Archive for category: High Speed Rail
HS2 adds tunnel to West Midlands route
HS2 is proposing to add a tunnel beneath the M6 Bromford Viaduct to its Phase Two route map to avoid “major remodelling” of the road network around Birmingham. The West[...]Ministers rethink HS2 tunnel in the East Midlands
The UK government has reviewed the proposed route of its HS2 high-speed rail network to allow a development, which is estimated to create 7,000 jobs in the East Midlands, to[...]Parsons Brinckerhoff handed extension for California high-speed rail
Parsons Brinckerhoff has won a two-year contract extension worth $120 million to continue programme management for California’s proposed 800-mile high-speed rail network. The project will eventually connect Los Angeles with[...]Queen announces legislation for HS2 construction
Legislation that will lay the groundwork for the construction of HS2 has been announced by the Queen during the State Opening of Parliament. Two draft bills, one that gives the[...]Round one to High Speed 2
HS2 Ltd has opened a Birmingham office to co-ordinate operations. In nine out of ten challenges the courts found for the scheme. The tenth concerned the way in which property compensation consultation had been carried out. In order to save time and public money and to limit the impact on residents affected, the Secretary of...Eurostar partners with Waitrose
Eurostar has inked a deal with supermarket chain Waitrose to supply on-board refreshments to standard class passengers between London and mainland Europe. The new menu, which is available from today,[...]HS2 to recommend Ealing and Northolt tunnel
HS2 has set out revised proposals to construct a tunnel beneath Ealing and Northolt to avoid lengthy bridge demolition works. Plans announced in January set out a surface route along the Northolt corridor through north west London. A study has now foun...Eurostar on track in 2013
Eurostar experienced its strongest-ever booking period in January to post ‘encouraging’ first quarter figures. A ticket promotion at the start of the year, which offered 150,000 seats between London and Paris, Brussels or Lille for £59, saw the cross-border high-speed rail service outperform its previous sales record set during the ash cloud disruption in 2010....HS2 rethinks Euston demolition
HS2 has said it will not have to demolish and rebuild Euston station for Britain’s proposed high-speed rail network. In January 2012, the government published plans for the first phase of High Speed Two (HS2) between London and the West Midlands, including proposals to completely redesign Euston Station to accommodate high-speed trains. HS2, however, has...Viaduct build complete on Madrid-Galicia high-speed line
Spanish infrastructure manager Adif has completed the main construction work on the Arnoia viaduct along the Madrid-Galicia high-speed rail line. The viaduct, which lies in the Zamora-Ourense section of the route, stretches for just over a kilometre over the Arnoia river. The subsection Miamán-Ponte Ambía of the Madrid-Galicia line, which integrates the viaduct, has 6.7...
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