The project promoter of a new mega development in the capital is to step up pressure on government over funding of the scheme’s crucial infrastructure hub.
The incoming chair of the Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation (OPDC) is to “lead discussions” with the Department for Transport over where funding will…
Reinstatement of a West Coast Main Line station at Willesden Junction in north west London has been mooted as new way to ease pressure on Euston station.
Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation chief executive Victoria Hills said that among the opportunities for transport connectivity at the new north west…
The electrification of the Great Western route was a “stark example of how not to run a major project” according to the chair of the influential Commons public accounts committee (PAC).
The PAC has just published its report on the scheme which says the electrification project was flawed from the start…
France’s South Europe Atlantic (SEA) Tours to Bordeaux high speed line has been completed on budget and ahead of schedule.
The new 302km long section from Tours to Bordeaux will shorten the 500km journey time between Paris and Bordeaux to 2 hours and four minutes. Lisea, a consortium comprising Vinci Concessions,…
Phase 3 of the Manchester Metrolink expansion is now open, making it the largest light rail system in the UK.
The 1.3km long expansion has been delivered by MPT, a consortium of Laing O’Rourke, VolkerRail and Thales. The ‘Second City Crossing’ goes through the middle of Manchester city centre and takes…
Network Rail chief executive has called on the private sector to “step up” and start working on how it could finance the digital railway programme.
The digital railway, a Network Rail-led industry-wide programme to increase capacity through digital train control, is currently at feasibility stage with a business case for the…
A section of trackside wall has collapsed onto the railway at Liverpool Lime Street station blocking all four lines into the station and damaging overhead wiring equipment.
Network Rail said that there were no trains running in or out of the station after a section of trackside wall, loaded with concrete…
Earlier this month, rail engineers set to work lowering a section of track to the west of Bath in preparation for the future electrification of the line between Bath and Bristol. On the face of it, it was a standard job. But was the work in vain?
This electrification project and…
Construction of the first phase of the £56bn High Speed 2 (HS2) rail line is set to begin after the bill giving it the planning go-ahead finally received Royal Assent today.
The green light for the route between London and the West Midlands comes after the recent announcement of the Phase 2b development partner and engineering…
Construction of the Northern Line extension has taken a major step forward with the lowering of two giant tunnel boring machines into 20m deep shafts in Battersea.
The two TBMs, named Helen and Amy were lifted into the shafts by a 750t crane in the site of the former Battersea Power…
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