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HS2's Rail Freight Strategy Paves Way for Greener Construction

HS2's Rail Freight Strategy Paves Way for Greener Construction

Britain's HS2 high-speed rail project has found a silver lining amidst recent controversies with the strategic use of rail freight to mitigate environmental impacts. HS2's London tunnels contractor, a joint venture of Skanska Costain STRABAG, has been actively receiving prefabricated tunnel ring segments via rail since February.

08 / 11 / 2023
Technologies and infrastructure
Bulgaria Completes First Railway Tunnel in 50 Years for Sofia-Burgas Modernisation

Bulgaria Completes First Railway Tunnel in 50 Years for Sofia-Burgas Modernisation

According to Bulgaria's acting Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport, Hristo Alexiev, the country…

17 / 03 / 2023
Technologies and infrastructure
70 Years Have Passed Since the Bujanovsky Tunnel, the Longest Double-track Tunnel in the Former Czechoslovakia, Was Broken Through

70 Years Have Passed Since the Bujanovsky Tunnel, the Longest Double-track Tunnel in the Former Czechoslovakia, Was Broken Through

After the end of the Second World War, the increasing load on the railway from Čierna nad Tisou to Žilina…

04 / 03 / 2023
Passenger
ÖBB and DB's grand exploratory drilling in the Kufstein area: 1600 meters of cores for the new rail tunnel

ÖBB and DB's grand exploratory drilling in the Kufstein area: 1600 meters of cores for the new rail tunnel

In the coming months, ÖBB will be carrying out exploratory drilling in the Kufstein area. The aim is…

21 / 09 / 2022
Technologies and infrastructure
EXCITING NEWS: ÖBB further expands its own green traction power generation with the new Tauernmoos power plant

EXCITING NEWS: ÖBB further expands its own green traction power generation with the new Tauernmoos power plant

ÖBB has moved another step closer to its goal of being able to generate more green traction current itself…

08 / 09 / 2022
Technologies and infrastructure
Tunneling of The Brenner north portal starts now. The unique rail link will connect the Brenner Base Tunnel to the Central Station in Innsbruck.

Tunneling of The Brenner north portal starts now. The unique rail link will connect the Brenner Base Tunnel to the Central Station in Innsbruck.

The excavation works began in the western main tunnel tube and will move to the south. Two 140-m long excavations towards the south, starting from the…

18 / 11 / 2021
Technologies and infrastructure
Thales: Signaling below the Alps in Switzerland

Thales: Signaling below the Alps in Switzerland

Thales, a French multinational company that designs and builds electrical systems and provides services for the aerospace, defense, transportation, and…

14 / 11 / 2021
Technologies and infrastructure
Slovenian project for 1,2 million EUR in the process: Tunnelling works began on second track Divača-Koper route

Slovenian project for 1,2 million EUR in the process: Tunnelling works began on second track Divača-Koper route

An ambitious project to build a second track on the Slovenian route Divača-Koper has made a significant leap forward. Tunnel construction for the first…

14 / 10 / 2021
Technologies and infrastructure
Construction of a tunnel on the Elin Pelin - Vakarel line in Bulgaria has begun

Construction of a tunnel on the Elin Pelin - Vakarel line in Bulgaria has begun

The construction of a tunnel on the Elin-Pelin-Vakarel railway has been launched in Bulgaria. The construction of this 6.8 km long two-pipe railway tunnel,…

13 / 08 / 2021
Interviews and Events
Rail & road tunnel between Scotland and Northern Ireland may soon get the green light

Rail & road tunnel between Scotland and Northern Ireland may soon get the green light

The long-awaited project of a tunnel between Scotland and Northern Ireland could move from political proclamations and debates to a feasibility study stage…

01 / 03 / 2021
Technologies and infrastructure