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Projects and infrastructure

Crossrail Act

Information about the Crossrail Hybrid Bill with links to supporting documents.

High Speed Rail

This section contains information on proposals for high speed rail and the work of the company High Speed Two Ltd.

Thameslink Rolling Stock Project

Information and guidance about the Thameslink Rolling Stock Project.

Network Rail

Report on reducing bureaucratic burdens on Network Rail.

Information on all aspects of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link including the construction process, environmental issues, regeneration potential, management and funding, and a timeline of events in the planning of the project.

Intercity Express Programme

This section provides an introduction to the Intercity Express Programme, including Invitation to tender, shortlist, OJEU notice, summary and overview.

Rolling stock

The White Paper ‘Delivering a Sustainable Railway’, published in July 2007, stated that the Government would publish a rolling stock plan by January 2008, setting out in more detail how rolling stock would be used to deliver increased capacity.