A Major Milestone for the Western Underground Section 🔨 Renny, the final Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) on the Eglinton Crosstown West Extension (ECWE), has completed its 6.3 km journey from Renforth Dri...
Current Progress The excavation works at Westmead have reached a major milestone — 15 metres underground. Roadheaders and rock hammers have completed excavation of the massive crossover cavern. The ca...
Works Completed The piling works at Watsons Road in Diggers Rest have now been completed. A 65-tonne piling rig was used to dig the foundation piles. These piles will support the new road bridge over ...
Turnouts and Track Upgrades Supporting Regional Growth Teams from Arc Infrastructure‘s Major Projects, Mobile Maintenance Team (MMT), and Goldfields-Esperance region joined forces with other int...
March Super Possession Success for ARTC It was a huge weekend for the Rail Ops NSW team, who successfully delivered major works across the Main South lines for ARTC during the March Super Possession. ...
Rhomberg Sersa Rail Group Supporting U-Bahn Expansion The Martinsried underground station, currently under construction in Planegg, Germany, will serve as the new southern terminus of Munich’s U6 line...
Presentation Highlights from Sean McAllister The extensive Moondyne west end turnout replacement project was recently featured in a presentation by Sean McAllister, Project Lead – Track, at the #RailT...
Over the weekend, teams were deployed across various networks delivering multiple work scopes including: Berry Track Recon Track support services for Sydney Trains Rail Rake operations for ARTC Planni...
Track Diversion Milestone As part of the Tung Chung Line Extension, the installation of four new turnouts plays a crucial role in enabling future track diversions. These key works are taking place dur...
Station Snapshot State Library Station—one of the five new underground stations being delivered as part of Melbourne’s Metro Tunnel Project—has been making steady and exciting progress. What’s Happeni...
Testing Update Summer might be over, but sand is still making an appearance—this time in the form of 45 tonnes of sandbags loaded into a test train as part of the latest dynamic testing phase for Auck...
Project Snapshot It’s not a bird, and it’s not a plane—soon, it’ll be a flying bridge. In one of the most unique rail infrastructure efforts underway, a 2-track rail bridge is being assembled for incr...
Event Summary Last weekend, the Sydney Metro West – Eastern Tunnelling Package team welcomed local residents to the Pyrmont West site for a special behind-the-scenes experience. Community Engagement H...
A Major Milestone for Sydney Metro – Western Sydney Airport Line The first tracks have been laid for the Sydney Metro – Western Sydney Airport line, marking a significant achievement in the 23-kilomet...
The Sydney Metro Southwest line has reached a significant milestone with the commencement of dynamic train testing. This marks a major step forward in the transformation of the former T3 Bankstown lin...
The Sydney Metro West – Eastern Tunnelling Package has reached a significant milestone with the completion of precast production. The journey began in 2024 at the Eastern Creek Precast Facility,...
Vossloh Nordic Switch Systems AB has completed their work in Oslo for this year. The switch that was delivered and installed is an EV-60E1-760-1:14-V. We thank Bane NOR for their trust and Baneservice...
The first sections of track have officially been laid for the future Sydney Metro line to Western Sydney International Airport. Whether you’re in Sydney or Melbourne, we’re committed to en...
About Sydney Metro Sydney Metro is Australia’s biggest public transport project. Building, operating and maintaining a network of four metro lines, 46 stations and 113km of new metro rail. Sydney Metr...
Overview B&T Signalling completed a points renewal for 113 points at Junee. Part of the south super shutdown. Collaboration Worked alongside Anric Group. Ensured high standards in installation. Ac...
Sydney Metro West – Hunter Street Station Overview A glimpse into the Sydney Metro West project. Hunter Street Station is a key development in the Sydney CBD. Viewable from George Street....
Farewell to Foynes – For Now Overview The tamper and regulator working on the Foynes-Limerick line have been lifted off. They are now back on the mainline. Project Details Machines 742 and 704 c...
Successful Completion of Junee 113A/B Points Upgrade Overview Over Weekend 38, ARTC executed a 3x day super possession. NRG Signalling, B&T Signalling, and ANRIC Group collaborated on the project....
Project Overview Successfully delivered track reconditioning works for ARTC Location: Adjacent to Heritage Listed Cootamundra West Railway Station Scope: 180m section of track reconditioning Timing: S...
Overview Following successful community consultation, West Tarneit has been officially named as Melbourne’s newest train station, set to serve the growing western suburbs. Key Features Accessibl...
