Rail Projects

The Government of Western Australia has confirmed that it will go ahead with a $2 billion airport rail link. The 8.5-kilometre Forrestfield Airport Link will branch off the Midland Line at Bayswater Junction, connecting the airport with Perth's commuter rail...

Over the recent Easter period, Spencer Rail completed a first in this country by successfully moving an 800-tonne pedestrian subway into its final position on a bed of compressed nitrogen gas. Writes Collin Carr The work took place at Rochester station as part of the second phase of the overall East Kent Resignalling Programme which […]

MTR has estimated that the cost of building the Hong Kong-Shenzhen section of the high-speed Express Rail Link (XRL) will rise to HKD $71.52 billion. In April, MTR announced that construction would be delayed by several months after torrential rain...

Broxtowe Borough Council is to fund a study into the feasibility of extending Nottingham's tram network to Kimberley via Eastwood. The news has been welcomed by Amber Valley Borough Council which is keen to work in partnership with Broxtowe to...

Network Rail has completed several major upgrades in the first of three August closures of the West Coast main line. Britain's busiest rail corridor reopened today (August 11) following a weekend closure to carry out signalling and track renewals between Kings...

A Züblin/HOCHTIEF joint venture has won the contract to construct a new rail tunnel beneath the city of Rastatt along the Karlsruhe-Basle line. DB Netze is managing a major upgrade of the line. The existing double-track railway will become a four-track corridor, allowing...

Chairman of Saudi Railways, Mohamed Swaiket, has signed a SAR 392 million (€78 million) contract to double track a section of the Dammam-Riyadh rail freight line. The first phase, which should be completed within the next two years, covers the...

Stockholm City Council has appointed WSP to design a new metro line connecting Odenplan and Arenastaden. The route is one of several new lines and extensions being explored by the authority. In November last year, the council said it planned to...

Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin has announced that plans for a spur connecting Crossrail to the West Coast main line are being developed by the Department for Transport (DfT). The feasibility study – conducted in-house – should be ready by the...

Network Rail has awarded Hitachi its first ETCS contract to install the European standard signalling technology on two Class 37 locomotives. Hitachi will fit the West Coast Railways locomotives for operation on the Cambrian Line - the UK testbed for ERTMS. The...