Rail Projects

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.

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

Widely regarded as one of the best of the London termini for passenger circulation and amenities, perhaps up until the reconstruction of Euston, Waterloo station now finds itself undergoing a major transformation. Once again, as it has done several times before, the station must keep ahead of capacity demands, both those pressing now and future […]

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...

Judlau, a subsidiary of OHL Group, and TC Electric have been awarded a €447 million contract to repair and upgrade the Canarsie subway tunnel in New York. Work is being undertaken to both fix the damage cause by Hurricane Sandy in...

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 […]

Network Rail has said a major redevelopment of Glasgow Queen Street station won't now be completed until spring 2020. Work is due to begin on August 6, with sections of the station closed off to passengers while the alterations are...