Network Rail has awarded the first of two contracts to build the new railway station for Chelmsford’s Beaulieu development to J Murphy & Sons Ltd. The £37.8m contract includes work to begin construction and enabling work for the new station on behalf of partners Essex County Council and Chelmsford City Council. This phase of the […]
HS2 has revealed images of a big construction milestone in Birmingham city centre, with the completion of the first giant V-shaped pier for the 300 metres long viaduct that will bring high speed trains into the new Curzon Street Station. The five-metre-tall structure is the first pier to be installed for the ‘Curzon No. 3 […]
Alstom will manufacture, supply and put into service ten new Metropolis trains, with 3 cars each, including the supply of the on-board signalling system, for the project to expand the capacity of Line 1 of the Santo Domingo Metro. Alstom will manufacture the trains at its plant in Santa Perpetua, in Barcelona. This new order […]
Trains between Bath and Bristol, and between Gloucester, Cheltenham and Worcester will be affected by a programme of weekend rail improvement work this month. Network Rail plans to renew tracks and maintain tunnels linking Bath and Bristol over three successive weekends, as well as carry out drainage work in the Cheltenham area. This means no […]
HS2 has partnered with Build UK, the leading representative organisation for the UK construction industry, to support the ‘Open Doors 2023’ programme, running from Monday 13 – Saturday 18 March 2023. Open Doors takes young people, and those looking for a change of career, behind the site hoardings to experience construction first-hand. HS2 is offering […]
Passengers are now benefiting from major improvements to the Bakerloo line and London Overground between London Euston and Watford Junction. Network Rail engineers worked over seven days in the run up to Christmas to overhaul track and equipment on a 20-mile stretch of railway and upgrade five stations in north London. North Wembley, South Kenton, […]
