…
The opening of Bristol’s first new railway station in nearly a century has been delayed for a second time as costs have risen by a third.
Bristol City Council has announced Bristol Portway Park and Ride station is “substantially complete” but will now not open until summer of this year. Construction…
Engineers are to replace more than 1.5km of track running through a Victorian tunnel in Staffordshire this month.
Network Rail's in-house works delivery team will upgrade infrastructure within Meir railway tunnel under a £2M project. The line will close between Uttoxeter and Stoke-on-Trent for seven days from Sunday (5 March) so…
Work has begun to build the new Leven train station as part of the £116.6M Levenmouth Rail Link project.
Leven will be one of two new stations built on the route, alongside Cameron Bridge, reconnecting communities in Levenmouth to the rail network for the first time in over 50 years. Construction…
Graphene-enhanced concrete sleepers, low-carbon acoustic barriers and innovative cantilevers for greener electrification are among the 24 rail innovation projects to receive a funding boost from the Global Centre of Rail Excellence (GCRE) in Wales.
The GCRE was established by the Welsh Government as a special purpose vehicle in 2021. It is…
Network Rail is aiming to change the way work is delivered on its £1.3bn Midland Main Line (MML) electrification programme to make cost savings amid continued budget constraints.
Minutes from Network Rail's December board meeting, published on Friday, explain that the programme aims "to change the way electrification was delivered to…
Buckinghamshire County Council has allocated £5M to repair roads damaged partly by heavy good vehicles (HGV) working on the nearby High Speed 2 (HS2) and East West Rail projects.
The money will also be used to repair potholes caused by recent bad weather after the council set its budget for 2023/2024…
Bank station’s new entrance on Cannon Street officially opened to customers yesterday, marking the completion of the £700M station upgrade.
As a result of the upgrade, the station has 40% greater capacity and the opening of the new ticket hall on Cannon Street is the project's final milestone. The new entrance…
The pronouncements are emphasised by Midlands Connect chairman Sir John Peace during the sub-national transport body’s annual conference held today, 28 February, in Birmingham. They echo last week’s calls from the National Infrastructure Commission, which said that delivering HS2 and Northern Powerhouse Rail quickly will deliver prosperity to the North.…
Along with correctly designing new structures, rehabilitating and upgrading infrastructure is going to become increasingly important as the civil engineering industry looks to extend the lifespan of existing assets and cut carbon by optimising new construction.
Getting the design right on new builds can be challenging but what technical issues does…
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