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Jamaicans visit Birmingham to find out more about reinstating former railway stations

Academics advising the Jamaican government on plans to reinstate its disused railway network have visited Birmingham on a fact-finding mission to meet rail industry...

Low carbon concrete to become standard on all Laing O’Rourke UK projects

Laing O’Rourke has announced it is mandating the switch to low carbon concrete on all of its new UK projects. The exclusive use of...

Make it Visible Taskforce Tackles Wellbeing in Construction

More than 150 people from across the construction industry have volunteered to help a national drive to stop suicide and improve the welfare and...

UKRL announces start of construction of new locomotive maintenance facility at Leicester depot

A ceremony has been held to mark the start of construction on a new £1.5 million locomotive maintenance facility at rail vehicle engineering and...

Castle Hill set to reopen to two-way traffic from Monday following completion of extension works

Two-way traffic will return to Castle Hill in Dudley town centre from Monday (23 January) following the completion of main works in this area for the first phase of the Wednesbury to Brierley Hill Metro extension.

Kier appoints new head of sustainability for its Construction business

Kier has appointed Anna Baker as head of sustainability for its Construction business. This latest appointment builds on the Group’s newly formed Responsible Business team and...

“We have reached ‘tipping point’ as downturn in construction arrives”

The UK’s construction market has reached a ‘tipping point’ as the widely expected downturn arrives, according to analysis from Arcadis in their Winter 2022 Market report.

HS2 Old Oak Common station progress

There are more than 1,900 people now working on HS2's super-hub station at Old Oak Common every day, with the team committed to achieving...

Keltbray’s new group director of strategic engineering vows to develop next cohort of talent

Tim Lohmann has been appointed by Keltbray, to the newly-created role of group director of strategic engineering. In this role, he will be instrumental...

The big dig: HS2 contractor shifts enough material to fill Wembley stadium four times over

"Large-scale earthworks on a level that hasn't been seen before on a linear project in the UK." That's how EKFB's (joint venture between Eiffage,...

New station at Cosham progresses to next stage

Cosham residents are keeping their fingers crossed after plans for a new £15 million railway station for the town have been submitted by the...

GB Railfreight announces major new investment in Peterborough

GB Railfreight (GBRf) is investing £4.7 million into a new maintenance depot in Peterborough next tot he East Coast Mainline. Starting next month, the...
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Northern to trial British Sign Language announcements on trains

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South Western Railway celebrates as over 100 of its stations are adopted by local community volunteers

South Western Railway (SWR) is celebrating a landmark milestone as over 100 of its stations are now adopted by local community volunteers, cementing its...

Parliamentary Train heads for the Rother Valley

A rare ‘parliamentary train’ carried members of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Heritage Rail along the Kent & East Sussex Railway on Friday, 15...