Infrastructure

Balfour Beatty has been awarded a contract by Network Rail to electrify the Great Western main line (GWML) between Bristol Parkway and Cardiff.

MTR has completed tracklaying along the 11-kilometre Tai Wai to Hung Hom Section of the Shatin to Central Link (SCL) rail project. The milestone marks the competion of tracklaying on the East West Corridor and keeps the line on course to open...

Bulgaria and Macedonia's respective transport ministers have signed a memorandum of understanding to open a railway link between Sofia and Skopje.

Expressions of interest has been complete for the expansion of Athens' metro with four joint-ventures putting their names forward.

Australian train operator TasRail has released a request for tender for coastal erosion and landslip works in north west Tasmania.

The Swedish Transport Administration has commissioned engineering consultancy Sweco to plan and redesign Stockholm Central station for future needs.

Rolling stock manufacturer Siemens has opened a new facility for digital and predictive locomotive maintenance in Delaware, USA.

Work began in 2014 on the line between Esbjerg and Lunderskov, and over the course of the project around 1,600 masts and four transformer stations have been built.

The partnership will start work to assess the station immediately and will make recommendations to improve its design, functionality, communications and coordination.

Contractors McConnell Dowell and Martinus Rail will shortly begin work on the Murray Basin-Victoria freight line upgrade - one of the largest freight upgrade projects in Australia.