Rail Projects

Balfour Beatty has been awarded a c.£43 million contract by Transport for London (TfL) to deliver essential upgrade works on the London Underground’s Piccadilly line. This latest award marks the second contract to be awarded under the ‘London Underground High...

A major construction milestone has taken place at the £26.5 million new White Rose Rail Station in south Leeds. Rail infrastructure specialist Spencer Group has now installed two new link bridges from the main station buildings to platform level at...

Weekend engineering work will be taking place on the Essex Thameside line as part of important renewals and maintenance to keep the railway running reliably and safely. Engineers will be working on the overhead electrical systems, replacing sections of old...

A major new road near Newquay in Cornwall will move one step closer this weekend when Network Rail installs a bridge over the railway.  The new road, known as the Newquay Strategic Route, will connect Nansledan, on the edge of...

Speaking today at the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced that he is cancelling ‘the rest of the HS2 project’ and that the line run from Birmingham Curzon Street to London Euston. Sunak promised that the...

“The Government has clearly set out its firm focus on rebalancing the economy and creating jobs, skills and talent to raise the level of productivity across the UK. HS2 is essential to delivering these wider ambitions.” “This Government is clear...

Network Rail is thanking passengers for their patience and understanding today after the completion of work to renew the track inside the historic Dinmore Tunnel on the Marches line.   A planned reduced service had been operating on the line between...

Network Rail has released spectacular aerial video footage of work to realign almost 2km of track between Aylesbury and Princes Risborough stations which will allow HS2 to build new high-speed lines beneath the existing railway network. The dramatic video shows...

Former Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said over the weekend that it would be “crazy” not to review plans for HS2 in light of soaring costs. Speaking to Sky News, Mr Shapps said: “It is the case that all of these...

Students from across Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire were given an insight into the huge range of jobs on offer at HS2 when the high-speed rail project opened its doors to local schools and colleges on 21 and 22 September. Almost 200...