HS2 freight tracks laid in west London
Work has begun to lay freight tracks at West Ruislip, in the northwest of London, as HS2 moves into the peak of construction. The sidings are supporting the construction of the high-speed railway between London...Read more
HS2 begins work on Birmingham Curzon Viaduct
The company building Britain’s high-speed railway project, HS2 Limited, has revealed designs for the viaduct that will span the 150-metre section on final approach to Birmingham’s new Curzon Street Station. The bridge design features a...Read more
UK rail projects dodge the axe in Autumn Statement
This month’s UK chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, delivered a long and detailed budget last week. Although dubbed an “Autumn Statement”, the epic two-hour delivery found no voice for the rail industry. That has been largely considered...Read more
UK’s high-speed railway says truck off, Bucks!
Britain’s high-speed railway project has engaged with rail freight to move 300,000 truck journeys off the rural roads of Buckinghamshire roads. The first of approximately 1,800 freight trains has been received at the new HS2...Read more
West Coast Main Line junction upgrade benefits all kinds of traffic
At the junction of the West Coast Main Line where Anglo-Scottish traffic meets, capacity enhancements are made. The Scottish junction, where traffic for Edinburgh and Glasgow converges, is being upgraded by the infrastructure agency Network...Read more
Fears for the UK economy over HS2 costs says outspoken peer
The rising cost of Britain’s HS2 project jeopardises other rail-related development. It even undermines the key government policy of ‘Levelling Up’ the regional economies of the UK. That is the stark warning from Lord Tony...Read more
HS2: Another week, another tunnel
HS2 Limited, the company building the high-speed railway between London and Birmingham, has launched the next phase of tunnelling on the enormous infrastructure project. The first of six tunnel boring machines that will dig over...Read more
HS2 and the extent of historic legal decision
Britain’s vast HS2 high-speed rail project has been the subject of constant controversy and protest. However, the company formed to build the express railway, initially between London and Birmingham, has won a landmark legal battle...Read more
UK transport secretary delivers high-level speech, short on low-level detail
Literally hundreds of rail-related projects to be progressed. That was the promise of Anne-Marie Trevelyan, speaking ahead of her much-anticipated speech to the annual conference of the Conservative Party on Tuesday, 4 October in Birmingham....Read more
High-speed line to London taking shape
If anyone remains sceptical, and still has lingering doubts that the high-speed railway line between Birmingham and London will go ahead, they need only visit the southern end of the borough of Camden. There, for...Read more
UK August renewals programme benefits freight
Tracks and signalling around Ely will be among the long list of renewals and improvements scheduled from the end of this week in the Great Britain. The traditional late August Bank Holiday (public holiday) weekend...Read more
HS2 project reaches a megaton milestone
HS2, the UK’s high-speed rail project, is celebrating a rail freight milestone. The company formed to build the railway says it has delivered a million tonnes of materials by rail. That, says HS2 Limited, has...Read more
Industry at large is in condemnation of HS2 Golborne Link cancellation
It slipped out with little fanfare on a day that might be designated as ‘a good one for bad news’. The government quietly cancelled the Golborne Link – a short section of the HS2 project...Read more
HS2 seeks the biggest injunction ever in English law
HS2 Limited is going to court to ask for an injunction which could be the biggest in English legal history. The move directly responds to a catalogue of protest, incursion, trespass and disruption, which some...Read more
Alternatives on the table to UK’s HS2 Eastern Leg
An under-reported study has emerged proposing several strategic alternatives to the HS2 Phase 2b Eastern Leg – the contentiously cancelled project in the UK government Integrated Rail Plan for the North and Midlands (IRP). An...Read more
HS2 commits further resources to rail freight operations
The company formed to build the UK’s high-speed rail project, HS2 Limited, has already made a sizeable commitment to moving construction materials by rail freight. Now, in the environmentally and politically sensitive Buckinghamshire corridor, the...Read more
Will the UK Integrated Rail Plan be delivered?
Questions have been asked about the UK Government’s intentions to deliver the wide-ranging projects in the Integrated Rail Plan for the North. The recently published document outlines plans for rail connectivity in the North of...Read more
The next stop for HS2 will be Manchester
Britain’s HS2 high-speed rail project will be debated in parliament shortly. The Bill (the parliamentary proposal for debate) has been laid before the House of Commons, the start of the official procedure for finalising the...Read more
Combating criminal damage on UK rail network
The British railway network is not unique in its exposure to criminal activity. Theft and vandalism disrupt services in almost every part of the country. Operators are well aware of the damage done to rolling...Read more