http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/News, data and business intelligence on public transport projects, developments and investment in the UK.en-ushttp://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/rss/rss1.xmlhttp://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6963Crossrail and London Underground's Tottenham Court Road station expansion provide a once in a lifetime opportunity to pedestrianise parts the capital's main shopping district, according the New West...Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6963http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6949Enabling works on the Paddington Integrated Project will ratchet up this weekend as the Hammersmith City and Circle lines between Hammersmith and Edgware Road are closed for three weeks. The block...Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6949http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6936Transport minister Theresa Villiers has visited Farringdon station to mark the start of work on the foundations for the joint Thameslink/Crossrail ticket hall. The new hall, to be built opposite the...Fri, 16 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6936http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6933Crossrail Ltd is to report to the government later this year with a series of recommendations designed to cut the cost of the project and reassure ministers that all efforts are being pursued to...Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6933http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6908Crossrail Ltd has awarded 21 contracts to date under the enabling works framework announced in April 2009, according to a procurement update from the company. A series of contract wins, valued at up...Mon, 05 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6908http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6903American engineering giant URS is poised to gain a stake in Britain's Crossrail project after its £223m bid for infrastructure consultant Scott Wilson was accepted by the company's board. URS upped...Thu, 01 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6903http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6893Network Rail has awarded two design contracts for on-network works. Jacobs Engineering has been selected to design a new Stockley flyover where trains from Paddington will leave the Great Western...Fri, 25 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6893http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6885Crossrail's Whitechapel station has been redesigned to reduce construction costs and respond to concerns raised by the local authority. Under revised plans the station's main entrance will be on...Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6885http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6867Transport secretary Philip Hammond has said the government will deliver the full Crossrail scheme without changes to the project scope. During a visit to Crossrail's Canary Wharf station Hammond gave...Wed, 16 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6867http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6862Morgan Sindall has won its first contract with Crossrail since being named as one of the 17 companies on the enabling works framework in April 2009. Morgan Sindall - the new name for Morgan Est - has...Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6862http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6855Crossrail Ltd has followed up its invitation for contractors to work on the Pudding Mill Lane portal by publishing details of two further tenders for major civil engineering works. The company has...Wed, 09 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6855http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6846Crossrail minister Theresa Villiers has used the first House of Commons debate about Crossrail since the formation of a new government to indicate that additional third party funds will be required to...Mon, 07 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6846