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News on Highspeed railway
HS2 parts other than London-Birmingham route officially cancelled
- Oct, 04, 2023
- Transportation Engineering General Civil General Construction Construction Management News On Projects / Industry Other News
- United Kingdom
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The UK’s prime minister, Rishi Sunak, announced on the 4th of October that the second phase of the High Speed 2 (HS2) project is officially cancelled. This decision comes months after the British gov...
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China successfully tests new high-speed trains at top speeds of 453 km/h
China Railway announced on the first of July that successful performance tests had been conducted on their new high-speed trains, reaching a top speed of 453 km/h (281 mph). The trains tested are pa...
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Orlando high-speed rail extension completed
- Jun, 21, 2023
- Transportation Engineering Railway Geotechnics Other Structural General Civil General Construction
- United States, Florida, Orlando
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Completion of the Orlando high-speed rail extension was celebrated by station city mayors and Brightline Orlando construction team members on June 21st. The 170-mile Orlando expansion runs from Orla...
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Parts of High Speed 2 (HS2) delayed by two years
- Mar, 09, 2023
- Construction Management General Civil General Construction Transportation Engineering News On Projects / Industry Other News
- United Kingdom
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The British government announced on Thursday afternoon that the construction of phases 2a and 2b of the High Speed 2 project will be delayed by two years due to inflation and rising construction cost...
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Astonishing Chinese accomplishment in bridge engineering
A high-speed railway bridge was delivered by assembling 2 large sections into place while another railway bridge, that lies beneath, remained open. In order to achieve this pioneering attempt, the...
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