Rail Projects

Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin has officially opened the £45 million Doncaster North Chord during a tour of major projects along the East Coast main line. The flyover, which actually opened to traffic at the start of the month, will relieve...

An extension of Nottingham's tram network to Clifton and Beeston will not be ready for passengers until 2015, contractor Taylor Woodrow Alstom has said. The project was due to open in December but complications in extension's construction have pushed that...

The Northwest Rapid Transit consortium has won a competition to deliver the infrastructure, rolling stock and signalling system for the $8.3 billion North West Rail Link in Sydney. Naming the the government's preferred bidder, NSW Premier Mike Baird and Minister for...

Alstom and VINCI Construction Grands Projets have been awarded the contract for the final package of works for a four-line light rail system in Lusail, Qatar. Alstom's €750 million share of the contract includes the supply 35 trains equipped with catenary-free technology, track-laying,...

Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne believes the UK needs to build a new high-speed railway line between Manchester and Hull to create a 'Northern Powerhouse' to rival London. Speaking at the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester today (June...

The UK and China have signed a trade agreement designed to improve co-operation between rail sectors in the two countries. Prime Minister David Cameron and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang signed the bilateral agreement in London on June 17. China has already shown...

Birmingham, Derby, Doncaster and Manchester have been shortlisted as possible locations for a new high-speed rail engineering college in the UK. Cities and towns around the country had bid to become the home of the National College for High Speed...

Transport for London (TfL) has published a list of 17 contractors that will complete a £250 million upgrade of electrical systems on the London Underground network. The two eight-year power upgrade frameworks will cover the design, installation and commissioning of...

HOCHTIEF and Züblin have been awarded a €150 million tunnelling contract for a section of the Cityringen metro line in Copenhagen. The joint venture will construct 3.5 kilometres of tunnels and a new metro station at Nordhavn, creating a branch line off of...

The fit out of two pre-series Berlin U-bahn metro trains is set to begin after the body shells were presented by Stadler Pankow. Stadler Pankow is initially building two IK metro trains to test on lines U1 to U4 of...