Latest Infrastructure News
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HS2 Launches First Giant Tunnelling Machine
HS2 has deployed the first of 10 tunnel boring machines (TBMs) that will be used during phase one of the UK’s new high speed railway.
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Reviewers Appointed for Rail Baltica Technical Design in Latvia
RB Rail AS has appointed reviewers to assess the detailed technical design of the Rail Baltica high-speed railway line in Latvia.
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Network Rail and RIBA Announce Railway Station Design Competition Winner
Edinburgh-based 7N Architects has won a Network Rail and RIBA competition to shape Britain’s future railways.
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Mace and Dragados Wins HS2 Birmingham Curzon Street Station Contract
HS2 has confirmed that a team made up of Mace and Dragados will build Birmingham’s new city centre high speed railway station.
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DB Engineering & Consulting Wins Contract for Bad Kleinen Curve
DB Engineering & Consulting has won the tender for constructing part of the line upgrade between Lübeck and Schwerin in Northern Germany.
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Melbourne’s Metro Tunnel Project Turns Its Focus to Station Construction
Melbourne Metro Tunnel's 9km tunnels have moved closer to completion, switching the project’s focus on to its five new underground stations.
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Rail Baltica Opens Public Tender for Cableway Components
The first open public procurement contract, for the supply of the cableway components, has been announced for Rail Baltica.
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Network Rail Completes Extensive Bank Holiday Upgrades
Network Rail completed extensive upgrades to the line between Euston and Scotland over the early May bank holiday weekend.
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Deutsche Bahn: Even Quieter Freight Trains by 2025
Deutsche Bahn says that by 2030 half of all residents living close to railway tracks will benefit from efforts to reduce noise pollution.
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Suppliers for Sydney Airport Metro Shortlisted
Two companies have been shortlisted to construct more than 10km of viaducts, bridges and embankments for the Sydney Airport Metro.
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Rail Baltica Selects Electrification Partner for 870km High-Speed Line
RB Rail AS has chosen its energy engineer for the electrification of the 870km international high-speed Rail Baltica line.
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Network Rail Invites Private Sector to Invest £1 Billion in Telecoms Infrastructure
Network Rail has invited private sector companies to invest £1 billion in telecoms infrastructure to upgrade the country's railway network.
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Alstom-led Consortium Completes Signalling Upgrade in Poland
A consortium comprising Alstom, Thales and Nokia has delivered an ERTMS/ETCS Level 2 signalling upgrade on the E65 railway in Poland.
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British Rail Industry: Rail Decarbonisation Not Possible without Electrification
Why Rail Electrification: the UK rail industry has written an open letter to government to urge for a rolling programme of electrification.
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OEBB and DB Present Brenner Base Tunnel Northern Approach Route
Austrian Federal Railways and Deutsche Bahn have presented the overall best route for the northern approach to the Brenner Base Tunnel.
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Alstom Puts Samalut Section of Beni Suef-Asyut Line into Service
Alstom has installed and commissioned its electronic interlocking system on another section of the Beni Suef-Asyut line in Egypt.
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HS2 Presents Oxford Canal Viaduct Design
HS2 has presented its design of the Oxford Canal Viaduct that will measure 62.5m and span the canal and towpath between Banbury and Daventry…
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HS2 High-Voltage Power Supply Systems Suppliers Shortlisted
HS2 Ltd has published its shortlist of companies it has asked to tender for the high-speed railway's high-voltage power supply systems.
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The Railway-News Magazine Issue 1 2021 Is Here!
We've published our first issue of 2021 with a new, intuitive look and more interactive features such as embedded videos.
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HS2 Casts First of 112,000 Chiltern Tunnel Wall Segments
HS2 has cast the first of 112,000 wall segments for the high-speed railway's 10-mile Chiltern tunnel outside of London.
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Webuild Wins Billion Euro Railway Contract in Sicily
Webuild has won a railway contract in Sicily worth €1 billion. The contract is for doubling the railway line between Messina and Catania.
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Siemens Mobility Wins Sydney Rail Modernisation Contracts
Siemens Mobility has been awarded two contracts by the New South Wales Government to upgrade the signalling technology on the Sydney metro.
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Network Rail Publishes Railway Resilience Report following Stonehaven Derailment
Network Rail has published an updated report on the resilience of the railways following the Stonehaven derailment.
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HS2: Work Begins on UK's Longest Rail Viaduct
Work has begun on what will be the UK's longest rail viaduct – the Colne Valley Viaduct to the northwest of London, measuring 3.4km.