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Video: Crossrail 2 fly-through
Video fly-through shows the proposed route of Crossrail 2.Crossrail 2 consultation launched
Options for Crossrail 2 have been released for public scrutiny, as Transport for London (TfL) and Network Rail announce the start of a consultation into the proposed route. Crossrail 2,[...]New York subway extension project recognised
MTA’s $2.1 billion 7 Line Extension Project has been named as the 2013 winner of the prestigious Construction Project of the Year award. The New York State Society of Professional[...]Squeezing more from the tube
Anyone strap hanging on a crowded Victoria line train could be forgiven for not believing that, a few months ago, its upgrade gave a 21% increase in passenger capacity. The reality is that the various challenging capacity improvement projects being undertaken by London Underground (LU) barely keep pace with London’s insatiable demand for tube travel....MTR opens new metro line in Beijing
The first phase of Beijing’s newest metro line has opened to passengers. Line 14 is MTR Corporation’s third metro project in Beijing. The Hong Kong company already operates Beijing Metro[...]Work steps up on Connaught Tunnel restoration
Crossrail engineers have begun to ‘open up’ the Connaught Tunnel to carry out essential works ahead of the arrival of Crossrail trains in 2018. A hole has been drilled in[...]London Underground to trial energy recovery system
Alstom has been awarded a 1 million euro contract by UK Power Networks Services to trial its energy recovery technology on London’s Victoria Line. Alstom’s Harmonic and Energy Saving Optimiser (HESOP)[...]Crossrail awards station power supply contract
Crossrail has announced that it intends to award the £25 million contract for the non-traction high voltage power supply contract to the AC Joint Venture (Alstom Transport and Costain Limited).[...]New Berlin metro model to go on display in Geneva
Stadler’s IK – the rolling stock manufacturer’s first underground train for Berlin – is to be unveiled at the UITP World Congress at the end of May. A full-size mock up of the new metro train will be on show in Geneva between May 26-30. Last July, Stadler Pankow, the German arm of the Swiss...Engineering consultant to advise Crossrail tunnel fit-out works
ATC – the joint venture awarded Crossrail’s tunnel fit-out contract – has appointed Mott MacDonald as engineering consultant to the project. Mott MacDonald will support the Alstom, TSO and Costain JV by providing detailed design of all the systems – tunnel ventilation, mechanical and electrical systems – and the tunnel walkway. This phase of construction...
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