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Author: David Howells

Engineering contracts for the HS2 expansion beyond Birmingham have been awarded to Arup, Mott MacDonald and Aecom, hs2.org.uk reports. (more…)

Author: David Howells

Details have emerged regarding the second phase of the HS2 rail service which will run between London and the North, guardian.co.uk reports. (more…)

A recent report published by the Lloyds Register suggests that the UK rail industry is seen as an unattractive career path for young jobhunters and graduates. (more…)

The government’s HS2 commitment has given fresh optimism that local transport around the West Midlands area could be given an investment boost. With Birmingham one of the first stops on the High Speed network fuel has been added to the fire for the vision for the second city’s own rail investment plans. (more…)

As expected, the government announced that the much-debated High-speed rail line will go-ahead at a cost of £32bn. If the project runs smoothly, it is anticipated that the first phase (London – Birmingham) could be completed by 2026. (more…)

Following on from a previous blog it’s been suggested that a High Speed rail link in Scotland could indeed be on the cards. (more…)

While attending the Oil and Gas Employment event in Aberdeen, we picked up a copy of The Scottish Sun newspaper and read with great interest Bill Leckie’s article regarding High Speed 2 and it’s impact on the socio-economic North / South divide. (more…)

Richard Lawrance, our Chief Executive gives his view on the proposed High Speed Rail link.

There has been much debate recently about the proposed 140 mile high-speed rail line. Whilst there are many advocates of creating the new environmentally friendly transport, there are also many opponents. Many do not want to see the destruction of stretches of rural England that will be necessary to construct the new line. (more…)

County Durham received a welcomed jobs boost last month with the news that Hitachi Rail is to build the next generation of passenger trains in Newton Aycliffe. (more…)

The rail industry should aim to cut CO₂ emissions in half by 2050, the chief executive of ATOC said at the ‘Sustainable Transport: ‘greening the transport sector’ conference in London last week.

The industry bills itself as the greenest form of public transport but in order to live up to this reputation a series of measures need to be implemented, Mr Roberts said. The railways are currently the largest single user of electricity in the UK taking up about 1% of the total demand. Roberts talked about making the industry more energy efficient and as an example highlighted the need to reduce the amount of electricity lost in transmission. (more…)