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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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From Blueprint to Reality: HS2 Achieves Historic Tunneling Milestone
- Mar, 13, 2025
- Tunneling General Construction Sustainable Development Railway Geotechnics News On Projects / Industry
- United Kingdom
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The HS2 project has reached a significant milestone with the completion of the first deep twin-bore tunnel at Long Itchington Wood in Warwickshire. This one-mile-long tunnel, built 30 meters below th...
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From 5.5 Hours to 3: How High-Speed Rail Will Change Travel in Canada
- Mar, 05, 2025
- Railway Geotechnics Sustainable Development Construction Management Transportation Engineering General Construction General Civil News On Projects / Industry
- Canada
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Canada is set to embark on one of its most ambitious infrastructure projects—the 1,000-kilometre high-speed rail (HSR) corridor connecting Toronto to Quebec City. Announced by Prime Minister Justin T...
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HS2's Burton Green Tunnel Reaches Midway in Pioneering Green Construction Effort
- Nov, 15, 2024
- Tunneling Sustainable Development News On Projects / Industry
- United Kingdom, Alabama, Birmingham
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The HS2 Burton Green Tunnel, a key part of the UK's high-speed rail project, has reached an impressive halfway mark in its construction. This 700-meter-long structure is designed as one of HS2's five...
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