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Telecoms in 2025: AI and next-gen infrastructure among key trends

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January 11, 2025
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The global telecoms industry is set for another year of transformation in 2025, driven by trends including AI, sustainability, private networks, and new approaches to connectivity. For this article, industry leaders have shared their predictions as the…

Deutsche Bahn says it needs 150 billion euros for rail modernisation

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January 11, 2025
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German rail operator Deutsche Bahn (DB) says it needs 150 billion euros for the long-term modernisation of the outdated German rail network, which is the…

Cartagena port gets rail access and connections to Madrid and Mediterranean Corridor this year

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January 10, 2025
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The port of Cartagena, in the southern part of Spain, is awaiting the inauguration of rail access that will link it up to Madrid and…

M6 railway bridge set to be replaced with railway and motorway closures planned

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January 10, 2025
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Network Rail has announced that next year, it will be replacing Clifton bridge, near Penrith in Cumbria.

HS2 Box Bridge Structure reaches final phase of construction

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January 10, 2025
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HS2 Box Bridge structure in Warwickshire is nearly complete, before its moving into place

Upcoming road closures will allow for Scottish viaduct work

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January 8, 2025
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Part of the B847 will close overnight in January and February while Network Rail repairs the viaduct that goes over it.

Poland launches largest ever tender for Rail Baltica, but bars non-Western bids

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January 8, 2025
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Polish State Railways has launched its biggest ever tender, worth some 1.411 billion euros, for the modernisation of part of an international rail corridor that…

Trucks hit Birmingham railway bridge twice in one day

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January 8, 2025
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Lorries have hit a Birmingham railway bridge three times in the first week of the new year.

Openreach delivers full-fibre to half of UK premises

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January 7, 2025
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Rapid expansion of the Openreach full-fibre network over the past year has delivered faster and more reliable broadband to half of UK premises. Bolstered by major contracts, Openreach has built its full-fibre network quicker and farther than any …

HS1 ordered to lower fees on line to Channel Tunnel

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January 7, 2025
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The UK’s Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has ordered HS1, which connects London St Pancras to the Channel Tunnel, to lower its charges from…