Rail Projects

FS Group and Iranian Railways have signed an agreement to develop the Middle Eastern country's high-speed network. The deal covers scientific cooperation and staff training and is part of an initial framework contract in 2016 for the development of the...

Russia's state review board, Glavgosexpertiza, has approved designs for the third and fourth stages of the construction of the Moscow to Kazan high-speed line. The designs cover the preparatory work, construction of the railway as well as associated construction work from...

Taylor Woodrow has been awarded a £17.8 million contract for the design and rebuild of White Hart Lane Overground station. Due to be completed in 2019, works include creating a new ticket hall on Love Lane, a new entrance on Penshurst Road, two new lifts and a new station forecourt on Love Lane. Transport for […]

When the second phase of Battersea Power Station was completed in the 1950s – giving the building its iconic four chimneys – the site around it on London’s South Bank was part of the capital’s industrial heartland. The power station is now being transformed into a modern commercial district – flanked by luxury apartments for […]

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The majority of Union Pacific's (UP) 18,000 bridges are inspected by trained professionals at least twice a year. According to the American Society of Civil Engineers, 40 per cent of bridges in the USA are 50 years old or more...

The historic Old Curzon Street station is set to be brought back to life after the city council approved plans to develop the site. HS2 and Atkins will now be able to make alterations to the vacant Grade 1-listed building...

The European Commission is to put €24 million towards the electrification and double tracking of the railway linking Heerlen in the Netherlands and Aachen in Germany. The grant has been included in the latest round of funding provided through the...

The firm in charge of delivering the Kuala Lumpur to Singapore high-speed railway is preparing to launch the line's rolling stock tender. MyHSR, along with the Land Transport Authority of Singapore (LTA), held an industry briefing with almost 400 national...

Engineers have continued upgrade work at New York's Penn station to improve the reliability of services. Station owner Amtrak said that 125ft of track and around 600 railway sleepers on a number of tracks have recently been replaced and preparatory...

Workers have started building the southern section of Moscow's Third Interchange Contour (TIC) line with work expected to be complete by December 2019. The Ulitsa Novatorov, Vorontsovskaya and Sevastopolsky Prospekt stations are now under construction. The new 66km metro line will feature...