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Borders railway electrification begins with piling works and March line closures

Network Rail has commenced the first stage of electrification works on the Borders Railway, following the Scottish Government’s £342 million investment to electrify routes in Fife and the Borders and...

£130bn “Loop” high-speed rail vision proposes circular network linking nine UK and Irish cities

RIBA president Chris Williamson has proposed a £130 billion high speed rail network forming a continuous loop across northern Britain and Ireland. The concept, known as The Loop, would connect Dublin...

UAE awards USD 8bn contracts for 150 km Abu Dhabi–Dubai high-speed line

Etihad Rail has awarded design and construction contracts worth more than USD 8 billion for the first high-speed rail line in the United Arab Emirates, connecting Abu Dhabi and Dubai. The 150 km corr...

HS2 installs 1,024 precast segments to complete Coleshill viaduct decks

HS2 engineers have completed deck assembly for four parallel viaducts at Coleshill, marking a significant milestone in the construction of the Delta Junction to the east of Birmingham. The Coleshill...

HS2 completes porous tunnel portals to prevent sonic boom at Chiltern Tunnel

Construction teams have completed the northern set of porous tunnel portals on the HS2 Chiltern Tunnel, marking a key milestone on the high-speed rail route between London and Birmingham. The works w...

Christmas works deliver major HS2 viaduct milestone

Construction of one of the most technically demanding sections of the UK’s high-speed rail programme advanced over the Christmas period with the completion of two critical viaduct spans near Water Or...

Jerusalem advances blue line works and plans 2-km city-center tunnel

Jerusalem has expanded construction activity on the 31-km Blue Line light rail corridor, issuing early December municipal notices that confirm continued utility and surface infrastructure work along...

Rapid progress marked on 2.7 km HS2’s longest green tunnel

The next phase of HS2’s longest green tunnel advanced this week with the realignment of the B4525 near Greatworth, enabling excavation to continue along the 2.7-kilometre cut-and-cover structure. The...

Britain delivers hydrogen by rail for the first time

The UK has achieved a notable engineering and logistics milestone with the first-ever delivery of hydrogen by rail. The demonstration, carried out at Network Rail’s Test Tracks facility in Tuxford, i...

UK secures £35m steel supply agreement for Türkiye’s Modern Rail Corridors

The announcement of a new £35 million rail supply contract marks a significant development for British steel manufacturing and for ongoing high-speed rail expansion in Türkiye. The agreement, to be f...

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