All rail articles
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NewsGovernment wants firms to register interest in plans to build some health schemes using PPP
Companies have until end of this week to express interest in preliminary market testing exercise
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NewsConstruction industry ‘not in a fit state’ to deliver HS2, says official review author
James Stewart tells Building government needs to ‘proactively’ build capacity in the sector to avoid repeat of HS2 failures
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NewsAecom working on Greater Manchester’s first new railway station planned in two decades
£32m project could be up and running by 2027
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NewsMayors to hold more talks on HS2 alternative after ‘constructive’ transport secretary meeting
Andy Street and Andy Burnham to brief wider team this week on Mark Harper talks
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NewsManchester’s proposed underground HS2 station would benefit whole country, MPs told
Delegates from city petition select committee to scrap surface station in favour of more expensive underground scheme
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FeaturesFrom the archives: First proposals for the Glasgow Subway, 1887
Building flags the risk of trains colliding in the Glasgow Subway’s narrow tunnels
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NewsHS2 may not go into central London, according to reports
DfT has not denied reports that the Old Oak Common to Euston branch could be scrapped or delayed to save money
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FeaturesFrom the archives: Setbacks on the world’s first underground railway, 1860
A deadly boiler explosion, half-built tunnels flooded by sewage and an “interminable tangle of timber”: here’s how we reported on the first part of the London Tube network
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NewsNetwork Rail worries inflation will eat into £44bn investment plan
Upcoming funding settlement to cover five year period from spring 2024
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NewsUnchecked Carillion design changes caused fatal Stonehaven train crash, says rail inspectorate
Three died after the derailment in August 2020
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NewsHold nerve on long term projects, infrastructure chief tells government
National Infrastructure Commission chair John Armitt says ripping up plans amid crisis over rising bills will increase costs in future
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NewsLocal leaders ask government to look at ways to build full £39bn Northern Powerhouse Rail line
Open letter from Transport for the North follows decision to downgrade Liverpool to Leeds route
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NewsHS2’s eastern leg to Leeds scrapped with Northern Powerhouse Rail also pulled, government confirms
Ministers finally unveil long-awaited plans for regional rail upgrades
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NewsNorthern Powerhouse Rail plan set to be scrapped
HS2’s eastern leg to Leeds also expected to be binned as government gears up to publish long-awaited plan for rail upgrades this week
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NewsArcadis appointed commercial partner for £5bn East West Rail link
Consultant will draw up business case for next stage of line
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NewsTransport department launches toolkit for better-value rail projects
Network Rail and the Office of Rail and Road also worked on new platform
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NewsHS2’s eastern leg ‘not needed’, says West Midlands mayor
Andy Street said the business case for connecting Midlands towns was ‘substantially better’ than for HS2
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FeaturesOn site: HS2’s groundbreaking project under way beneath the Chilterns
Building took a trip to the railway’s single biggest site where work has begun on 16km of tunnels carried out by two 170m long tunnel boring machines and 1,000 workers
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NewsNew state-controlled body to run rail projects
Transport secretary commits to more infrastructure investment in biggest shake-up since privatisation