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New team for Great Western Main Line electrification

The electrification of the Great Western Main Line has moved a step nearer with the appointment of a joint Atkins/Parsons Brinckerhoff team as Lead...

Fitters behind West Coast improvements

A new £40m initiative to reduce delays and improve services on the West Coast Main Line is largely the brainchild of maintenance staff up...

HS2 – sound survey

HS2 Ltd plans to use new technology to cut the noise of high speed trains on the line. Over two thirds of the line’s surface...

Edinburgh wires go up

Engineers start installing overhead wires and underground cabling for Edinburgh’s tram system city centre section this month. Cables will be installed on Princes Street and...

Mudlark

London clay, thought to be 50 million years old, is being dug out of new Crossrail rail tunnels and shaped into sculpture. Frank Harris, a...

Progress at Newton Aycliffe

Hitachi Rail Europe is pushing forward with plans for the construction of its new train manufacturing plant at newton Aycliffe in County Durham. Merchant Place...

Elizabethan Serenade by Crossrail

Just a few days ahead of the 60th anniversary of the Queen’s coronation her namesake, TBM Elizabeth arrived at Canary Wharf neatly underscoring the...

Nicholas Wrobel explains Subsurface Upgrade Programme

At Morson International Nicholas Wrobel (pictured) is the Programme Delivery Engineer for the current Transport for London (TfL) Subsurface Upgrade Programme (SUP) across a...

Probably the best station in the world…

Atkins is helping to redevelop the historic Carlsberg quarter in the heart of Copenhagen, Denmark with a contract to design a new station. The sad...

Raising the roof

The £44 million transformation of Manchester Victoria is underway with contractors on site preparing to construct a spectacular new roof. Scaffolding is going up prior...

New look for New Street

The first half of the gleaming new concourse at Birmingham New Street station has opened to passengers. Staff at the station have bid farewell to...

New proposals for Euston

New proposals for Euston Station, southern terminus of High Speed Two, worked out by the innovative design team at HS2 Ltd will save time...

Electrification for Hull

An ambitious plan to privately finance the electrification of around 70 miles of track between Hull and Selby is being pursued by First Hull...

Bluebell joins rail network

Saturday, 23rd March saw the Bluebell Railway open its long awaited extension into East Grinstead. Writes Clive Kessell The celebrations took place in a snow...

Glaze and blaze for Newcastle

An £8.6 million project to revamp Newcastle Central station has been welcomed by local people. Its centrepiece will be the pedestrianisation and glazing of the...

New portal at Victoria Dock

Construction work is forging ahead on the new Crossrail tunnel portal at Victoria Dock. This will create a 1,000 metre tunnelled section for the new...

Foregate conclusion

Worcester’s historic Foregate Street railway bridge has been officially reopened following much needed repairs and restoration. First built in 1860 and last replaced in 1906,...

Top backing for Crossrail 2

The rail industry has swung firmly behind plans for Crossrail 2 as outlined by former transport secretary, Lord Adonis. The new north-south cross-London railway will...