• HS2 restoring listed Curzon Street station (RailTechnology) • Underground train Boxing Announcement (PriscillaOprescu) • Huddersfield’s Platform 1 crisis & mental health charity (PaulBigland) • Nancy’s tram project postponed in favour of trolleybus line (UrbanTransport) …
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HS2 concrete printing technology (RailwayTech)
The 3D concrete printing removes the need to develop logistical plans that are usually expensive. HS2’s London tunnels contractor Skanska Costain Strabag joint venture (SCS JV) is set to deploy on-site 3D reinforced concrete printing …
Continue readingHS2 cuts carbon with pioneering new viaduct design (RailBusiness)
HS2 has revealed that its designers are on track to more than halve the amount of embedded carbon in one of the high speed rail project’s viaducts. The innovative ‘double composite’ approach – which involves …
Continue readingHS2’s groundbreaking project under the Chilterns (Building)
Phase 1 of the route from London to Birmingham includes 16km of tunnels running under the Chiltern Hills, a giant project that will be carried out by two 170m long tunnel boring machines and more …
Continue readingHS2’s new piling innovation will benefit construction industry (RailBusiness)
HS2 Ltd has revealed a new vacuum excavation technique for piling which could have massive benefits for the wider construction industry in the UK and abroad. The innovation, developed by specialist contractors working on HS2, …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 2 May 2021
• Three train companies to increase services to 1,000 a week (RailTechMag) • History of the Watford DC Line (AshleyRabot) • Redefining & redesigning the Nantes tramway (Trams&UrbanTransit) • Tube style bike maps simplify cycling …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 26 April 2021
• Hopes for West London Orbital Overground consultation later this year (IanVisits) • England’s old canals help with HS2 construction (BoatingBusiness) • The Island Gardens DLR accident: what really happened (JagoHazzard) • This is how …
Continue readingHS2 leaving a legacy of innovation (NewCivilEng)
HS2 Ltd’s commitment to innovation could make waves beyond the railway itself. Capacity, connectivity and carbon reduction are three of High Speed 2’s (HS2’s) well publicised benefits. According to HS2 Ltd, the rail project will improve …
Continue readingOld wind turbine blade components to reinforce HS2 concrete (ConstructionIndex)
What scaling back Euston Station means for HS2 (NewCivilEng)
The Department for Transport’s (DfT’s) decision to order a redesign of High Speed 2’s (HS2’s) Euston station has renewed fears that the line’s Eastern leg to Leeds is about to be axed (see Twitter reaction …
Continue readingHS2 prepares for 21km tunnels under London (TunnelTalk)
Of the 45km of twin tube bored tunnels to be constructed as part of the 225km High Speed 2 (HS2) rail project in the UK to link Birmingham and London, just under half is located …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 22 January 2021
• London buses converted to Covid ambulances (Guardian) • The archaeology of HS2 (RailStaff) • Welcome to the time capsule Art Deco Railway Hotel (MessyNessy) • The chic garments made from WWII escape maps (AtlasObscura) …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 8 January 2021
• Plan to demolish 100s of unused rail bridges & tunnels must be stopped (NewCivilEng) • How London bus blinds are made video (LTMuseum) • It’s now official – integrating old Curzon Street Station into …
Continue readingHS2 to rethink Manchester & Leeds stations (NewCivilEng)
The National Infrastructure Commission (NIC)’s Rail Needs Assessment – published last week – “puts the onus” on High Speed 2 Ltd (HS2 Ltd) and Transport for the North (TfN) to “rethink their station designs” in places like Manchester and …
Continue readingKrokodyl pioneer robot assists HS2 Chiltern tunnelling (NCE)
A first-of-its kind robot is being fitted to the tunnel boring machines which will be used to create the 16km long Chiltern tunnels. As reported by NCE last month, tunnellers from HS2’s main works contractor Align are …
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