Rail Projects - Page 1

Public consultation begins for San Diego Mid-Coast Corridor Transit Project
Monday, May 20, 2013 San Diego Mid-Coast Corridor Transit Project in the US moves forward with San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) releasing the draft of environment report for the $1.7bn...

Bechtel wins Vauxhall Tube station modernisation contract in UK
Friday, May 17, 2013 US-based construction and engineering firm Bechtel has won a £36m contract from London Underground to modernise Vauxhall tube station over the next few...

UK DfT launches consultations for HS2 first phase
Friday, May 17, 2013 The UK Department for Transport (DfT) has launched consultations for the first phase of Britain's £32bn High Speed 2 (HS2) rail network's draft environmental statement (ES) and proposed...

Australia allocates $23.8bn for transport projects
Thursday, May 16, 2013 Australian Government has earmarked A$24bn ($23.8bn) in its 2013-14 budget for spending on road and rail...

VolkerFitzpatrick wins Ilford Yard stabling contract
Thursday, May 16, 2013 VolkerFitzpatrick has secured a £50m contract from Crossrail to carry out the Ilford Yard stabling project in the...

Aecom-SA Architects consortium to carry out Singapore-Kuala Lumpur high-speed rail study
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 A consortium of Aecom Singapore, Aecom Perunding and SA Architects has won a contract worth S$52.8m ($42.7m) to carry out an architectural and engineering consultancy study on the...

UK Government agrees to extend HS2 tunnel in Midlands
Tuesday, May 14, 2013 The UK government has agreed to extend a tunnel on the proposed route of Britain's High Speed 2 rail network that will allow plans to progress on a major development next to East Midlands...

New direct rail link opens up between Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan
Monday, May 13, 2013 A new direct rail link has been opened up between Kazakhstan's Bolashak transition station and Serhetyaka station in...

EBRD grants loan to support construction of rolling stock facility in Belarus
Monday, May 13, 2013 The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has agreed to provide a €14m ten-year loan to a joint venture (JV) formed by Switzerland's rolling stock manufacturer Stadler and...

UK asks Network Rail to review re-opening of Lewes-Uckfield railway line
Monday, May 13, 2013 Network Rail has been contacted by the UK Department for Transport (DfT) to carry out a study on the re-opening of the railway line between Uckfield and Lewes in East...

Alstom installs Zonegreen’s planning software for Nola rail depot in Italy
Friday, May 10, 2013 Alstom has installed Zonegreen's cloud-based planning software at its Nola rail depot in...

Atkins to design new rail station in Carlsberg city district, Denmark
Friday, May 10, 2013 Design, engineering and project management consultant Atkins has won a contract to design a new railway station in the Carlsberg district of Copenhagen,...

NCC to construct train maintenance facility at SL's subway depot in Norsborg, Sweden
Wednesday, May 08, 2013 Stockholm's public transport operator Storstockholms Lokaltrafik (SL) has awarded a SEK1bn ($152m) contract to Swedish firm NCC for the construction of a train maintenance plant at its new...

New South Wales shortlists two consortia to operate North West Rail Link in Sydney
Friday, May 03, 2013 Australia's New South Wales (NSW) government has shortlisted two consortia led by Serco and Hong Kong-based MTR Corporation to operate Sydney's A$8bn ($7.96bn) North West Rail Link (NWRL)...

Network Rail starts rebuilding bridges in Northamptonshire
Thursday, May 02, 2013 Network Rail has started the reconstruction of three bridges in Northamptonshire in the UK as part of a £70m programme to speed up journey times on the Midland Main Line between London and...

New concourse opened at Birmingham New Street station in UK
Wednesday, May 01, 2013 Network Rail has opened the first half of the new Birmingham New Street station concourse in the...

Transdev and RATP Dev consortium to operate Shenyang tramway network in China
Tuesday, April 30, 2013 The Chinese city of Shenyang has awarded a three-year CNY330m ($53m) contract to a consortium of RATP Dev and Transdev to operate the city's new 60km light rail network, which is scheduled to...

Sound Transit breaks ground on South Light Rail extension in US
Tuesday, April 30, 2013 Washington state transit authority Sound Transit has broken ground on a $383.2m project to extend light rail from Sea-Tac Airport to South 200th Street in the city of SeaTac, Washington,...

Network Rail initiates new study to design future of railway in London, South East
Friday, April 26, 2013 Network Rail in the UK has initiated a new study to draw up a new map for the future of rail infrastructure in London and the south-east of...

HS2 recommends 9km tunnel for High Speed 2 rail network in UK
Friday, April 26, 2013 HS2 Ltd, the developer and promoter of the UK's new high-speed rail network, is planning to recommend a tunnel to be built under Ealing and Northolt for High Speed 2 (HS2), instead of the...