Search Begins For £1bn Project Reach Partner Apr 27, 2021 Network Rail is searching for a private investor to upgrade and install trackside fibre optic cables to help improve performance, safety and passenger telecoms. The partner would invest £1bn in designing and building the new public communications network and infrastructure along the railway in return for the right to use and commercially exploit the new […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Welsh Government submits plans for £150m Global Centre of Rail Excellence Apr 15, 2021 The Welsh Government has submitted plans to build a £150m rail testing complex at the site of a former open-cast coal mine in Powys. The Global Centre of Rail Excellence, which is due to be completed in 2025, will allow for rolling stock and trains to be trialled on a 6.9km circular track which can […] Posted by: Mark Flanagan Read more
HS2 hoping to utilise Hinkley workforce Mar 25, 2021 Businesses in Somerset are being encouraged to bid for upcoming HS2 contracts worth millions of pounds. Two days ago HS2 made a similar appeal for Scottish firms to come forward with both regions under represented on the contractors’ roll. And Robin Lapish, HS2 Ltd’s Supply Chain Manager, is hopeful the considerable expertise, contained withing the […] Posted by: Mark Flanagan Read more
Scottish companies encouraged to bid for HS2 contracts Mar 23, 2021 Businesses in Scotland are being encouraged to bid for millions of pounds worth of upcoming contracts supporting the delivery of HS2. The number of businesses north of the border who have so far registered an interest in becoming a potential HS2 supplier is significantly lower than in other parts of the UK. Just 29 Scottish […] Posted by: Mark Flanagan Read more
Plan to extend revolutionary Cambridge transport system to Peterborough Mar 19, 2021 Extending the proposed £2bn Cambridgeshire Autonomous Metro transport system to Peterborough and Chatteris is being considered ahead of the business case phase, which starts next month. Earlier this week the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority (CPCA) released details of conceptual designs which are being used as a starting point for how the new transport system […] Posted by: Mark Flanagan Read more
Passengers at the ready… £162m Northumberland rail line framework ready to depart Mar 19, 2021 Northumberland County Council (NCC) this week launched a £162m framework for the proposed works required to bring the 18-mile Northumberland line, between Ashington and Newcastle, back into service for passengers. The four-year agreement involves the construction of six stations, three footbridges and car parks at the following locations: Ashington, Bedlington, Blyth Bebside, Newsham, Seaton Deleval, […] Posted by: Mark Flanagan Read more
First look at what ambitious Cambridge transport revolution might look like Mar 18, 2021 Three conceptual designs which could help shape and transform how the £2bn Cambridgeshire Autonomous Metro (CAM) project is delivered have been revealed. The three consortiums of leading experts selected for the process have put forward three very different designs for an in-the-round solution to CAM’s delivery. This includes the vehicle, the infrastructure, and how the […] Posted by: Mark Flanagan Read more
Government approve £137m to solve Sheffield-Manchester rail line bottleneck Mar 12, 2021 The government has approved a programme of £137m upgrades on the rail line connecting Sheffield and Manchester. Transport minister Andrew Stephenson confirmed in parliament this week that the money will be spent on creating two freight-passing loops to alleviate bottlenecking plus a second platform will be added at Dore and Totley Station. David Hoggarth, Strategic […] Posted by: Mark Flanagan Read more
TAKING THE LEAD IN BUILDING BACK BETTER Mar 10, 2021 A host of key industry figures have thrown their weight behind today’s launch of The UK’s Real Estate Investment and Infrastructure Forum (UKREiiF), a new vehicle to facilitate economic growth which will culminate in a three-day networking, exhibition and conference super event in Leeds next year. UKREiiF’s mission is to help bring together the public […] Posted by: Mark Flanagan Read more
Land swap deal unlocks opportunity for Peel to link inland port with rail network Mar 2, 2021 Regeneration specialists Peel L&P have agreed to swap land with Salford City Council in order to facilitate the building of a rail spur to the company’s Port Salford development. Under the terms of the deal, which is due to be approved on Monday (March 8), Peel is handing over 16 acres of Green Belt land […] Posted by: Mark Flanagan Read more
