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New rail manufacturing hub for Humberside
Siemens Mobility has awarded the £40M contract to build its new rail manufacturing site at Goole to Yorkshire-based GMI. In addition to the main manufacturing …
Steel signal gantry installed at Bristol
During a Christmas period rail possession a 33m-long signal gantry structure, fabricated by Adey Steel, was installed at Bristol East Junction. The steel …
HS2 precast manufacturing facilities
FACT FILEHS2 precast manufacturing facilitiesMain client: HS2Main contractor: ALIGN JV (Bouygues Travaux Publics, Sir Robert McAlpine, and …
Steel’s the ticket for new rail depot
Structural steelwork has played an important role in the construction of Northern Railway’s new maintenance depot in Manchester Train services in the North …
New station inspired by steel
High Speed 2 (HS2) has shortlisted three contractors that will be invited to tender for the project’s £570M Birmingham Curzon Street station. The firms …
Go ahead given for West Midlands rail hub
The government has given the green light for the construction of a new rail freight hub on land adjacent to the M6 motorway in Staffordshire. Known as the West …
Manchester’s Ordsall Chord receives Major Project Award
The Ordsall Chord, a new railway line connecting Manchester’s Piccadilly, Victoria and Oxford Road stations for the first time, has received the Royal …
Bridge links city bypass
Forming an important part of the Lincoln A15 Eastern Bypass, a weathering steel bridge carrying two railway lines has been successfully installed. Covering a …
Manchester’s Ordsall Chord nears completion
One of the final steel elements of Manchester’s Ordsall Chord, which will improve connectivity across the north of England, has been lifted into place. Two …
Striking a chord with bridges
Nine steel bridges are required for the Ordsall Chord rail project, which will link all of Manchester’s main stations for the first time. Martin Cooper …
