Major Projects
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Features
Interview: 2020 review author Sir Douglas Oakervee on HS2's future
With the eastern and northern legs of HS2 cancelled since the Oakervee Review, its author talks to Peter Pilsner about what happens next for HS2.
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Insight
Euston’s HS2 green light…but questions remain
Euston will be the London terminus for HS2. But locals are fed up with the disruption and uncertainty about its timing and form.
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Features
The great push forward to finish HS2 construction in Buckinghamshire
Chris Howe reports on progress with two key structures in Buckinghamshire.
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Features
High-speed rail on a low-impact viaduct
Paul Bigland heads to Buckinghamshire, to view progress on HS2’s Thame Valley viaduct.
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Operations
Is NPR ready for the next level?
RICHARD WILCOCK examines the on-off history of Northern Powerhouse Rail, and asks whether the time is right (and what must happen) for the project to be advanced
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Features
UK-first construction method used for new HS2 viaduct at Wendover Dean
Few structures on HS2 will afford views from the train but one of them is the Wendover Dean viaduct, being built just a few kilometres south of the town
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Features
The changing face of the Piccadilly Line
Here, we examine the £2.9 billion investment programme on London Underground’s Piccadilly Line.
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Major Projects
You’ve got Mail Rail…again
STEFANIE BROWNE reports as work begins on bringing a secret slice of the capital’s subterranean history into the 21st century
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HS2
The French connection
Eiffage’s work on the high-speed line from Le Mans to Rennes puts it firmly in the frame as a potential HS2 contractor with Carillion and Kier
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HS2
Great expectations
As well as the many economic benefits, Rail Minister CLAIRE PERRY says that HS2 is an opportunity to address our national pride deficit
Top Stories
Around the UK on an all-line rover ticket and nearly 80 trains
In part three of our series, PAUL BIGLAND completes his seven-day Rail Rover tour of the rail network.
A rail network epic exploration: Wales to London via South Coast
Part two of Paul Bigland’s All-Line Rover trip takes him on trains battered by the elements… and teenage passengers
Can the Royal Mail trains keep on running?
After Royal Mail decided to stop using its own trains, Andy Comfort hears how the 30-year-old trains may still have plenty of life left in them.
