Hitachi Rail has been awarded a major contract by the Philippine Government’s Department of Transportation to deliver Electrical & Mechanical Systems and Track Works, including digital signalling for the new commuter railway from Solis to Malolos in the Philippines.
Transport for West Midlands (TfWM) is working with the UK’s principal bus operators to launch a major fare capping project to offer passengers best value and greater convenience when using their credit or debit card on public transport.
Two months after being announced as main contractor, Laing O’Rourke has now officially signed a £370m contract to build the HS2 interchange station in Solihull. The contract signing follows the obligatory standstill period following the announcement of the award in July.
UK Power Networks Services will complete electrical infrastructure upgrades to allow a new fleet of trains to operate on the Piccadilly line and improve reliability and service frequency. The project – which begins in June 2022 and is ...
Dabish consulting engineer Cowi has won the detailed design package contract for utility works around the proposed HS2 station at Euston for Anglo-Spanish contractor Mace Dragados Joint Venture. The design package includes realigning utiliti...
Ground engineering contractor Van Elle has been appointed to the piling framework for the west of Leeds section of the Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) programme. TRU is a £3bn investment programme to improve rail services between Manchester and York via Huddersfield and Leeds.
Balfour Beatty will be responsible for the design, supply and installation of new equipment along the Piccadilly line to support the increase in traction power required to run the next generation of trains that will be introduced from 2025.
A more reliable railway with faster journeys and the potential for more train services is coming for passengers between Woking and Portsmouth Harbour, with the launch of the Portsmouth Direct Upgrade. Between 2022 and 2024 engineers will carry out a...
Approval has been granted for an ambitious HS2 scheme, which will see material excavated from the Chiltern tunnels used to create new chalk grassland, wooded and wetland habitats around the tunnel’s southern entrance.
HS2 Minister Andrew Stephenson and HS2 Ltd have confirmed the contract to deliver the high speed line’s flagship Birmingham station, in a project that is estimated to create more than 1,000 new jobs.
The £540m job covers the design and build of the signalling systems that will control trains travelling at speeds of up to 360km/h and up to 25 years of technical support.Signalling specialist shortlist Alstom Transport UK Hitachi...
The HS2 geotechnical contract was awarded to KVJV by Align, a joint venture of Bouygues Travaux Publics SAS, Sir Robert McAlpine and VolkerFitzpatrick. This section consists of 21.6km of HS2 rail infrastructure, including a 3.
Billions of pounds are being invested on railway infrastructure to increase capacity, reliability and customer experience in the UK. Major works on all four of the routes within the Eastern Region are underway.