Latest Infrastructure News
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Scottish Rail Electrification Programme Gets the Green Light
The East Kilbride and Barrhead electrification project will pass through East Renfrewshire and South Lanarkshire to the south of Glasgow.
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Network Rail Installs First Fibre-Reinforced Polymer Footbridge
A footbridge made from super-strong fibre-reinforced plastic has been installed in Bicester to replace a footpath level crossing.
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HS2 Tunnel Boring Machine Completes First Mile Under the Chilterns
HS2 tunnel boring machine ‘Florence’ has passed the one mile mark, cutting through a mix of chalk and flint beneath the Chiltern hills.
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Alstom-led Consortium to Provide Integrated Metro System for Taipei’s Fully Automated Metro Line
An Alstom-led consortium has been awarded a contract to provide an integrated metro system for Taipei Circular Line Phase Two.
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Network Rail Announces Multi-Million Investment to Protect Critical Wales and Borders Transport Link
Network Rail has announced a £25m plan to protect the Newport-Gloucester line from further damage caused by extreme weather.
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Shadow Operator of New Greater Paris Driverless Metro Lines Chosen
Transdev Group and Strides International Business awarded shadow operator contract for four new Greater Paris driverless metro lines.
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Bidders Invited to Tender for HS2 Phase 2a Advanced Civil Works
HS2 has invited six bidders to tender for a major two-part enabling works contract for its recently approved Phase 2a section.
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AECOM Signs MoU to Develop Hydrogen-Powered Railway in Central Italy
AECOM has signed a memorandum of understanding to upgrade Italy’s Apennine diesel railway with hydrogen trains.
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Keolis-MHI Joint Venture Begins Operations of Dubai Metro and Tram Networks
The Keolis-MHI Rail Management and Operation LLC consortium has begun operating the Dubai Metro and Dubai Tram networks.
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TfL Opens Northern Line Extension to Battersea Power Station
Transport for London (TfL) has opened the new extension to the Northern Line from Kennington to Battersea Power Station.
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Alstom Hands Over Turkey’s First ETCS Levels 1 and 2 Locomotive
Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Devlet Demiryolları (TCDD) has received the first of 26 Alstom locomotives equipped with ETCS level 1 and 2.
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Hayes & Harlington Station Upgrades Completed
Network Rail has completed upgrades at Hayes & Harlington station ahead of the Elizabeth line opening in the first half of next year.
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Alstom to Supply ETCS Level 2 to Sydney’s Suburban Rail Network
Alstom has been awarded contracts to design, deliver and provide long-term service support for ETCS Level 2 trackside signalling technology.
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HS2 Hits 20,000 Job Landmark One Year After Construction Begins
One year on from the start of phase one's construction, HS2 has announced that 20,000 people are now working on the high-speed rail project.
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HS2 Train Depot and Network Control Centre Builder Shortlist Announced
HS2 has confirmed the shortlist of bidders to build its control centre and rolling stock maintenance depot.
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Network Rail Completes Major East Coast Main Line Signalling Work Near Peterborough
Network Rail's completed signalling work on new track near Peterborough that will divert freight trains under the East Coast Main Line.
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Bristol East Junction Upgrade Works Completed
The upgrade works at Bristol East Junction have been completed with full train services at Bristol Temple Meads having been resumed.
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D3 Forecast to Tempt Over Six Million Passengers Out of Their Cars in First Year of Operation
During its first year of operation, it's predicted that 6.6 million people will choose to travel on the MCD D3 line rather than by car.
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Scarborough Subway Extension Tunnel Boring Machine Undertakes Quality Control and Testing Prior to Shipment
Workers in Schwanau, Germany, have been busy manufacturing t the Scarborough Subway Extension’s tunnel boring machine (TBM).
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HS2 Ltd Releases Revised Camden Headhouse Images
HS2 Ltd has published revised images of the Adelaide Road headhouse in Camden, after changes were made to the design.
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HS2 Unveils Designs for Final Chiltern Tunnel Headhouse
Images of HS2’s Chesham Road rural headhouse, which will provide emergency access to the 10-mile-long Chiltern tunnel, has been unveiled.
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Siemens Mobility Signs Contract to Deliver Egypt’s First High-Speed, Electrified Rail System
Siemens Mobility will deliver an Egyptian rail system featuring the country’s first high-speed, electrified main and freight rail line.
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Key Rail Route to North Wales to Be Protected from Flash Flooding
Network Rail is delivering works to prevent the tracks between Crewe and Chester from flooding as part of the Great North Rail Project.
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Digital Signalling Installed as Part of the Great North Rail Project
23 new signals and 109 pieces of associated signalling equipment have been installed around Trafford Park under the Great North Rail Project…