Industry News
Making the most of High Speed Rail – what are the barriers and opportunities to UK companies?
HSR Industry Leaders organised a focus group meeting with the business community Read more…
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Changes to the High Speed Rail (London – West Midlands) Bill in Parliament.
The Government has deposited a proposed set of changes to the High Read more…
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Making the most of High Speed Rail – understanding the barriers and opportunities to business
HSRIL recently organised an event in Manchester to start a dialogue with the business community.
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Atkins to provide Building Information Modelling (BIM) technical services to HS2
Atkins has won a four year contract to provide BIM technical services to HS2 Ltd.
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Heathrow spur no longer part of Phase 1 or 2 of the HS2 scheme
In a written response to a question by Beaconsfield MP Dominic Grieve, Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin has ruled out building a link connecting Heathrow airport to the High Speed 2 line between London and the north of England before 2033.
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China’s HSR network now has five times as many passengers than in 2008
The network of China Railways is one of the most densely used in the world. More than 2.9 billion passengers have travelled across China by high-speed train since April 2007 and in 2013, China’s high-speed rail network recorded 214 billion passenger kilometres – more than the rest of the world put together.
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High-speed rail: Helping to the shape the railways of tomorrow in Britain
In January 2006, when Greengauge 21 was launched, the Channel Tunnel Rail Read more…
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The National Skills Academy for Railway Engineering
Britain’s love affair with rail depends on modernising an elderly network and turning it into a High Speed, high tech railway.
Publications
Ambitions and Opportunities: Understanding the spatial effects of high speed rail
Over two years of study on the spatial effects of High Speed Rail has led to culmination of the research, insight and experiences gained throughout the project thus far in the form of the Independent Transport Commission’s report, ‘Ambitions and Opportunities: Understanding the Spatial Effects of High Speed Rail’.
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Lessons from major rail infrastructure programmes
This review of five major rail projects highlights lessons the Department for Transport should apply to current and future rail programmes.