Infrastructure

The US Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has deferred a decision on whether to award a $647 million grant to fund the Peninsula Corridor Electrification Project (PCEP) in California. Caltrain announced on February 17 that the decision would not be made until after...

The two tunnel boring machines that will excavate the twin-bore tunnels for London Underground's Northern line extension have been lowered into the ground. When tunnelling work begins next month, the two TBMs will begin a 3.2km journey from Battersea Power...

OK, so what would be your idea of an ideal Christmas? In the warm? In the dry? With friends and/or family around you? (The slight qualification is needed as you can choose your friends. You can’t choose your family.) Perhaps a comforting drink or two and the sure knowledge that all the celebrations will be […]

Greater Anglia is to build a new depot on the site of a former chemical works factory near Manningtree station to maintain its new fleet of Stadler trains. The 22-acre depot, which includes 13 tracks, will initially be used to...

Electrification of the Gospel Oak to Barking London Overground line has been delayed because of "incorrectly designed" overhead line equipment. Although the line will reopen as planned at the end of this month, Network Rail has said further closures will...

SNCF Réseau has outsourced the renewal of the overhead catenary on RER C between Paris and Brétigny. On February 2, RC², a consortium which includes TSO Caténaires, SETEC Ferroviaire, ETF and Mobility, has been awarded a €277 million contract to...

The Rail Baltica project took its next step today as the invitation to tender for a feasibility study within Lithuania was issued. Lithuania completed a new standard-gauge line from the Polish border to Kaunas in 2015. However, this is only...

Tunnels do little to enhance the passenger experience, turning off the daylight and mobile phone signals. For some, this seemingly results in personal crisis. Any sense of what it took to drive the tunnel – in either human or engineering terms – is lost in the transient frustration. But then it’s hard to see the […]

The French Senate has ratified an agreement between the governments of France and Italy by approving the bill which will allow work to start on a high-speed rail link between Lyon and Turin. The project, which has faced some fierce...

An inaugural ride on New Year's Eve marked the completion of the first phase of New York's Second Avenue Subway project - a project almost 100 years in the making. Phase 1 of the project is now operational between 96th...