Zetica, the engineering and environmental geophysics
consultancy, has renovated a 21,500 sq.ft. building to accommodate up to 80
staff, as well as provide additional storage space for high tech equipment.
The...
The former Alstom factory at
Washwood Heath, Birmingham, where Virgin’s Pendolinos were built, has been
demolished to make way for an HS2 maintenance depot.
Underground-train manufacturer
Metro Cammell, which owned the site...
The cutting at Barnehurst, on
the Bexleyheath line between Lewisham and Dartford, Kent, reopened on Monday 18
February after being closed for a week.
When the cutting face slipped
at around 03:30...
Network Rail has reopened the West Coast main line through
the Stafford area after more than 24 hours of disruption caused by a lorry
hitting a bridge.
The bridge, which carries...
UGL Unipart,
a 70:30 joint venture between UGL, a member of CIMIC Group, and Unipart Rail, has
been awarded a two-year extension to its contract with Sydney Trains for the
delivery of maintenance and logistics...
Network Rail has reopened Ambergate junction in the Derwent
Valley – where the branch to Matlock leaves the Midland main line – after a £13
million remodel and a six-day closure. All services between...
Government funding of £80
million has been announced to provide a new sea wall at Dawlish that will
improve protection both for the railway and the town behind it.
The announcement...
An unusual bridge strike closed one track on the West Coast main line and caused a speed restriction to be imposed across the whole route.
Normally, a bridge strike...
Stuart Calvert, director of
programme technical services and supply chain at Network Rail’s Group Digital
Railway (GDR), has been announced as its new managing director following the
retirement of David Waboso.
When...
Network Rail has announced
sweeping changes to its organisation following the completion of new chief
executive Andrew Haines’ ‘100 Day Review’.
Introducing his plans, Andrew
Haines said that the organisation needed to...
It’s all change at the top as Laurent Troger resigns as president of Bombardier Transportation to “pursue opportunities outside the company”. Danny Di Perna, who joined Bombardier in 2018 and is head...
High Speed Two (HS2) has released its latest
designs for the Old Oak Common complex in west London, which will be the
interchange between the high-speed railway from London Euston to Birmingham and
the North...
Rail Engineer has reported on the use of data analytics before (issues 136 and 148, February 2016 and February 2017) following attendance at Rolling Stock Maintenance conferences organised by London Business Conferences....
As usual,
Network Rail took advantage of the Christmas and New Year holiday to undertake
some of the lengthier and more onerous projects that the renewal and
enhancement of the railway network demands.
Editor’s comments - issue 171, January/February 2019
Early last year, we stated that
2018 “will be a good year for many rail passengers as benefits are realised
from projects started years...
Rail
Engineer has reported on numerous infrastructure upgrade projects to provide
the extra and longer trains needed for increasing passenger numbers. This extra
traffic also requires station enhancements to provide space for passengers to
move as...
Much has been written and said
in recent times about efforts to improve the throughput of trains on metro and
inner suburban railways. Using CBTC has enabled 36 trains per hour (tph) to be
achieved...
The thorny
question of what should replace GSM-R as the future radio bearer for track to
train communication has recently been the subject of conferences, discussions
and, yes, even articles in Rail Engineer. Considerations of...
When the government and the rail industry recently agreed a new Rail Sector Deal, intended to deliver more for passengers, create jobs and drive economic growth across the country, it was hailed...
Christmas
and New Year at Westbury saw the station and its associated routes closed for
12 days to carry out some long-awaited major works in one fell swoop. The main
work was the reballasting and...
This
Christmas, Battersea Pier junction became the latest focus of intense activity
as it was renewed over an 11-day blockade. Battersea Pier junction is one of
London’s busiest junctions.
Located one
mile...
RegioJet,
the independent Czech railway operator that also runs services in Slovakia, has
introduced its new Bombardier TRAXX locomotives into passenger service on the
route from Prague to Ostrava and Návsí.
Once...
Network Rail has announced two (shortly to be three) track systems contracts that could cover the next 10 years and be worth around £5 billion to the successful bidders, or over £10...