High Speed Rail in the UK
UK HS1 Channel Tunnel Rail Link (include image)
Britain opened its first high-speed rail line ( HS1) in November 2007. This 109km railway connects London to the Channel Tunnel allowing high-speed trains travelling at speeds of 300km/ph to connect to Europe’s extensive high-speed network. Journey times from London to Paris now take just over 2 hours, which have provided a real challenge to air travel’s dominant market share.
We were a founding partner of London & Continental Railways, the project management and engineering team which delivered HS1 on time and within budget. We had over 250 staff based in the UK which supported the planning, design and construction engineering phases. Our high-speed rail experts led the overall supervision of the works performance programme and we also designed the new line’s testing programme.
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Britain opened its first high-speed rail line ( HS1) in November 2007. This 109km railway connects London to the Channel Tunnel allowing high-speed trains travelling at speeds of 300km/ph to connect to Europe’s extensive high-speed network. Journey times from London to Paris now take just over 2 hours, which have provided a real challenge to air travel’s dominant market share.
We were a founding partner of London & Continental Railways, the project management and engineering team which delivered HS1 on time and within budget. We had over 250 staff based in the UK which supported the planning, design and construction engineering phases. Our high-speed rail experts led the overall supervision of the works performance programme and we also designed the new line’s testing programme.
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UK HS1 freight signalling
HS1 was eager to open its asset to freight trains, yet to enable freight, including larger gauge freight trains that operate in Europe, it had to ensure that the on-board signalling system could operate safely over the entire route.
SYSTRA led an international team of engineers from freight operator DB Schenker, signalling system suppliers Ansaldo STS and the engineering division of SNCF to make the modifications which now enable the Class 92 locomotives to operate on HS1. This project was financially supported by the European Commission’s Marco Polo Programme.
HS1 was eager to open its asset to freight trains, yet to enable freight, including larger gauge freight trains that operate in Europe, it had to ensure that the on-board signalling system could operate safely over the entire route.
SYSTRA led an international team of engineers from freight operator DB Schenker, signalling system suppliers Ansaldo STS and the engineering division of SNCF to make the modifications which now enable the Class 92 locomotives to operate on HS1. This project was financially supported by the European Commission’s Marco Polo Programme.
UK Greengauge 21 Greengauge 21 was set up to create a consensus in developing a network of high speed rail lines in Britain. In June 2008, Greengauge 21 formed a Public Interest Group representing the main municipalities in the UK to develop conclusive evidence of what HSR could do for Britain. Greenguage has been at the forefront of driving the high-speed rail debate in the UK.
We were asked to develop the definitive business case for developing high-speed rail within a British context. The challenge was to develop, using empirical evidence, a robust analysis of the type of investment required to develop an HSR network in the UK and what its value to the nation would be.
We were asked to develop the definitive business case for developing high-speed rail within a British context. The challenge was to develop, using empirical evidence, a robust analysis of the type of investment required to develop an HSR network in the UK and what its value to the nation would be.
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