Rail Projects

Enough private investment could be found to meet government targets for the construction of the £12 billion Crossrail 2 project, a new report has stated. The report, which was conducted by a taskforce in association with London First, suggests that...

Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet (NKM), one of the candidates hoping to become the new mayor of Paris, has presented her plans to redevelop the city's abandoned metro stations. Ahead of the municipal elections next month, NKM has released several images showing some...

Ridership projections have been upped and build costs downgraded in a new business plan for California's planned high-speed railway between Los Angeles and San Francisco. The California High-Speed Rail Authority has published its Draft 2014 Business Plan after being ordered...

The Swiss public have voted in favour of introducing a new dedicated fund to finance rail infrastructure maintenance and upgrades. For the first time, Switzerland will have a reliable source of ring-fenced funding for rail projects after 62 per cent...

Slovakia's Transport Minister, John Počiatek, has released the funding needed to continue rebuilding a 19th century railway bridge in Bratislava. Počiatek has confirmed that an EU grant worth €68.9 million will be used to rebuild the Starý most bridge over...

Network Rail and the Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) have agreed a five-year funding plan for Britain's railways. £38 billion will be spent on maintaining and improving rail infrastructure in the UK during Control Period 5 (CP5), with key projects...

Project leaders developing plans for a $30 billion high-speed line between Moscow and Kazan will present the findings of an independent financial and technical study later this month. Discussing the project at an event in January, Alexander Misharin first vice-president...

Five consortia have been shortlisted to compete for the main infrastructure works contract for the €368 million Luas Cross City line in Dublin. Preparatory works are already underway on the 6-kilometre line which will extend the city's Luas light rail...

Chancellor George Osbourne has travelled to Manchester to kick off the £600 million Northern Hub programme of rail improvements. Osbourne was at Manchester Airport station where Network Rail is delivering £20 million worth of platform upgrades. Launching the scheme, Osbourne said...

The Callosa de Segura tunnel, which links up a pivotal section of the €12.4 billion Madrid-Levante high-speed line, has been fully excavated. Minister for Public Works Ana Pastor attended the tunnel breakthrough this week marking a milestone in the completion of...