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May 15, 2020 | Infrastructure

HS2 launches signalling and train control procurement

HS2 Ltd, which is responsible for building Britain’s second high-speed railway, launched the tender process on May 15 for the signalling and train control system.

May 15, 2020 | Financial

British government agrees £1.6bn funding package for Transport for London

BRITAIN’s Department for Transport (DfT) has agreed to a £1.6bn support package for Transport for London (TfL) to maintain rail and bus services and plug a yawning funding gap.

May 14, 2020 | Passenger

Levelling up the North

Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) is arguably the most radical rethink of the north of England’s rail network since the Victorian era.

May 11, 2020 | High-speed

HS2 launches procurement process for slab track supplier

HS2 Ltd, the body responsible for delivering the high-speed project from London to Birmingham, has begun the procurement process to identify contractors to deliver around 280km of high-speed track.

May 7, 2020 | High-speed

Government restores impetus to troubled high-speed project

British prime minister Boris Johnson’s vow to “get HS2 done” on February 11 ended months of debate and uncertainty over the controversial high-speed project. Kevin Smith charts the project’s recent history and looks at where it heads next.

May 4, 2020 | Infrastructure

Britain’s East-West Rail project makes progress

BRITAIN’s infrastructure manager, Network Rail (NR) has started to remove sections of a 1960s viaduct at Bletchley for the East-West Rail project.

May 1, 2020 | Light Rail

British group receives funding to develop low-cost LRT track system

THE Coventry Very Light Rail project has received £1.5m from West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) to develop a low-cost light rail track system.

April 17, 2020 | Freight

Transfesa Logistics launches express Spain - Britain refrigerated freight service

GERMAN Rail (DB) Spanish subsidiary Transfesa Logistics has launched an express 72-hour freight services carrying essentials including hygiene and medical products and food from terminals in Valencia and Murcia, Spain, to London, Britain.

April 15, 2020 | Fleet

Manufacturers resume work following Covid-19 shutdowns

TALGO and Bombardier have resumed manufacturing at their facilities in Spain, Britain and Belgium after closing the factories in March in response to the Coronavirus pandemic.

April 15, 2020 | High-speed

HS2 contractors set to proceed with phase one detailed design and construction

BRITAIN’s Department for Transport (DfT) has issued a formal notice to proceed with detailed design and construction of the first 225km phase of HS2, the high-speed link between London, Birmingham and Lichfield, to the joint venture contractors working on the project.

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