HS2 worker in his 70s dies after suffering cardiac arrest while working on rail link site near Birmingham ‘in first fatality’ during constructionHS2 contractor, in his 70s, was discovered in cardiac arrest at the site in SolihullThe man’s death is thou…
A man has died while working on the High Speed 2[1] (HS2) rail link site in Birmingham.
The tragedy occurred yesterday on Balfour Beatty Vinci JV’s (BBV) site at Marston Green.
Emergency services raced to the scene where there they found a man in his 7…
Plaid Cymru Westminster leader and Liz Saville Roberts criticised HS2 and Northern Powerhouse Rail being designated England-Wales projects, despite neither running in Wales.
Ms Saville Roberts said such a ruling means Wales misses out on extra funding …
UK train operator Greater Anglia has taken action for an accessibly boosting website upgrade which will afford visitors with simplified access to online content and services, in a way that better suits their individual needs.
Coming as part of the orga…
The man in charge of delivering 80km of HS2 between the Chiltern Tunnel and Long Itchington Wood will retire at the end of this year.
Mark Pengelly is currently managing director of both the infrastructure business at Kier Group and of Eiffage, Kier, …
This coming bank holiday weekend, from Saturday 29th April to Monday 1st May, will see Network Rail engineers conduct key track improvement works at Worting Junction, a key railway junction to the west of Basingstoke.
Stuart Meek, chief operating offic…
The leader of the Conservatives in the Senedd, Andrew RT Davies, said the name change undermined an already well-known tourist destination.
Rishi Sunak has also refused to alter rules regarding HS2 funding which the Welsh Government says is depriving W…
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High-speed rail arrived in Britain in 2003 with the railway line between London and the Channel Tunnel opening. HS2 is the first new high-speed railway line to be built in Britain since then.
One of the line’s terminus stations will be Curzon Street, i…
A revamped Routes into Rail campaign website, backed by Network Rail, The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), and industry partners Amey, HS2, Railway Industry Association (RIA) and VolkerRail, is set to deliver on the rail …
TransPennine Express (TPE) is now the first train operator in the UK to be formally recognised as Carbon Literate by the Carbon Literacy Trust, representing a major achievement in pushing forward sustainability within public transport.
TPE have a clear…
Victorian sewers were built after the Great Stink of 1858, the stench of human waste from the Thames was so vile that Parliament could not sit.
The engineering marvels of the era were built for a population growth from three to 4.4 million.
But within …
A furious Tory MP has rounded on Suella Braverman’s plan to house hundreds of migrants on a barge on the coast of Dorset.
Richard Drax – who said opponents are considering legal action against the Home Office – claims he wasn’t consulted before Ms Brav…
Rishi Sunak dodged calls for Wales to get a fair chunk of rail funding in what was described as the “great Welsh train robbery”.
The Prime Minister was challenged in the House of Commons by Plaid Cymru’s Westminster leader Liz Saville-Roberts over the …