Construction of UK’s longest rail bridge enters last stretch
The UK’s longest railway bridge, part of the HS2 line out of London, is nearly finished. Despite major setbacks – including the last British government abandoning the wider…
Budapest rail bridge closure: short-term fix raises long-term concerns
Hungarian Railways (MAV) plans to close and renovate one of the country’s most important rail freight crossings, Budapest’s Gubacsi Bridge. With a large section of Hungary’s industry depending…
First section of new Friesenbrücke laid
Construction of the new Friesenbrücke (Frisian Bridge) over the Ems River near the German city of Weener is progressing: several tons of the bridge’s first section were installed…
A London bridge is falling down
A summer of possession is just a month away. What may appear to rail users as the mouth to the tunnel under Hackney Downs is actually a road…
HS2 preparations in West Midlands speedily spans motorway
Contractors working for HS2 have removed a 4,000-tonne bridge over the M42 motorway. The work is to make way for the construction of the new high-speed line across…
Scottish engineers saluted for Ravenscraig bridge project
Scotland’s Railway, the alliance between the publicly sector management and the infrastructure agency Network Rail have successfully installed a new 5,000-tonne bridge on the West Coast Main Line…
Scotland’s Railway bridge installation is among the biggest in Europe
Engineers in Scotland have begun an intense ten-day programme to install a 5,000-tonne bridge on the West Coast Main Line (WCML) at Ravenscraig in North Lanarkshire. The site…
Low-carbon high-tech bridge crosses the tracks
An innovative ‘first-of-its-kind’ railway footbridge has opened to the public in a rural part of England. The light-weight and low-maintenance structure replaces a dangerous level crossing. Engineers and…