High Speed Rail
HS2 reveals first completed sections of Curzon Street station viaduct
HS2 has released new images of the first completed sections of the landmark viaduct that will bring high speed trains into Birmingham’s new Curzon Street station
The completed sections mark the next step on the programme to build a series...
HS2
HS2 moves 1,100-tonne viaduct in weekend operation
HS2 has released timelapse and drone footage showing contractors moving a 1,100 tonne composite viaduct into place over two M42/M6 link roads in North Warwickshire.
The 158-metre-long structure was moved into place in 13 hours using a specialist push-pull jacking...
Infrastructure
North West rail improvements planned this early May bank holiday
Passengers travelling on the West Coast main line and North West rail routes are being advised to check before they travel ahead of important railway upgrades over the early May bank holiday.
Network Rail is carrying out major projects between...
Heritage
Great Central Railway reveals new design for next phase of ‘reunification’ project
The Great Central Railway is preparing to submit a planning application for it’s ambitious Reunification scheme. A new image has been released of the urban viaduct section, which will carry the line linking the two separate halves of the...
HS2
HS2 begins foundation works for key A43 bridge
HS2 has begun foundation works for a key bridge that will take a major A road over the new high-speed railway just outside Brackley, after successfully completing the temporarily realignment of both carriageways.
The A43 – which links Oxford, Brackley...
General Interest
New exhibition shows decades-long road to the birth of the Channel Tunnel
Members of the Channel Tunnel Study Group carried out detailed geological and economic studies into the feasibility of the “Chunnel” from the 1950’s onwards. A selection of their work, which paved the way for it to open in May...
Infrastructure
Network Rail targets end of June for line reopening as repairs resume on Baildon landslip site
Network Rail engineers have restarted work at the site of a landslip in Baildon.
Services through the town have been suspended since February 9, and after repair work was paused due to complex issues on site, work that will allow...
High Speed Rail
The Northolt Four! New tunnelling machine joins three others digging high-speed line under London
Construction of the new HS2 line has hit another major milestone with the launch of the fourth – and final – machine being used to build the giant Northolt Tunnel beneath the capital.
The 8.4-mile tunnel will run from Victoria...
Infrastructure
Multi-million-pound investment for world famous Glenfinnan viaduct
Network Rail will start a £3.4m investment to carry out repairs on the 123-year-old Glenfinnan viaduct this month.
Along with principal contractor AmcoGiffen, engineers will assess the condition and strength of the viaduct, while carrying out work to protect it...
High Speed Rail
Planning approval granted for final key West Midlands structures bringing HS2 into Birmingham
The final two major structures being built to bring HS2 into Birmingham have been approved by local councils - marking another significant milestone for the project.
Approval has been granted for the design of two new viaducts, meaning eight “Key...
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Network Rail engineers gear up for £135m investment in Britain’s railway this May
More than 800 projects* will take place across Britain’s railway this coming early and late May bank holidays, designed...