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Magna Tram Train station reaches bridge and lift milestone, advancing lower Don Valley connectivity

The new Magna Tram Train station in Rotherham has reached a key construction stage with the installation of twin lift shafts and a passenger overbridge. The scheme is a £10 million investment schedul...

CSX coal train derails in New Kent County, Virginia

A freight train operated by CSX Transportation derailed near Providence Forge in New Kent County, Virginia at approximately 3:10 p.m. October 25th, involving two locomotives and 53 coal-car loads, ac...

Twin bridges mark major progress for HS2 in the Midlands

The HS2 project marked another milestone in October 2025 with the opening of two new bridges near Leamington Spa, designed to maintain vital connections across the developing high-speed rail line. Th...

HS2 Accelerator Expands to Boost Value, Safety, and Productivity

HS2 Ltd has launched the eighth round of its Innovation Accelerator programme, aiming to support the reset of Britain’s largest infrastructure project. The initiative, run in partnership with Connect...

Steel Arch Bridge Fails During Construction in China Claiming 12 Lives

A devastating collapse of a railway bridge under construction in northwest China’s Qinghai Province claimed the lives of at least 12 workers, with four still reported missing. The incident occurred i...

Storm Floris Forces Emergency Infrastructure Response in the UK

On August 4, 2025, Storm Floris brought severe disruption across Scotland, affecting transport systems and power distribution infrastructure. The storm registered wind speeds exceeding 130 km/h in so...

HS2 Delivery Strategy Undergoes Major Contractual Reset

The High-Speed 2 (HS2) project is entering a strategic reset phase, with plans to renegotiate existing civil engineering contracts. This shift aims to better align risk, costs, and delivery expectati...

Landmark Approval: BVLOS Drones Cleared for UK Rail Surveillance

The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has authorised Drone Major Group to conduct the country’s first Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) drone operations over Critical National Infrastructure (CNI)....

Quiet Power: How HS2 Combats Sonic Booms with Precision Engineering

High-speed rail systems face a peculiar challenge when trains enter tunnels at extreme velocities—what’s known as a "sonic boom" or more precisely, micro-pressure waves. As trains force air ahead of...

Civil Engineering News Recap of March 2025

You can now find TheCivilEngineer.org's latest news recap video on YouTube, which includes what we found to be the most interesting civil engineering news of March 2025. Namely, these were: 1) Hydro...