Rail infrastructure news
Seoul Metro to operate GTX-A when it opens on March 30
SOUTH KOREA: Seoul Metro has been selected as operator for Line A of the capital’s Great Train Express commuter rail network, ahead of the opening of the first section on March 30.
Passenger services to be restored on Porto orbital line
PORTUGAL: Agreement has been reached to restore passenger services on an orbital line in the northern suburbs of Porto.
Swiss parliament agrees more long-term rail projects
SWITZERLAND: Parliament has approved a number of key changes to the national railway long-term investment programmes known as Ausbauschritte 2025 and 2035. The changes add around SFr3bn to the cost, taking the total to SFr23bn.
Breakthrough completes boring of High Speed 2’s longest tunnel
UK: On March 21, tunnel boring machine Cecilia broke through the north portal of the Chiltern Tunnel on High Speed 2.
Spanish dual gauging project makes progress
SPAIN: Infrastructure manager ADIF Alta Velocidad has enlarged the 558 m Gaintxurizketa tunnel between Errenteria and Irun as part of a project to provide a dual gauge link between the French border and the start of the future ‘Basque Y’ 1 435 mm gauge high speed line at Astigarraga.
Moon railway concepts commissioned
MOON: The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has commissioned Northrop Grumman to develop a concept for a railway to transport humans, supplies and resources on the Moon.
Hope Valley blockade signals completion of Sheffield – Manchester upgrading scheme
SNCF Réseau awards major track renewal contracts
Joint venture to manage upgraded Baku – Tbilisi – Kars railway
High speed rail bypass contract awarded
Decarbonisation: Accelerating the electrification task
Malmbanan iron ore railway reopens after derailments
New concourse in London Waterloo station vision
Beograd – Niš railway to be upgraded for 200 km/h
Spanish gauge-changing technology to integrate Ukrainian railways with the EU
Direct Sunshine Coast Rail Line funding commitment
Quantum train location testing on the London Underground
Phosphate railway modernisation loan signed
‘A day for the history books’ as Siemens to relocate Chippenham signalling factory
Wreath of European plants tops out Riga Central station
JR Kyushu speeds up track inspection
First rails laid on Vicente Emilio Vuolo Railway
Renewals at Network Rail’s only sliding bridge
Albania – Montenegro railway rehabilitation loan signed