Rail Projects

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...

ADIF has awarded a €28 million electrification contract to Alstom and Isolux Corsán. The joint venture will supply the traction substation and catenary system for the 44.3-kilometre high-speed line currently being constructed between Leon and Asturias. As well as installing the...

Network Rail has presented plans for a new rail link connecting the Great Western main line with Heathrow. Responding to calls from MPs, Network Rail has outlined proposals to construct a five-kilometer tunnel from Heathrow's Terminal 5 to a new ...

Three companies have been shortlisted for one of two major contracts being let in the construction of a new light rail system in the heart of Sydney. Laing O’Rourke Australia Construction, Leighton Contractors and a joint venture between Downer EDI...

Gravesend station in Kent is a busy place. It is 28 miles from Charing Cross on the North Kent line through Dartford, London Bridge and Waterloo West. It is also used by the high-speed Javelin service, joining HS1 near Ebbsfleet to travel on to St Pancras. Writes Nigel Wordsworth Ten trains an hour depart from […]

Mayor of Moscow Sergei Sobyanin has confirmed that the new northern section of the Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya line will open between 2014/15. Sobyanin made the announcement following a visit to Petrovsko-Razumovskaya metro station - one of six new stations being built on the...

Network Rail has named the four suppliers who will deliver a £2 billion programme of electrification works over the next seven years. Balfour Beatty, AmeyInabensa, CarillionPowerlines and ABC Electrification will complete a range of projects across six geographical regions, covering...

Crossrail tunnel boring machines (TBMs) have broken through at three sites across central London in the last two weeks in an 'unprecedented' flurry of activity on the £14.8 billion project. Starting with Elizabeth, who arrived at the new Whitechapel station...

Earls Court is a crucial link in the London Underground (LUL) rail network, unlocking the way to the whole western section of the District Line, as well as being an important station in its own right. The track has been in a poor state for years and, in order to ensure safety and some sort […]

RFF and SNCF have announced a major programme of maintenance and renewals which will see €1 billion spent in 2014 to improve rail infrastructure in and around the French capital. The plan has been drawn up in response to a...