An investigation into a “serious” signal failure in Wales is being carried out by Network Rail.
A train could easily have been diverted towards a line on which trains can run in either direction after a set of points were placed in an incorrect position during resignalling work at Cardiff East…
The House of Lords has passed the HS2 bill, handing it back to the House of Commons to get ready for Royal Assent which is expected in the next couple of weeks.
The Lords passed the bill with a 360 majority vote and just 26 opposing it. The vote of confidence…
The third reading of the High Speed Rail (HS2) Bill will take place in the House of Lords this afternoon.
The reading is the final chance to make changesto the bill before it is passed back to the House of Commons. At the reading, the House of Lords is expected to…
Civils contractors have won a slice of the £35M Tyne & Wear Metro modernisation programme.
Replacing old infrastructure, including track and overhead lines, is part of the contracts issued by Nexus, the public body which owns and manages the Tyne and Wear Metro. The £35M investment is part of a bigger…
A section of railway in south London is expected to reopen today after a 1,000m-long train including 18 wagons carrying sand partially derailed last Tuesday morning.
The rear two wagons derailed near Lewisham, destroying 50m of railway and part of a junction. One of the wagons had to be lifted by…
Crossrail has released new aerial images which give a bird’s eye view of the progress of the new Elizabeth line stations.
Crossrail said that at many of the 10 new stations across the capital, the architectural finishes were beginning to be installed. In the tunnels, over three quarters of the permanent…
WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff has won the remaining High Speed 2 (HS2) package of work for the concept design of Euston Station.
Arup had been carrying out the work from 2012 until November last year when the final package was awarded to WSP. HS2 Ltd said that the tender for the work was…
Plans to ease congestion by reinstating a fourth track on a stretch of the East Coast Main Line have been submitted.
Network Rail wants to bring a section of track between Huntingdon and Woodwalton back into use and has submitted Transport and Works Act Order (TWAO) to the secretary of state…
Camden Council has again urged the government to provide funding and timescales for the comprehensive redevelopment of Euston Station when High Speed 2 (HS2) is built.
The council said that it welcomed the government’s statement last week that it shared the vision for a unified Euston station, but that it had failed…
The £700M Victoria Station upgrade project has hit a milestone with the opening of a new ticket hall.
The North ticket hall – worked on by a Taylor Woodrow/Bam Nuttall JV – leads directly from street level to the Victoria Line. The tunnels connecting North ticket hall to the district and circle lines will…
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