Transport minister Huw Merriman has met with MPs in Lancashire to discuss the potential reinstatement of passenger services to the northern section of the Ribble Valley line.
The section of the Ribble Valley line north of Blackburn was closed to passenger services in 1962 but remained open for freight. In 1994,…
There is a strong case for constructing a new rail connection for the village of Winchburgh in West Lothian, a report from Systra has concluded.
A vision for a new rail connection for Winchburgh was commissioned by Winchburgh Developments Ltd to demonstrate the community support for a new rail connection in…
Network Rail Consulting’s US office has been awarded a $73.2M (£57.5M) contract to provide systems engineering services to California’s High-Speed Rail programme.
The first dedicated high-speed railway in the USA, California’s high-speed network will see high-speed trains linking the Los Angeles basin with San Francisco, with later branches to Sacramento and…
The southbound tube of Blackwall Tunnel will close for five weekends starting tomorrow, 13 January, so Riverlinx CJV can conduct drainage and gantry installation works for Silvertown Tunnel.
Riverlinx CJV is made up of Bam, Ferrovial Construction and SK Ecoplant and is contracted to build the 1.4km Silvertown road tunnel to link Silvertown in…
The UK government has released a roadmap to enact the biggest expansion of nuclear power in the UK for 70 years, hoping to increase nuclear generation to 24GW by 2050.
The Civil Nuclear Roadmap details plans to increase nuclear power by four times its current amount, which will account for almost…
Hartlepool Borough Council has approved proposals to build a new £25M A19 bypass around the village of Elwick.
Construction for the Hartlepool Western Link project, previously labelled the Elwick bypass, will include a new grade separated junction, comprising the erection of a circular ramped slip road and overbridge structure to support…
A lagoon built by Network Rail to help alleviate flood risk to a railway in Gloucestershire failed during Storm Henk, with the line between Bristol Parkway and Swindon closing for eight days.
It was installed in 2018 by Network Rail in a £5M flood alleviation scheme. Beginning on 1 January, the…
The chair and acting chief executive of HS2 Ltd has said the project’s delays and cost hikes have been partly caused by the government not being able to afford the construction schedule.
Speaking in a Transport Select Committee session on 10 December, HS2 chair Sir Jon Thompson said: “The government itself…
An autonomous robot that detects and fixes potholes will be tested on Hertfordshire’s roads.
The robot identifies and characterises cracks and potholes in the road using Artificial Intelligence (AI) and uses state of the art imaging technology. It automatically fills the cracks to keep out surface water, which in turn helps…
North Somerset Council’s cabinet has been recommended to approve the submission of a Full Business Case for the £152M reinstatement of the abandoned Portishead Branch Line, with the aim of commencing works in August.
Plans for the Portishead Branch Line, also known as MetroWest Phase 1, will see the disused branch line…
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