Rail Projects

The countdown to the introduction of new Caledonian Sleeper trains has begun with the first carriages arriving in the UK. Five carriages arrived in the outskirts of Glasgow on the morning of January 16, after travelling through the Channel Tunnel to...

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.

January 13 marked the long-awaited launch of Brightline, the country's first privately-owned passenger train service since the 1980s.

Renfe has tested what it has described as the first passenger train in the world to be powered by liquefied natural gas.

Uzbekistan Railways has announced that the electrification of the 325km Qarshi-Termez railway has been finished. 

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?

The UK's DfT has agreed to work with Midlands Connect and East Midlands Councils on a number of priorities to maximise the region's benefits from HS2 - including the opening of the East Midlands Hub station "in the 2020s".

Work on constructing Preston's 1.2km-long pilot tram line is set to begin in March following the appointment of local contractor Eric Wright Civil Engineering.

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