Rail Projects

The tunnel boring machine (TBM) which will construct a new rail tunnel between Bergen and Arna in western Norway has been handed over by manufacturer Herrenknecht. On May 7, the 1,800-tonne TBM was presented to the Skanska/Strabag joint venture at Herrenknecht's...

When complete, Crossrail will be a three-legged railway. The western leg will emerge from under London at the Royal Oak portal and run out as far as Reading with a connection off to Heathrow. To the North East, the portal is at Pudding Mill Lane and the Crossrail route will...

Construction of Sydney's CBD and South East Light Rail system is to start in earnest this October, according to a detailed construction schedule published by the New South Wales Government. The network will stretch for 12 kilometres around the city...

A court ruling in Austria has given the green light to contractors to continue construction of the 27-kilometre Semmering Base Tunnel. Austria's Federal Administrative Court has said it is now satisfied that the scheme meets all necessary environmental requirements, having...

A $265 million light rail maintenance and operations centre for the Foothill Gold Line has opened in California. The new facility, which can house up to 84 light rail vehicles, has been built as part of the 18.5-kilometre Foothill Gold Line light...

Peru and China have agreed to jointly pursue feasibility studies into a proposed transcontinental railway linking Peru with Brazil. Peru's President, Ollanta Humala Tasso, and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang signed a Memorandum of Understanding to carry out preliminary studies into the...

The European Commission has adopted a €5.4 billion transport fund to finance rail and metro upgrades in the Czech Republic. The €5.4 billion, which includes €4.7 billion from the Cohesion Fund and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) for road...

Argentina's president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner has signed a decree renationalising the country's rail network, reviving state-owned rail company Ferrocarriles Argentinos (FA). During a ceremony at Retiro station in Buenos Aires, Minister of Interior and Transportation Florencio Randazzo said the government was "repairing...

Tunnelling works are now finished on an extension of the Muni Metro system through downtown San Francisco. The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) has announced that the tunnel portal entrance - the final component of the main tunnelling contract...

A pedestrian footbridge like no other has opened in Den Bosch, linking the Dutch city's historic centre with its contemporary present. The 250-metre bridge doubles up as an urban garden, with greenery integrated into the sheets of weathering steel that...