General Interest
Archaeologists dig for answers on Transpennine Route
Archaeological discoveries in Ravensthorpe have revealed a possible historic small settlement dating back to Roman times, with environmental samples being processed in order to learn the full extent of findings.
For the Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) team, groundworks are an...
HS2
HS2 begins epic year-long, half-kilometre viaduct deck slide
Engineers this week began a delicate job that will see almost half a kilometre of bridge deck slid into position over the next year, high above the Misbourne Valley in Buckinghamshire, as HS2’s innovative Wendover Dean Viaduct enters a...
Contract News
Siemens Mobility awarded landmark HS2 contract
Siemens Mobility has secured a £47 million contract with HS2 to provide a fully integrated station information management system across all HS2 stations, Curzon Street, Interchange, Old Oak Common and Euston.
Siemens Mobility’s Digital Station Manager technology, which is already...
HS2
HS2’s executive chair to discuss costs and timescales with Transport Committee
HS2 Ltd’s executive chair, Sir Jon Thompson, will be questioned next week by the Transport Committee on managing costs as the project progresses.
On Wednesday 10 January, the cross-party Committee will ask Sir Jon how he is bearing down on...
Electrification
Network Rail completes festive engineering work for Wales and Western region
Network Rail is thanking passengers and local residents for their patience and understanding over the festive period while it has completed vital railway engineering work.
Over Christmas and New Year, teams have been busy completing multi-million pound improvements, upgrades and...
Industry News
Passengers in South London, Kent and Sussex, thanked for patience after several engineering projects to improve reliability completed over festive period
Network Rail engineers successfully complete planned engineering upgrades across Kent and Sussex.
Over the festive period, Network Rail engineers worked around the clock to carry out reliability upgrades across the Kent and Sussex region, as part of a wider £127m...
Infrastructure
Rail renewals, upgrades and projects delivered successfully over Christmas across Anglia
We’re thanking all our customers and passengers for their understanding and patience over the festive period while our engineers completed an extensive set of railway engineering work across the Anglia region to benefit passenger and freight services.
Major station construction...
HS2
First viaduct starts to take shape at HS2’s ‘linchpin’ Delta Junction
HS2 has completed the first 920 tonne deck span on the first precast segmental viaduct being built at the Delta Junction, signalling a construction milestone as work ramps up on the complex network of 13 viaducts in North Warwickshire.
HS2’s...
HS2
HS2 TBMs ‘Florence’ and ‘Cecilia’ reach Chesham Road
HS2 today confirmed that ‘Florence’ and ‘Cecilia’ – the two giant tunnelling machines digging the project’s longest tunnels - have reached the Chesham Road intervention shaft, on track to complete their mammoth 10-mile journey under the Chilterns next year.
The...
High Speed Rail
HS2 tunnel segments on the move from Hartlepool to London
Deliveries of HS2’s tunnel segments have begun from Hartlepool, using the UK’s rail network to minimise road traffic and drastically reduce carbon emissions.
STRABAG, the company manufacturing the pre-cast concrete segments for HS2’s next London tunnel drives, opened a new...
Latest News
ORR review leads to 50% reduction in maximum fees for ticket refunds
New rules will mean that from 2 April the maximum fee that train operators and ticket retailers can charge...