Infrastructure

The 19km system will have 25 stations and is expected to open in 2021, connecting Mount Dennis station in the west with Kennedy station in the east.

The DfT has awarded the West Midlands franchise to West Midlands Trains, a joint venture between Abelio and its minority partners East Japan Railway Company and Mitsui.

KiwiRail CEO Peter Reidy said it has been one of the country's biggest rail rebuilds since World War Two.

Geotechnical work has begun in Pacheco Pass, Santa Clara, as California moves ahead with planning for the United States' first high-speed railway.

SNCF has said it will go ahead with the Voie Ferrée Centre Europe Atlantique (VFCEA) project following a detailed public consultation.

The UK's Secretary of State for Transport has approved a 4.5km extension of the Gospel Oak to Barking line.

The first masts for the electrification of the Shotts line have been installed between Holytown Junction and Midcalder Junction in south Scotland. At a time when electrification sometimes seems under threat due to projects running late and over budget, these new...

It was an unlikely venue for a chance meeting that would change popular music forever – the less than salubrious surroundings of a dingy nightclub beneath a Liverpool fruit warehouse. It was here of course, in the Cavern Club, that Brian Epstein, a local record-store owner and music columnist, first encountered The Beatles. The rest […]

Passengers have been warned to avoid travelling into Euston station across the August bank holiday as vital HS2 work takes place.

Alstom has inaugurated a repair centre in Astana, Kazakhstan - its first in the country.