High-speed rail projects

HS1 (formerly the Channel Tunnel Rail Link) has carried more than 100 million passengers across the Channel, established new links between Kent and London via the East Thames Corridor and, along the way, helped to spark regeneration across its route.

The new Interchange station, to be built in Solihull and the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) in the West Midlands, is the first railway station globally to achieve BREEAM ‘Outstanding’ certification – a measure of sustainability for new and refurbished buildings.

The Crewe HS2 Hub Framework and Masterplan Scenario brings together urban design, economics, landscape architecture, planning and transport expertise to create a framework for growth and comprehensive urban regeneration covering the next 30 years.

The Texas Central High-Speed Train will connect America’s fourth and fifth largest metropolitan areas and represent the first completed high-speed rail line in North America.

The new Beijing South Railway Station is an architectural icon for China’s capital city and one of the largest stations in China. It connects the capital with Shanghai and Tianjin, eventually catering for over 100m passengers annually.

Chongqing Longfor Jinsha Paradise Walk, seamlessly integrated with the Shapingba Station, is China’s first high-speed rail transit-oriented development (TOD) project in a commercial district.

Yujiapu traffic hub serves as a terminal for the Beijing-Tianjin high speed railway and an interchange for three underground lines connecting Binhai to downtown Tianjin. With its completion, travel between Beijing and Yujiapu has been reduced to under one hour by train.

Florence’s new iconic train station will become the heart of the country’s high-speed rail network, providing a mass transit connecting point for the new train lines and embedding different mass transit systems firmly within the fabric of the city.

The Ankara High Speed Rail Station has eight floors, and is built next to Ankara’s existing main station which is still in use by conventional main line and commuter trains.

Complete in 2018, the XRL provides high speed rail services from Hong Kong to Guangzhou and a connection to the national high-speed passenger rail network serving major mainland cities outside Guangdong province.

The HS2 route engineering study looked at route alignment options and solutions for the new line. The route is expected to be a 400kph high-speed line which would be designed to international standards.

We used advanced virtual and augmented reality technology to recreate exactly what HS2 will look like, what it will sound like and how it will operate long before it physically exists.

Our state-of-the-art SoundLab allows people to hear first-hand both what the new high-speed trains could sound like and the impact of noise reduction measures along the proposed route.