Category: Infrastructure

Viasat and BMW test first integrated satellite voice call

Viasat has demonstrated the first automotive satellite voice call fully integrated into a BMW Group vehicle platform, a milestone for connected car communications outside cellular range. Viasat engineers ran the demonstration out of Munich, and the com…

Happy Birthday Bromsgrove! Worcestershire station marks ten years of service

Bromsgrove station in the West Midlands is celebrating its tenth anniversary this month. Over the last ten years, it has facilitated better rail services and connectivity and has supported investment in Worcestershire’s transport network.

HS2’s Burton Green tunnel structurally complete

HS2 engineers have installed the final roof segment on the 700-metre-long Burton Green tunnel – illustrating the progress being made on the West Midlands section of Britain’s new railway.  The 16-metre-wide twin-box-shaped tunnel will carry high-speed trains beneath the village of Burton Green, near Kenilworth. The internal wall separates trains travelling north to Birmingham, Manchester […]