Construction completed of portals to prevent sonic boom at HS2’s longest tunnel
Engineers constructing a tunnel for HS2 beneath the Chiltern Hills near Great Missenden in Buckinghamshire have completed work on two large extensions…
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HS2’s Colne Valley Viaduct is now officially Britain’s longest rail bridge
HS2's Colne Valley viaduct is now officially the UK's longest railway bridge after the completion of civil engineering works.
Watch: Diesels take over the East Lancashire Railway with popular gala
The East Lancashire Railway held its ever-popular Summer Diesel Gala back in June and brought in some excellent visitors to the railway. The railway runs…
HS2 breaks record for Britain’s longest railway viaduct
The deck of HS2’s Colne Valley Viaduct in Buckinghamshire has been completed to break a 137-year old record as Britain’s longest railway viaduct.
Innovative repairs for Glenfinnan Viaduct
Network Rail has embarked on a significant new phase of their £3.4m project to futureproof the iconic Glenfinnan Viaduct.
There’s Light at the Northern end of HS2’s longest tunnel
Tunnel Boring Machine 'Cecilia' breaks-through at the northern end of the Chiltern tunnel, marking the end of tunnelling.
HS2’s Chiltern tunnels are approaching completion
One of HS2's longest tunnels is 90% complete as giant tunnelling machines reached the Chesham Road intervention shaft, with completion expected next y…
HS2 reaches halfway point in Chiltern tunnel cross-passage mining
HS2 passed another milestone, reaching the halfway stage in the mining of emergency cross-passages linking northbound and southbound Chiltern tunnels.
HS2 completes Colne Valley Viaduct span during three-week road closure
HS2 engineers have completed a forty-metre span that will form part of the high-speed rail project’s Colne Valley Viaduct on the outskirts of London…
First cross passage completed in HS2’s Chiltern Tunnels
The first underground connection between the northbound and southbound bores of HS2’s longest tunnels has been completed.