Infrastructure

The first phase of Napoli Afragola, one of 13 new stations for Italy’s high-speed rail network, was inaugurated on 6 June by Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni, who called it a “remarkable achievement”. Located 4.4 miles (12km) north of Naples centre, the majestic £52 million (about €60 million) building was designed by Zaha Hadid Architects […]

MTR has successfully installed the first of 11 precast concrete tunnel units for the Shatin to Central Link (SCL) cross-harbour tunnel in Hong Kong. The unit was immersed into the water thanks to 4,500m3 ballast tanks and installed into dredged trenches...

Kenya and Uganda's respective ministers for transport have jointly reaffirmed their commitment to extending Kenya's standard gauge railway to Uganda. Monica Azuba, Uganda's minister for transport, and James Macharia, Kenya's cabinet secretary for transport, discussed strategies for speeding up the project's...

A joint venture between McConnell Dowell and Martinus Rail has been appointed by freight operator V/Line to deliver stages 2, 3 and 4 of the Murray Basin Rail Project in Australia. Work is expected to begin within weeks to standardise and upgrade...

A video has been released which gives an insight into the workings of the huge new site that will manufacture the 70,000 tonne segments for the Fehmarnbelt tunnel. The site at Rødbyhavn, Denmark, which will be equivalent to the size of...

A John Holland CPB Contractors Ghella Joint Venture has been awarded the $2.81 billion contract to construct a twin-bore tunnel beneath Sydney Harbour for the Sydney Metro project. Work will begin straight away, says Transport for NSW, with the first...

Arcadis and Ramboll have won a contract which will see them partner with Network Rail on the development of the Digital Railway. The two companies will become programme partners and will help to create the Digital Railway Toolkit which will...

RZD International has started laying track in the Bela Reka tunnel as part of a $80 million repair works contract. Making use of sub-ballast mat technology - which is being used to modernise Serbian railways for the first time - the engineering...

United Wagon Company (UWC) is set to open a carriage service centre in Estonia. An agreement has been reached so that the company's Baltic States cargo fleet can now be serviced at Skinest Rail's depot in Valga. Depot staff have undergone a...

The first new railway line in almost 150 years on Stockholm's commuter rail system is set to open. On July 9, Sweden's Prime Minister, Stefan Löfven, will be joined by key stakeholders to inaugurate the Stockholm City Line (Citybanan), which runs...