Members of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) believe “a major railway incident” is likely to happen in the next two years in face of cuts to Network Rail’s budgets.
According to an RMT survey, over 90% of Network Rail workers in the Union think the chances…
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Network Rail looks to sign four contractors to £450M Scotland electrification framework
Network Rail is procuring for four contractors to join its £450M framework to conduct electrification works across Scotland and as part of the Aberdeen Route Upgrade.
The framework will see suitable ogranisations deliver overhead line electrification, traction power, power and distribution for the lines as well as ancillary works and associated…
£419M Brent Cross West becomes London’s first new mainline station in a decade
The £419M Brent Cross West train station has opened, making it the first new mainline train station to be completed in London for a decade.
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan opened the station yesterday, Sunday 10 December, to allow Thameslink services to frequent the newly built North London neighbourhood, Brent Cross…
World record for longest single TBM drive broken on North York Moors mine project
The world record for the longest single tunnel boring machine (TBM) drive has been broken after Strabag reached the 25.8km mark of its 37km tunnel for the £7.2bn Woodsmith mine project in northern England.
Working on behalf of Anglo American, Strabag is constructing the tunnel for a planned polyhalite mine underneath…
Cop28: Focus on sustainable infrastructure investment dominates world climate change forum
The 28th annual United Nations Climate Change Conference (Cop28) has seen world leaders focus on securing investment for green infrastructure around the globe.
Cop28 is being held from 30 November until 12 December 2023 at Expo City, Dubai, with climate finance as the central theme. So far, nations involved in the…
California High-Speed Rail receives over $3bn White House funding after successful year
US president Joe Biden has announced a further $3.1bn (£2.5bn) for the California High-Speed Rail scheme, the latest in a year that has seen many governmental sums afforded to rail projects in the United States.
The federal funding has been announced following a steady year in the development of the first phase…
WSP signed to expanded technical advisory role on Morocco-UK interconnector project
WSP has signed a contract with Xlinks to provide further technical advisory services for the huge Morocco to UK undersea interconnector project.
The professional services firm will now support Xlinks in its route optimisation, power systems and interface management for the plan to construct four 3,800km, high-voltage direct current (HVDC) cables,…
Engineers clearing 100t of material from tunnel mouth after landslip on Southwest line
A landslip has closed South Western Railway (SWR) services between Salisbury and Exeter as Network Rail engineers attempt to remove 100t of material from a tunnel entrance.
Trains on the SWR line will not run until next Monday, 11 December, as clay, soil and vegetation must be removed from the Crewkerne…
Transpennine Route upgrade gets £3.9bn cash injection taking total DfT funding to £6.9bn
The Department for Transport (DfT) has announced a further £3.9bn will be injected into the underway Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) rail project, taking the total government funding to £6.9bn.
The upgrade of the 122km-long rail link in the north of England, which connects Manchester in the west and York in the…
HS2 Ltd starts procurement for Automated People Mover enabling works
The search has begun for a contractor to conduct enabling works for the HS2’s Automated People Mover (APM) between Solihull and Birmingham.
The APM will be an elevated mass transit system designed to transport passengers between the Interchange Station in Solihull, the National Exhibition Centre (NEC), Birmingham International Railway Station and…