Tanzania buys Chinese freight wagons as standard gauge railway gets off to flying start
This post was originally published on this site David Rogers The SGR is set to increase the importance of Dar es Salaam (Image: Sohadiszno/Dreamstime) Tanzania…
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Hong Kong govt announces key partner for mass transit project
This post was originally published on this site A joint venture between Arup and Asia Infrastructure Solutions (AIS) has been appointed to design Hong Kong’s…
HS2’s Kenilworth bridge hauls into shape
This post was originally published on this site A 91-metre bridge designed to carry HS2 over the existing West Coast Main Line near Kenilworth is…
World-first carbon fibre railway bridge opens in Germany
This post was originally published on this site A pioneering railway bridge claimed to be the world’s first to use carbon load-bearing elements in its…
Rail Baltica in deep trouble as costs quadruple to €19bn, auditors warn
This post was originally published on this site David Rogers and Rod Sweet RB Rail’s chief programme manager Thierry Boussillon (left) and management board member…
‘Eight Intelligent Systems’ used on China’s deepest rail tunnel
This post was originally published on this site The Shenzhen-Jiangmen high-speed railway will run some 10km under the Pearl River Estuary north of the Hong…
O’Sullivan to head-up Old Oak Common station project
This post was originally published on this site Steve O’Sullivan has been appointed as project director for Balfour Beatty VINCI SYSTRA’s HS2 Old Oak Common…
Mammoet tunnel operation shows what battery power can do
This post was originally published on this site An operation to lift and skid an 850-tonne concrete tunnel section into place ended up being anything…
Local complaints delay Thailand’s high-speed China link by two years
This post was originally published on this site David Rogers The train may have a station at the former Siamese capital of Ayutthaya, burned by…
HS2 slides the deck
This post was originally published on this site Engineers on the HS2 project have begun a delicate job that will see almost half a kilometre…