Rail Projects

Hochtief has been awarded the fit out contract for Bank station's new Waterloo & City line entrance box. The station box, which is being built by the same contractors constructing Bloomberg’s new European headquarters above, is part of a £57 million...

Minneapolis' Southwest Light Rail Transit (LRT) project has been approved by the Twin Cities' Metropolitan Council. The authority is now cleared to submit proposals for the 26-kilometre extension of the METRO Green Line to the federal government for final approval. The...

Near Newcraighall, five miles south east of Edinburgh Waverley, is a siding with a folding buffer stop. Writes David Shirres It is this siding that is to be extended by 49 kilometres to form the new Borders Railway, the longest new UK domestic railway for over a hundred years. The line will open in autumn […]

The construction of a 15-kilometre rail tunnel through the Swiss Alps could be delayed by two years because of an ongoing contractual dispute. AlpTransit Gotthard (ATG), the authority leading the tunnel's construction, said that ongoing legal proceedings meant that the...

Farringdon Station will be “the heart of the heart” of Crossrail. It is going to be the only station in London with interchanges between Crossrail, London Underground services and the Thameslink network. Writes Chris Parker It will also be the only station in the city to have direct connections to three of London’s five airports, […]

The Liverpool City Region has worked with Network Rail to draw up a 30-year plan to improve passenger and freight rail links. The Long Term Rail Strategy outlines 12 high-priority rail projects for the city and surrounding area designed to...

The Stockholm Citybanan (City Line) is a new commuter railway tunnel currently under construction beneath central Stockholm, which will be used for the Swedish capital’s commuter rail service. Writes Collin Carr The line will be six kilometres long, double track and electrified, and will run between Tomteboda and Stockholm South (Stockholms södra) station. Also included in […]

A consortium led by property investment company Icade is to construct Montpellier's new TGV station. The station is one of two new interchanges being built on a new high-speed rail bypass between Nîmes and Montpellier. The line, which will be completed...

Public officials have broken ground on the first phase of the ION light rail system in Waterloo, Ontario. The first shovels entered the ground at the site of the planned network's new Dutton Drive depot to mark the start of...

London Underground has confirmed its intention to award the Northern line extension design and build contract to Ferrovial Agroman Laing O’Rourke. The JV was named as the preferred bidder for the project in July. The £1 billion scheme will see the Northern...