There’s Light at the Northern end of HS2’s longest tunnel
Tunnel Boring Machine 'Cecilia' breaks-through at the northern end of the Chiltern tunnel, marking the end of tunnelling.
Tag: Buckinghamshire
HS2 release images of Buckinghamshire ‘green bridge’
The images reveal how the eco-friendly bridge will look once complete as it crosses the new railway close to the village of Turweston near Brackley
Buckinghamshire railway line reopens after landslip
Network Rail have repaired a landslip near Stoke Mandeville, which sees trains running once more between Amersham and Aylesbury
Book Review: Going East, the Story of East West Rail and the Oxford-Cambridge Line by K.C. Close and R.J. Cook
This book tells the story of the line from Oxford to Cambridge, from its beginnings through partial closure to the current plans to reopen it.
HS2 begins viaduct deck slide at Wendover Dean, Buckinghamshire
This week, engineers have begun the next stage of constructing HS2’s Wendover Dean Viaduct, above the Misbourne Valley in Buckinghamshire.
Aylesbury rail bridge reopens to road traffic after strengthening work
Motorists may now drive along Station Road in Buckinghamshire again, after Network Rail completed repairs to a railway bridge.
HS2’s Chiltern tunnels are approaching completion
One of HS2's longest tunnels is 90% complete as giant tunnelling machines reached the Chesham Road intervention shaft, with completion expected next y…
Earthworks at Calvert for East West Rail over HS2 completed
Earthworks near Calvert to carry East West Rail over HS2 have been completed, which will now enable the East West Rail Alliance to start laying track.
HS2 diversion works bring major benefits for heritage railway
Chinnor and Princes Risborough railway is set to benefit from building works for HS2 as it obtains un-needed track materials from nearby Network Rail …
Major railway repairs in Buckinghamshire captured in incredible footage
A Victorian drainage culvert has now been replaced beneath the railway in Aylesbury in a bid to improve passenger and freight services.