Infrastructure

The fall of Carillion - a story which has already been documented at length by British media outlets since it broke yesterday - will have far-reaching consequences.

A spokesperson said that it will be working closely with administrators and Carillion's management team to ensure the news "has as little impact as possible" on its projects.

News broke this morning that construction giant Carillion is to go into liquidation but how does the company compare to rival rail contractors?

Electrification of the 22.5km route in the UK was expected to be completed in February, 2017, following a phased eight-month closure.

A joint venture between Mott MacDonald and WSP will provide designs for two packages for the A$9.3 billion Inland Rail project.

Two new junctions which will connect the Northern line with an extension of the route out to Battersea Power Station have been completed.

ECM, which is headquartered in Pistoia, will join Progress Rail's signal division and continue signal production and engineering from Italy.

The United States' transport secretary has urged railroads to "greatly accelerate their efforts" to meet the forthcoming deadline for implementing positive train control.

Level crossing safety is no joke.

The one year countdown to the launch of TfL's new line has begun, with services set to launch in December, 2018.