Rail Projects

Manchester Ordsall Chord was featured in issue 137 (March 2016), including details of the benefits and challenges to the chosen route to link Manchester Piccadilly with Manchester Victoria. The outcome of the legal challenge was that the scheme has obtained the necessary approvals, and work has been steadily underway for some time. The new chord […]

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...

Mark Thurston, currently managing director overseeing CH2M's European operations, including those in the UK, has been appointed as the new chief executive of HS2. The post became vacant when Simon Kirby left to join Rolls Royce as chief operating officer...

Ansaldo STS has won a AUD $44 million contract to supply the signalling and telecomms equipment for Perth's Forrestfield Airport Link. The 8.5-kilometre Forrestfield Airport Link will connect the airport with Perth's commuter rail network from a spur off the Midland...

HS2 has begun the procurement process which will source up to 60 trains for the first phase of Britain's new high-speed rail network. The £2.75 billion contract, which is expected to be awarded in 2019, includes both the supply and...

RB Rail, the joint venture established to progress the core section of the Rail Baltica project through Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, has announced an open tender to determine the design specification for the route. Through the 'Design Guidelines' competition, RB Rail will...

Stage 2 of Sydney Metro, which will extend the line from Chatswood to Sydenham and on to Bankstown, has received planning approval. Stage 2, Sydney Metro City & Southwest, will involve the construction of 16.5 km of new railway and seven new...

Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) has finalised a $1 billion funding deal which will allow work to begin on the first phase of the Red and Purple Modernization Program (RPM). CTA has now secured the $2.1 billion needed to begin the...

The first phase of enabling works for the Northern line extension has been delivered by contractor Amey. The preparatory works being carried out focus on the South West Storm Relief Sewer. Amey installed eight articulation joints along a 55m section of the...

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...