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News on HighSpeedRail
HS2 completes porous tunnel portals to prevent sonic boom at Chiltern Tunnel
- Feb, 05, 2026
- Railway Geotechnics Concrete Structures Sustainable Development News On Projects / Industry
- United Kingdom, London
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
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...
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Longest HS2 tunnel structurally complete
- Jan, 19, 2026
- Tunneling Sustainable Development News On Projects / Industry
- United Kingdom
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
HS2 Ltd has confirmed the completion of civil engineering works on its longest tunnel to date, marking a major milestone in delivery of the UK’s new high-speed railway. The close-out of works at the...
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UK secures £35m steel supply agreement for Türkiye’s Modern Rail Corridors
- Nov, 22, 2025
- Railway Geotechnics Sustainable Development Steel Structures News On Projects / Industry Other News
- United Kingdom, Scunthorpe
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
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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Quiet Power: How HS2 Combats Sonic Booms with Precision Engineering
- Apr, 30, 2025
- Tunneling Railway Geotechnics General Construction Sustainable Development News On Projects / Industry
- United Kingdom, London
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
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...
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Europe’s Tube-Like Train Network: Starline Set to Redefine High-Speed Travel
- Mar, 28, 2025
- Transportation Geotechnics Transportation Engineering General Civil General Construction Sustainable Development Green Infrastructure News On Projects / Industry Other News
- Europe
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Imagine boarding a train in Helsinki and arriving in Berlin in just three hours. That’s not a far-off fantasy anymore. A futuristic project named Starline is laying the groundwork for a metro-style,...
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