Honduras seeks Chinese backing for $20bn transoceanic railway
This post was originally published on this site David Rogers The coast-to-coast railway would make the most of Honduras’ Puerto Cortes, the best natural deep-sea…
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£15m awarded to Welsh universities to develop a new rail innovation centre
This post was originally published on this site A consortium of Welsh universities, as well as the University of Birmingham, has been awarded £15m to establish…
HS2 confirms plans to extend line to Manchester
This post was originally published on this site HS2, the company building Britain’s new high-speed railway, has confirmed that a second set of proposed changes…
Midlands factory starts producing more than 2,700 giant HS2 viaduct segments
This post was originally published on this site HS2 has started the production of 2,742 huge concrete segments that will be used to build the…
Pattaya in Thailand to get four monorails
This post was originally published on this site David Rogers The monorail system will connect Pattaya with the Eastern Corridor’s expanding airports (Anekoho/Dreamstime) The Thai…
HS2 completes Copthall Green Tunnel’s western portal
This post was originally published on this site Engineers working on the HS2 rail project have completed the western portal of the Copthall Green Tunnel.…
After almost 40 years, Brazil completes 2,260km North-South railway
This post was originally published on this site David Rogers The railway is intended to connect Brazil’s agricultural sector to world markets (©GCR, illustration by…
HS2 unveils huge tunnel boring machine for Bromford Tunnel project
This post was originally published on this site HS2 has shared the first images of the huge tunnel boring machine (TBM) that will dig HS2’s…
HS2 encourages ‘new thinking’ as it launches rail systems innovation competition
This post was originally published on this site The company delivering Britain’s new high-speed rail network, HS2, has launched an innovation competition in a bid…
Webuild and Ghella win €1.3bn Sicily rail contract
This post was originally published on this site Joe Quirke Palermo, Sicily (Angelo Giampiccolo/Dreamstime) An Italian consortium led by Webuild has won a €1.3bn contract…