BALFOUR Beatty and Carillion have announced that they are in talks over a possible merger that could create a £3bn construction and services business.
BRITISH infrastructure manager Network Rail (NR) has awarded contracts for the first phase of its new national traffic management system (TMS), a key element of its operating strategy, which will see control of the network consolidated from more than 800 signalboxes to just 12 Regional Operating Centres (ROCs) over the next 15-20 years.
BRITISH infrastructure manager Network Rail (NR) has awarded six regional framework contracts to four suppliers as part of a £2bn electrification programme covering more than 3200 route-km over the next seven years.
BRITAIN's infrastructure manager, Network Rail, has awarded a £140m contract to Signalling Solutions Ltd, a joint venture of Alstom and Balfour Beatty Rail, to resignal part of the Great Western Main Line.
WEST Midlands transport authority Centro has signed a £18.9m contract with Balfour Beatty to design and build the 1.4km extension of the Midland Metro light rail line from Snow Hill to New Street, where trams will terminate outside the newly-rebuilt mainline station on Stephenson Street.
BRITAIN's infrastructure manager Network Rail has placed signalling contracts valued at £34.75m with Signalling Solutions, the British joint venture of Alstom and Balfour Beatty.
BRITISH infrastructure manager Network Rail (NR) and Balfour Beatty Rail have completed the first full track and ballast modular switch & crossing (S&C) replacement during a midweek possession.
CROSSRAIL, which is building a £14.8bn, 118km east-west rail link across London, has awarded a contract worth around £50m to a joint venture of Siemens and Invensys Rail to install a communications-based train control (CBTC) system on the busy central section of the line.
Laying of the first rails at the northern end of the Gotthard base tunnel started in February this year, while installation of equipment on the southern 15.5km is already complete, paving the way for test running to start this month. Anitra Green reports from Erstfeld, Switzerland.
Bombardier Transportation Australia has awarded Balfour Beatty Rail a $A 14m ($US 14.6m) contract to provide the overhead catenary system for the first 13km phase of the Gold Coast LRT.
