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BBV (Balfour Beatty Vinci JV) has completed the first 18m tall pier for the Water Orton Viaducts for High Speed 2 (HS2).
HS2 | First 18m tall pier for Water Orton viaducts completed
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£78M Bolton to Wigan electrification indefinitely paused due to Buckingham Group collapse
Network Rail has confirmed that its £78M project to electrify the railway between Bolton and Wigan has been paused due to contractor Buckingham Group entering administration.
Mott MacDonald appointed for feasibility study to reopen Sutton Oak line on Merseyside
St Helens Borough Council on Merseyside has appointed Mott MacDonald to carry out feasibility studies to reopen the abandoned Sutton Oak line and called for funds for other rail improvements in the area.
Faulty Victorian drainage culvert on Chiltern line replaced ahead of HS2 work
Murphy has successfully replaced a faulty Victorian drainage culvert that was causing disruption to the Chiltern branch line in Buckinghamshire before track work to prepare for High Speed 2 (HS2) trains begins.
Network Rail to face prosecution in Scottish High Court over fatal Stonehaven derailment
Network Rail will face criminal action at the High Court in Aberdeen on 7 September for its failures leading to the fatal derailment of a train at Carmont in 2020.
Turner & Townsend, WSP and Mace among multidisciplinary team for Dublin’s £8.1bn MetroLink programme
Transport Infrastructure Ireland has appointed a multidisciplinary client partner team featuring Turner & Townsend, WSP and Mace for the €9.5bn (£8.1bn) Dublin MetroLink programme – Ireland’s first metro railway.
Investigation reveals improvement in prompt payment of invoices by HS2
High Speed 2 (HS2) Ltd has paid 97% of its invoices within 30 days during the last 12 months, showing an improvement from its 92% rate in 2021, according to a Freedom of Information request by NCE.
DfT details contracts for East West Rail and HS2 to be procured this year
The Department for Transport (DfT) has outlined a pipeline of contracts for East West Rail (EWR) and High Speed 2 (HS2) that will see procurment commence before the end of the year.
Global Centre of Rail Excellence £7.4M innovation competition gears up for second phase
Innovators selected for the Global Centre of Rail Excellence’s (GCRE’s) £7.4M Innovation in Railway Construction competition have been briefed on requirements for phase two.
Second bore completed for tunnel on Turkey’s Bahçe-Nurdaği Railway
Breakthrough of a tunnel boring machine (TBM) on a 9.6km rock tunnel on the Bahçe-Nurdaği Railway in Turkey marks completion of a key twin bored tunnel on the route.