On October 15, 2026, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev formally inaugurated the Trans-Caspian Fiber-Optic Cable System. Spanning approximately 380 kilometers across the Caspian seabed between Aktau, Kazakhstan, and Sumgayit, Azerbaijan, the system represents the first-ever international public telecommunications subsea cable installed in the Caspian Sea.
HS2’s giant tunnelling machine Mary Ann broke through on Friday 9 May, marking the end of her mission to excavate the first bore of what will soon become the longest railway tunnel in the West Midlands. The 125-metre-long machine began constructing the 3.5-mile (5.8km) Bromford Tunnel, which starts at the Warwickshire village of Water Orton […]
Network Rail has awarded contracts worth up to £1.1 billion to four suppliers of on-track maintenance machines vital in maintaining and renewing Britain’s railway network. The contracts have been awarded to Balfour Beatty Rail Limited, Colas Rail Limited, Swietelsky Babcock Rail (SB Rail) and VolkerRail Specialist Businesses Limited, to provide On Track Machines (OTM) including […]