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Las Vegas to California Rail: The Groundwork for a Fast Connection

The Las Vegas high-speed rail project, Brightline West, is gaining momentum as crucial soil testing and land surveying are carried out in the south valley. This ambitious $12 billion initiative, set...

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Protecting Railways: £33M Investment to Prevent Landslides

Network Rail is undertaking a £33m project aimed at preventing landslides along a section of the East Coast Main Line near Durham, England. This vital work is designed to secure the 1km stretch of r...

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Laying the Groundwork: Boreholes Pave the Way for High-Speed Rail in NSW

The dream of high-speed rail connecting Australia’s major cities is gaining momentum as geotechnical investigations kick off in New South Wales. The Albanese Government has initiated critical groundw...

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Geotechnical news recap of August 2024 now on YouTube!

You can now find Geoengineer.org's latest news recap video on YouTube, which includes what we found to be the most interesting geotechnical news of August 2024. Namely, these were: 1) High-Speed Prog...

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Network Rail to invest £2.8 billion in British railway climate resilience

Network Rail, the government-owned operator, developer and owner of Britain’s railway infrastructure, announced on April 3, 2024, that they will be spending £2.8 billion on enhancing the network’s cl...

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Second TBM’s breakthrough marks excavation completion of HS2’s Chiltern tunnels

The second of the two tunnel boring machines (TBM) that were used for the excavation of HS2’s longest Chiltern twin-bore tunnel marked a major milestone for the project, as it made its final breakthr...

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Unstable embankment causes Midland Main Line train service disruption in England

Repair work carried out on a railway embankment near Braybrooke, England, caused train service disruption on England’s Midland Main Line between Kettering and Leicester, between November 2 and Novemb...

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Landslide disrupts Metro-North and Amtrak rail services in Westchester County of New York

A landslide took place in Westchester County, New York, early on Saturday, October 21st, and caused disruptions to Metro-North and Amtrack rail services over the weekend, blocking four nearby tracks....

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Coal train hits landslide in New Zealand and gets partially derailed

A coal train got partially derailed after it hit a landslide in New Zealand’s Buller Gorge during the early hours of Monday, the 16th of October. Buller Gorge is located in the northern part of Sout...

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World’s longest railway tunnel will remain closed for months after derailment

Europe’s Gotthard Base Tunnel, the world’s longest and deepest railway tunnel, is going to remain closed to passenger trains for several months after it sustained damage from a derailment on August 1...

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