Product Enhancement Announcement The pioneering DX170 with long arm has been upgraded with DX140 bucket linkage This enhancement delivers significant improvements in operational capabilities Key Benef...
Project Overview The Southern Renewals Enterprise VolkerRail Ltd Tonbridge Track Renewals team has successfully completed a challenging electrification project at Portcreek Junction S&C 2640 Pts &...
A New Standard in Underground Construction Beneath the busy streets of Sydney’s CBD, Hunter Street Station is emerging as a flagship station of the Sydney Metro West line. This engineering achievement...
Sydney Metro Orchard Hills progresses with piling, slab pours, waterproofing, and reinforcements. More updates soon!...
Strong Start to the Year by Gamuda Laing O’Rourke Consortium The Gamuda Australia and Laing O’Rourke Consortium has launched into the year with impressive progress at the future Westmead m...
Hunter Street Station Cavern Nears Completion Deep beneath Sydney’s CBD, the largest railway cavern in Australia is becoming a reality. Located on the Sydney Metro West line, Hunter Street Station is ...
SRS: Sonic Rail Services, working on Wk45 working for their client Dyer and Butler on an emergency embankment failure at Three Bridges. The new Doosan 235 converted by GOS Engineering with an adapted ...
Rail Systems Alliance Scotland team has been working round the clock during the festive period replacing 386 metres of rail, sleepers, ballast and formation at Calton Tunnel South and replacing 575 me...
Mid Cornwall Metro is a £56.8m project to transform local journeys – connecting people with work, study and leisure. The project will support a cleaner, greener, fairer and more inclusive Cornwa...
Incredible work by Schwarz, part of the Maas Group Holdings family, on delivering a 1.3km formation renewal and a 1.9km track upgrade at Broadlea on the Goonyella coal network. With a tight 148-hour c...
Vancers Hi Rail Mini CHX06 in beautiful PNW on signal detail. Added flexibility to these smaller Hi Rail machines makes logisticly difficult projects easy to accomplish! More Details...
Critical modification works to the Lachlan River Bridge in Forbes are well underway as part of the Stockinbingal to Parkes section of Inland Rail. Martinus removed and replaced the existing bracing to...
KiwiRail took over the rail network for 18 days. This allowed them to complete upgrades and maintenance at 17 different sites across the region. KiwiRail worked round the clock at Wellington Station t...
A Year of Transformation on the Eastern Tunnelling Package The Sydney Metro – Pyrmont Station site experienced major changes throughout 2024, with significant progress made both above and below ground...
Progress is well underway as we tunnel beneath Sydney Harbour, connecting The Bays Station in Rozelle to the Sydney CBD. Pyrmont Station Cavern Works Three roadheaders are actively excavating the Pyr...
High speed rail in Australia The Australian Government is planning for a future high speed rail network to connect Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne and regional communities across the east coast ...
Hunter Street Station on Sydney Metro’s Eastern Tunnelling Package. Ghella ANZ now reached the deepest point of excavation to date! The cavern’s profile is becoming increasingly impressive and we can ...
Shoutout to the CPB Contractors team delivering the Sydney Metro – Western Sydney Airport, Station Boxes and Tunnelling package, who have reached practical completion on 37 of the 9.8-kilometre tunnel...
WEBUILD JV SIGNS AU$1.7 BLN (€1 BLN) CONTRACT ON MASSIVE RAIL PROJECT IN MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA SUBURBAN RAIL LOOP TO EXPAND CITY’S SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY NETWORK JV partners, led by Webuild, will design,...
The tunnel boring machine (TBM) has arrived in Hong Kong to get prepared for the excavation of the new tunnel section from Tung Chung Station to the future Tung Chung West terminal. The TBM is over 10...
Inspection Day at VCUK • Mill Lane 1433 D 15 Turnout NR60 MK2 & 1434AB D 15 Crossover NR60 MK2 • including Vossloh Fastening Systems and Vossloh concrete bearers with under bearer pads! another jo...
Canterbury Station is the first Southwest metro station to have a full set of platform screen doors installed. The state-of-the-art doors now form a 180-metre-long barrier along the edge of the statio...
Huge effort over the weekend by Vertex Group Australia. The team successfully delivered over 3.6km of rerailing scope for ARTC at Taree which invloved the installation of temporary scaffolding over a ...
