Latest Rail News

Aecom has won two big contracts to support the development and design of vital rail infrastructure in both the UK and US.

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt promised investments in advancing the UK's net zero efforts with nuclear and green energy in today's Spring Budget but future funding for transport and other vital infrastructure went amiss.

Camden Council has urged ministers to let it lead the overhaul of Euston and unlock the final leg of High Speed 2 (HS2) into central London.

Balfour Beatty Vinci (BBV) has launched the final tunnel boring machine (TBM) for the West Midlands leg of High Speed 2.

A landslip has hit railway services at Merstham, Surrey, which follows a landslip repaired in Kent on Monday 4 March and two other landslips in the Midlands and North of England in February.

A train derailed after it struck “an object” on the line between Surbiton and Woking and led to disruption across the entire South Western Railway network.

The Independent Transport Commission (ITC) has examined lasting outcomes from the pandemic that have significant and wide-ranging implications for how transport policy and projects should be evaluated.

Visually impaired passengers will benefit from accessibility works carried out at Cardonald station in Glasgow following feedback from a regular commuter.

Repairs have been completed on a section of track at Newington in Kent which was taken out of action by a landslip following emergency works by Network Rail.

Overhead line equipment (OLE) for rail electrification can operate effectively with fewer structures to support them, according to of experiments conducted by Network Rail’s research and development team at the University of Birmingham.