ABSTRACT
In 1996, London and Continental Railway (LCR) was awarded the concession to build the Channel Tunnel Rail Link (CTRL) which was later known as the High Speed 1 (HS1) project. Union Railways (UR) was allocated the responsibility to act as the client or sponsor of the project, and Rail Link Engineering (RLE) was appointed as project manager. RLE was a consortium of construction companies formed between Arup, Bechtel, Halcrow and Systra.
