Rail Projects

HS2 has launched its 2024 graduate recruitment programme to help the next generation of engineers, landscape designers, project managers, and environmental specialists kickstart their careers. Successful candidates will spend two years working alongside some of the very best in the...

Network Rail is reminding customers to plan ahead as buses replace South Western Railway (SWR), Great Western Railway (GWR) and Southern trains between Southampton Central and Havant, Eastleigh and Portsmouth Harbour and Southampton Central and Portsmouth Harbour this February...

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has joined forces with HS2 to invest in three new dedicated Recruitment Hubs for the project in the West Midlands. They will aim to capitalise on continuing employment opportunities generated by the high-speed...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...