Infrastructure

Service operator and infrastructure manager Russian Railways has signed an agreement with JSC Tuva Energy Industrial Corporation (TEIC) to build a new railway line in Russia. It is hoped the 410 km Elegest-Kyzyl-Kuragino line - which is estimated to be complete...

Rail freight operator Union Pacific has announced a $36 million investment into its infrastructure in Colorado. The firm plans to spend $3.1 billion across its entire network in 2017 to boost safety and efficiency and has already made a wave...

The president of Kenya has called the opening of a new standard gauge railway a milestone moment for the country. Kenya was previously served by the Uganda Railway, a line built at the beginning of the 20th century that had fallen into...

Rail operator Union Pacific has announced it is to invest $85 million in Illinois' rail infrastructure. The news follows similar statements for other midwestern states in the past two months as part of Union Pacific's wider $3.1 billion programme to improve...

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has launched a competition to find innovation solutions to boost New York subway's capacity and reliability. A statement from MTA said that "quick and efficient" solutions were needed as industry standards currently "cannot improve service as...

Boosting safety and efficiency is at the heart of a new $49 million investment from Union Pacific into its Missouri infrastructure. Of the total investment, $43 million will be spent maintaining track and $3 million on maintaining bridges in the state. This covers $12...

Astaldi has strengthened its presence in Poland after being awarded a joint contract worth €171 million to rebuild the railway between Wschodnia and Dorohusk. Along with Zhol Zhondeushi (25 per cent), PBDiM (5 per cent) and C.L.F. (5 per cent), Astaldi...

MyHSR Corporation has awarded two reference design consultancy contracts for the Malaysian-Singapore high-speed rail project. Systra and Meinhardt have secured the deal from the firm responsible for the development of the new corridor, which is one of the largest transport infrastructure projects in...

Network Rail has completed track and station improvements at Shenfield as part of ongoing work on Crossrail. At Shenfield, engineers have built a new Crossrail-dedicated platform and three new sidings to increase capacity in preparation for the new service. In addition, the entire rail junction at Shenfield, including track, signals and overhead power lines, has been improved […]

The Federal Government of Australia and the State Government of Western Australia have reached an agreement to invest $2.3 billion on road and rail infrastructure in the region. The combined investment covers 17 schemes, including injecting $1.2 billion into Metronet, a project that...