First Siemens-built Piccadilly line train goes through testing
Siemens Mobility is currently conducting testing on the upcoming Piccadilly line trains, employing both the test track and a climate chamber in Germany and Austria. These new trains are slated to commence passenger service in...Read more
HS2 cost projections and controversies still raise questions
Britain’s ambitious plans for a high-speed railway network have hit the buffers before even getting out of the station. The project has been savagely cut back from the once sweeping network, connecting almost all of...Read more
London’s DLR hit by collapse of construction firm
The collapse of the construction firm Buckingham Group may well cast a shadow over the planned upgrade of the DLR Docklands Light Railway system in London. The construction company was involved in a multi-million pound...Read more
New Dutch player Heuro to compete with Eurostar to lower prices
InterviewThe brand-newly established railway company Heuro aims to be the alternative to Eurostar between Amsterdam, Paris and London from 2028. RailTech spoke to Dutch founder Roemer van den Biggelaar. “We just want lower prices and...Read more
London Underground strike planned amidst safety and staffing dispute
In a move that threatens widespread disruption to London’s iconic tube transport network, the Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers’ Union (RMT) has declared an all-out strike on the London Underground, slated for Wednesday and Friday,...Read more
HS2: Now Manchester faces the axe
Eastern Leg no more. Euston no more. Now the The UK government is considering even more cutbacks to the HS2 high-speed rail project. With Leeds, Sheffield and Nottingham already off the timetable, now the prestige...Read more
Heathrow southern rail link concept takes flight again
It has been on the taxiway more than once, but now there’s a renewed pushback for a rail link from the south of London to Heathrow Airport. The capital’s mayor, Sadiq Khan, has thrown his...Read more
Dude, where’s my TBM? HS2 buries Tunnelling Machines until there’s money for Euston stop
It may be reminiscent of a Hollywood comedy, but HS2, Britain’s vast high-speed rail project, may have accidentally created the ultimate time capsules. In an amusing turn of events that could easily be the script...Read more
HS2 serves Wales from a distance says UK government
A damning examination in the regional press has slammed the UK government for claiming that Wales will be served by HS2. Welsh citizens are unimpressed because the nearest the high speed railway project will reach...Read more
London’s infrastructure party cooling down and coming to an end
London’s funding uncertainty has cast a shadow on rail freight operations. Transport for London (TfL) has recently announced a moratorium on larger transport infrastructure projects due to funding uncertainty and inflationary pressures. The agency that...Read more
Combatting the Sound of the Underground in London
Noise reduction is something that the boys and girls of the digital age hardly give a moment’s thought, but deep below London’s street, the very much analogue Tube network could do with Dr Dolby’s patented...Read more
London’s Docklands Light Railway continued support from CAF and expansion plans considered
Spanish manufacturer CAF has secured an agreement to extend the contract awarded in June 2019 for the supply of trains for the Docklands Light Railway managed by Transport for London (TfL). The extended agreement includes...Read more
Twenty-five years of Heathrow Express
The dedicated Heathrow Express operation, connecting west central London with the busy international hub airport, has just celebrated a quarter of a century of operation, and out-shopped a new livery into the bargain. There may...Read more