Thales Communication-Based Train Control (CBTC) ...
Seattle's King Street Yard undergoes $300 million modernization to support next-generation rail operations and sustainable maintenance practices...
Design enhancements for Birmingham’s new flagship high speed railway station are a key step in the design process Improved features include additional cycle parking, better accessibility, rain gardens...
A monumental day at the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway as volunteers & contractors landed the new 50-ton bridge across the Bridgehouse Beck, the biggest civil engineering project the railway ...
Sydney Metro – Western Sydney Airport’s has just reached a massive milestone! The viaduct has now been constructed over the Warragamba pipelines, which are the two pipelines responsible for transferri...
Hunter motorists are seeing the first glimpse of progress on the Hexham Straight Widening project with the first girder lifted into place over Ironbark Creek recently. Piling work for the new bridge h...
Martinus team is working on the Wolf Bay Restoration Project in beautiful Cathlamet Bay, Oregon! This vital project aims to improve tidal foraging and refuge habitat for juvenile ESA-listed salmonids ...
This map shows a summary of planned improvement work taking place across GWR (Great Western Railway) network. Full details of this work can be found on the next pages. You can check your journey detai...
This map shows a summary of planned improvement work taking place across GWR (Great Western Railway) network. Full details of this work can be found on the next pages. You can check your journey detai...
This map shows a summary of planned improvement work taking place across GWR (Great Western Railway) network. Full details of this work can be found on the next pages. You can check your journey detai...
Concessions Activity Report: August 2024 This activity report lists concessions issued during the month August 2024. For further information or queries, please contact standards@transport.nsw.gov.au...
Exciting Progress at Abergavenny Train Station! This past weekend, the Centregreat Rail team marked a significant milestone in collaboration with Network Rail’s Access for All (AFA) scheme at Abergav...
ShoringCo, successfully completed the piling of 22 bored piles with permanent casing at Central Station, (600mm and 900mm diameters). This complex project was executed over two 48-hour shutdown period...
August recap. Its not all underground stations on Cross River Rail. Re-building eight stations north and south of the underground line. More info So here’s some progress shots...
AECOM S&C design team leading to the successful installation of 360/361/363A/B at Crystal Palace. Key to the success was hitting all project milestones, collaborative workshops and strong relation...
Australia, Sydney, North Strathfield Station site, Tunnel boring machines (TBMs) Daphne and Beatrice
Tunnel boring machines (TBMs) Daphne and Beatrice are nearing the end of their journey! After breaking through at North Strathfield Station site, they now have less than two kilometres of tunnel to bu...
There really is PLENTY happening on Melbourne’s North East Link project. CPB Contractors team, as part of SPARK, continue to progress the project’s Lower Plenty Road site with box excavation for the r...
Moving into the shed extension for the embedded, concrete wall and steel column rail construction systems starting off with the steel columns on road 1&2. Interesting and fiddly this one but it’s ...
The Beckton project last weekend consisted of the installation of a composite bearer crossing with cut-to-suit twist rails that tied into critical IBJs. Working with 40m radii presented a challenge, m...
The double TBM breakthrough marks a milestone achievement for the Sydney Metro West – Western Tunnelling Package and the Gamuda Australia and Laing O’Rourke. TBM Betty and Dorothy have completed...
Day 2 , 4 x 600 pipe culvert, magic day , brilliant effort by contractors and track assistance from the Arc Esperance team on track for a 4 ish completion time after 7am start at Higginsville on Esper...
Week 22-23 (9 Day Blockade) Track Renewal works at Crystal Palace Jnc The VolkerRail Ltd Tonbridge Track Team as part of the Southern Renewals Enterprise completed the Track Renewal of 360/361/363A/B ...
1st of 3 this week near Bromus on the Esperance Line of Arc network , thanks to contractors and the Esperance track team for support , no2 at Higginsville tomorrow. More info...
Martinus OHW team. Great work again this weekend by Martinus’s amazing team ! More info...
Green lights for Sydney Gateway Do you remember when those 100 metre-long, 600 tonne twin bridge spans were lifted into place at Sydney Gateway? all in a complex live international airport environment...
A Jackson team is making good progress lifting in the bridge beams on the A249 Grovehurst Road and interchange junction improvement scheme near Sittingbourne. The lifting started in the early hours of...
DPW Plant Hire Pty Ltd’s Ever reliable Hi-Rail SENNEBOGEN 608 equipped with it’s 1.6t 3m pin jib installing sheet piles for some temp works at Westmead on WE09. More info...
