Rail Projects

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.

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.

Edinburgh council is to consider extending the city's tram network, with the proposed line forecast to be operational by 2022 if it gets the green light.

HS2 has received a request from the organisation leading the West Midland's Hub development to modify its design for the Birmingham Interchange station.

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

Progress on the world's first operational Hyperloop system has continued after achieving historic speeds.

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

On a single day in July, more than 100 documents relating to HS2 were published on the Department for Transport’s website – not so surprising when you realise that parliament’s summer recess was looming. Some of the papers were more extensive than others but it still amounted to something like 115 seperate items. This month, […]

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Massachusetts's Department of Transportation (MassDOT) has appointed engineering firm Arup to conduct a feasibility reassessment for Boston's North-South Rail Link project.