With a key report from the Japan International Cooperation Agency into the Mumbai - Ahmedabad high-speed project expected this month, Raghav Thakur, looks at the prospects for this project and the country's high-speed ambitions.
Work on the first phase of Britain's £42.6bn HS2 project to build a 338km high-speed line from London via Birmingham to Manchester and Leeds is set to begin two years from now. As David Briginshaw reports, this was confirmed last month by Britain's newly-elected government.
WORK on Line 1 of the Riyadh Metro took a significant step forward this week when the first tunnel boring machine (TBM), Mneefah, named after the horse of the founding King of Saudi Arabia, began its journey beneath the Saudi capital.
TUNNEL boring machine (TBM) Al Mayeda, which started tunnelling at Al Corniche station on the Red Line of the Doha metro in November 2014, bored through into Msheireb station on June 11.
THE final section of 42km of bored tunnels for London's Crossrail project has been completed allowing fitting out to commence. The £14.8bn project is now 65% complete, within budget, and on target to open in 2018.
NORWAY's infrastructure manager Jernbaneverket has awarded the first of five engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contracts to Condotte, Italy, for the 22km Follo Line linking Oslo Central and Ski.
London's Crossrail is setting the benchmark for incorporating sustainability targets into railway project management. Kevin Smith considers the structure and application of Crossrail's sustainable strategy and, as construction reaches its peak, looks at some of its achievements thus far.
In preparation for the start of test operations of the complete tunnel system in autumn 2015, over 650 test runs were carried out on a 13km section of the Gotthard base tunnel in a six-month pilot scheme which ended in June. Anitra Green reports from Switzerland on progress to date.
A NEW engineering report assessing the damage caused to the Amtrak-owned Hudson River and East River tunnels in New York City by Superstorm Sandy in October 2012 recommends a phased process of maintenance works, which will require taking individual tunnel tubes out of service for extended periods.
GERMAN Rail (DB) has awarded a €312m contract to a joint venture of Ed Züblin and Hochtief to construct the 4270m Rastatt tunnel as part of the project to upgrade the Karlsruhe – Basle corridor for 250km/h operation.