Final preparations for 3 installs in 3 days this week near Norseman on Esperance Line of the Arc network More info ...
The Stockinbingal to Parkes section of Inland Rail is now six months ahead of schedule, thanks to Martinus’ strategic foresight as the head contractor and our close partnership with Inland Rail. By im...
Pune & Pimpri-Chinchwad is the next largest urban conglomerate to Mumbai Metropolitan Region in Maharashtra. These cities are considered to be educational hubs due to the establishment of large nu...
Pune & Pimpri-Chinchwad is the next largest urban conglomerate to Mumbai Metropolitan Region in Maharashtra. These cities are considered to be an educational hub due to the establishment of large ...
Reach 1 – PCMC-Range Hills Reach 2 – Vanaz-Civil Court Reach 3 – Civil Court-Ramwadi Reach 4 (Underground) – Shivaji Nagar-Swargate Track Plan for...
Cross the city 60% faster A midtown connection between east and west Toronto will make the trip easier, thanks to the new Eglinton Crosstown LRT. With 25 stations along the dedicated route, getting ac...
The Ontario Line will be a 15.6-kilometre subway line that will make it faster and easier to travel within Toronto and beyond. The line will bring 15 new stations to the city and will run from Exhibit...
Major engineering work this weekend will affect journeys in the area. Please check your train times before travelling. ...
Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 August Buses replace trains between Surbiton and Effingham Junction – Saturday 24 August The lines between Surbiton and Effingham Junction will be closed all day due to maint...
Belgian railway and infrastructure specialists, Mobix – Infrastructure for Good, has used #KLP Hybrid Polymer Sleepers during the complete renovation of the Noordlandbrug at Zandvliet, Belgium. ...
The T3 Bankstown Line will be closed between Sydenham to Bankstown from Saturday 24 August to Sunday 25 August 2024 for a planned rail possession. Sydney Metro work will take place in the rail corrido...
Monday 1 August 2022 to 2024 Flinders Street Station will be affected by station precinct works including the closure of the Degraves Street subway in addition to the closure of Campbell Arcade from M...
Sydney Metro City & Southwest, Upcoming Rail Possession – Wiley Park Station, Saturday 24 August – Sunday 25 August 2024...
Affective Rail was last week in Seaford, Victoria, Assisting Southern Program Alliance with the Removal and Reinstall of 2 x 27 Meter Panels using 12.5t Panel Lifters equipped with with a Patented XO ...
Job Location Sydney Region, Clyde, CAD Officer TfNSW Sydney Region, Clyde Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Project Scheduler / Planner – Rail (Multiple Senior & Mid-Level Roles) Heaton Rail...
A successful trip to the Hunter Valley for the ARTC shutdown over the weekend. 3 days worth of semi tricky scope completed in under 2/3 of the time allocated, across 3 different sites (which required ...
Take a look inside Arden Station’s stunning architecture The architecture design team’s ‘loose-fit’ interior design exposes the civil engineering, making the brightly coloured design fixtures really p...
Nine steel beams have been lifted to form the main structure for a key local road bridge in Buckinghamshire. Stretching for 112 metres, the bridge will carry Edgcott Road across the new high-speed rai...
Matic are absolutely thrilled to have played a key role in one of Sydney‘s most complex infrastructure projects! They have successfully completed the installation of two bridge girders that will...
Busy time on the Hawkesbury River Bridge for the Sydney Trains Bridge Team. Major works have been happening to refurbish one of the longest railway bridges in Australia which currently carries the Mai...
Huge milestone on the BTH project as they complete phase 1 of the P-Way works, connecting the Dublin Lines into the new Belfast Grand Central Station platforms and renewing the Blythefield lines. Phas...
Mobilizing a GEISMAR to remove rail, 3rd rail, ties and clips in preparation for the demolition of an existing 110 ft. long steel viaduct. More info...
Final commissioning of More Trains More Services works at Waterfall, in a special nine day possession. Over the last four years, there has been extensive remodelling of track, OHW and station platform...
Within the station cavern (Lot 2), the team continue to progress with mechanical, electrical and ventilation service installation around the cavern, on the mezzanine level (B4), in the tunnel a...
Construction of the Albert Street main station entrance (Lot 1) remains ongoing below and above the ground surface. Over the last fortnight, the jump form system which is constructing the station wall...
