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HS2 locks horns with Bechtel in bid to break contract stalemate

HS2 has asked the High Court to allow it to push on with the construction of one its London stations despite an ongoing legal challenge from engineering giant Bechtel.

Sorry, this is why the August Bank Holiday is best time to shut East Coast Main Line – Rob McIntosh (Network Rail)

IT is a privilege to be the in charge of the East Coast Main Line. It’s the route of Flying Scotsman and the Victorian railway pioneers. But it must also be the route of the new Azuma trains and Yorkshire’s cutting edge tech industries.

Plans for Windsor rail link to Heathrow to be revived

Plans to build a rail link to Heathrow via Windsor are to be revived after the scheme was turned down by the Department for Transport last year. The Windsor Link Railway (WLR) scheme, which would provide a southern rail link to the airport in two phases, was rejected by the DfT when submitted as part of the government's call for ideas for private investment – market led proposals (MLPs).