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Having recently delivered high accuracy aerial mapping for above ground lines of parts of the London Underground and Docklands Light Rail network, Atkins is now working with Transport for London to supply similar quality data of the above ground Jubilee, Northern and Piccadilly lines for London Underground.

Atkins is seeking to maximise its position in the rapidly growing international rail market to better identify and resource key opportunities, and to harness key skills, experiences and innovation from across the Group.

A new report, published today, details the costly impact to Britain if High Speed 2 is derailed. ‘Great Britain: connected or not?’, which was developed by the HSR Industry Leaders Group, outlines how failing to build HS2 will leave a clogged Britain, unable to meet its full potential, lagging behind the rest of the world in terms of infrastructure development. 

A study produced by Atkins has shown ways to reduce travel time on an important rail route to Germany that crosses the northern to the southern part of Western Denmark, without any additional major infrastructure works.

Less than five years after works began on Crossrail, Europe’s largest infrastructure project today reached the halfway point of its construction. Atkins is involved in seven of the ten new major stations, and the western twin bored tunnels in a joint venture with Arup.

Atkins has announced the appointment of Professor Peter Woodward as its first-ever Chair of High-Speed Rail Engineering for the UK.

The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) has selected Atkins to serve as a General Engineering Consultant (GEC) in support of Metro’s rail network operations, maintenance and expansion plans.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) of Los Angeles County has selected Atkins to be a part of its General Engineering Consultant 'bench' contract to provide general engineering consultant (GEC) services in support of Metro’s day-to-day rail system operations.

Atkins and Heriot-Watt University have signed a historic memorandum of understanding to create a centre of excellence for high-speed rail, aiming to push the boundaries of railway track research beyond high-speed into the realm of ultra-high-speed.

Network Rail has appointed a joint team of Atkins and Parsons Brinckerhoff as Lead Design Organisation (LDO) and System Integrator for the electrification of the Great Western Mainline.

Work has started on the first phase of a £250 million programme to improve performance and capacity on the Stafford section of the West Coast Main Line.

Atkins has combined forces with TUC RAIL, the design consultancy arm of the Belgian Railways Infrastructure Manager Infrabel, to deliver projects collaboratively in the UK and potentially overseas.

After working for Atkins in England for 15 years, Graham Stroud, chartered engineer (CEng), has transferred to Atkins’ North American transit and rail practice as project director of asset management services.

British Prime Minister David Cameron climbed aboard the Dubai Metro on Monday morning when he visited the UAE, and he used the trip to highlight the excellent track record of UK-based firms such as Atkins in supporting the UAE’s critical infrastructure needs.

Atkins is helping to deliver a comprehensive new multimodal land transportation strategy for Brunei Darussalam, aimed at boosting the country’s economy, providing greater travel choice and reducing its environmental impacts.

Around 40 senior managers from Atkins will use their engineering know-how to improve a Hammersmith education facility for Resurgo and TLG: The Education Charity (TLG) this week.

Network Rail has awarded Atkins the Signalling and Power & Distribution contracts as part of the Cardiff Area Signalling Renewal (CASR) project.

With more than a million people expected to descend on London to attend the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations, some of the capital's newest infrastructure improvements will be put through their paces ahead of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Atkins' UK rail division is one of the first in the industry to achieve BS11000 accreditation, which provides a framework for collaborative business relationships.

HS2 Ltd has awarded Atkins the contract to prepare the preliminary designs for the two high-speed running lines through the Country South section of High Speed 2 (HS2) - a 91km stretch covering Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Northamptonshire.

Jan Winkler, structural engineer at Atkins in Denmark, is one of four winners of the prestigious International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures (IASS) Hangai Prize. The award will be presented for his paper entitled "A Preliminary Bending Fatigue Spectrum for Steel Monostrand Cables" at the joint IABSE-IASS Symposium Taller, Longer, Lighter in London on 20 September 2011.

Atkins has been appointed to provide the preliminary studies and design work for several new and existing bridge structures, as part of a widening programme on the Køge Bay motorway in Denmark. The work to expand the motorway from six to eight lanes will require the construction

Atkins, the UK's largest engineering and design consultancy, has moved its Derby operations to a fully refurbished 'sustainable' office which acknowledges some of the city's heroes of past and present. The move has also benefitted a number of local businesses, with 70% of the contrac

Atkins, the multidisciplinary design and engineering consultancy, has signed a contract with Network Rail to deliver engineering management services on the 2012 programme. Under the agreement, Atkins will provide engineering and delivery support which includes the provision of a multi

Atkins has been awarded a contract by Network Rail to undertake detailed design works to increase the gauge clearances on a section of the North London Line. The work, to widen the clearances through Hampstead Heath Tunnel and three adjacent bridge structures, is part of the North Londo

Atkins, the design and engineering consultancy, has completed the first and most critical phase of its three-year, £65 million contract with Network Rail to undertake a major resignalling and infrastructure upgrade in and around Basingstoke. The first of three commissioning stages

Design and engineering consultancy Atkins has announced the appointment of a new managing director of its Rail business. David Tonkin, who joined the company in 2005 as Atkins Rail's finance director, will assume his new role with effect from 1 July, when chief operating officer and act

The Atkins Rail training centre will be relocating from its current location in Waterloo to a new office in Vauxhall from 19 June, 2006. The centre is responsible for delivering Network Rail, LUL, passport and health and safety training. The new centre has four large purpose-designed cl