Wednesday, June 26, 2019

Is the future 5G or Wi-Fi 6?

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There are currently two main technology choices used for railway radio communications, mobile telephone (GSM/LTE) or Wi-Fi. GSM-R private networks are used predominately for...
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Delivering change

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This month we take the title of our editorial from the address given by George Clark, the new President of Institution of Railway Signal...
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Rail Engineer June 2019: 5G or Wi-Fi 6, Market Harborough, Innovation, Huntworth bridge.

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An evening of goodbyes as Gordon Wakeford retires from the Rail Supply Group

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The Rail Supply Group staged a reception at the London Transport Museum on Monday 17 June, ostensibly to mark the retirement of Gordon Wakeford, who has stepped down as both CEO of...
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CAF wins DLR train order

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CAF wins DLR train order CAF has been awarded the contract to design, manufacture and supply a fleet of 43 trains for the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) by Transport for London...
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The 5 bidders for HS2 train order reveal their designs

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Five organisations are bidding for a contract to design, manufacture and maintain the trains for the first phase of HS2. The original list was Alstom, Bombardier, Hitachi, Siemens and Talgo. When...
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ATO – Exploiting the technology

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Automatic Train Operation (ATO) is nowadays a given technology for metro operation and, although it is still in its infancy when applied to main lines, it is...
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Enabling better performance

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For the past six years, the national rail public performance measure (PPM) has fallen steadily each year from 91.0 per cent in 2013 to 85.6 per cent in 2018. According to Transport Focus, the...
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Is the future 5G or Wi-Fi 6?

Paul Darlington CEng FIET FIRSE -
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There are currently two main technology choices used for railway radio communications, mobile telephone (GSM/LTE) or Wi-Fi. GSM-R private networks are used predominately for main line track-to-train voice and ETCS (European Train Control System) data...
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Delivering change

David Shirres BSc CEng MIMechE DEM -
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This month we take the title of our editorial from the address given by George Clark, the new President of Institution of Railway Signal Engineers (IRSE), who is right to emphasise that change features...
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Rail Engineer June 2019: 5G or Wi-Fi 6, Market Harborough, Innovation, Huntworth bridge.

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Work starts on Horden station, County Durham

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Construction of a new station at Horden, near Peterlee, County Durham, has commenced and should be complete by Spring 2020. The £10.55 million project, which will link the area...
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Rail Engineer May 2019: White Hart Lane, ORBIS, Whiteball tunnel.

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Technical Seminars at Railtex – Keynote Speeches Revised

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The Technical Seminar programme, arranged and hosted by Rail Engineer, gives Railtex exhibitors the opportunity to talk about their latest developments to an enquiring and knowledgeable audience. At the last Railtex exhibition, in...
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Evolution not revolution

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Metal wheels on metal rails have, for almost 200 years, provided energy-efficient transport due to their low rolling resistance and effective load bearing. That apart, today’s railways bear little resemblance...
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French rail industry on show at SIFER 2019

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Almost unnoticed by most of the UK railway supply chain, the 11th SIFER exhibition took place in Lille on 26-28 March 2019. The French sister show of the UK’s Railtex, SIFER has been organised...
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Get set for Railworx

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The rail industry's new outdoor civil and systems show is just weeks away Railworx is a new-for-2019 rail industry show with a difference that takes place next month at the...
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“Hugely impressive!”

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Francis Paonessa reflects on his time at Network Rail When Dr Francis Paonessa joined Network Rail in the summer of 2015 from Bombardier Transportation, where he had been managing...
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Infrastructure

ORBIS – an unsung but unqualified success

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Sunday 31 March 2019 signified not only the end of Network Rail’s Control Period 5, but with it the end of the ORBIS programme. ORBIS, Offering Rail Better Information Services, was a £335 million...
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Telecoms innovations for tomorrow’s railway

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At a recent IRSE section event in Birmingham, Tim Lane, principal strategy and innovation manager, Network Rail Telecom (NRT), gave a presentation on Network Rail’s latest innovations in telecommunications and how these may be applied...
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Inspiring Innovation

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For ten years, the innovation conference run by the Railway Industry Association (RIA) has gone from strength to strength and, in 2018, won the Trade Association Forum’s best conference award. This year, it attracted...
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Single Line Internet Control

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The safe operation and signalling of single-line railways are crucial as any head-on crash between two trains is potentially catastrophic. Incidents of this nature are thankfully very rare as the systems devised to allow only...
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Points of no return

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Those of us who now need afternoon naps can find the modern world baffling, so it’s good to know that some things endure despite apparently passing their sell-by dates. And I include myself in...
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Whiteball Tunnel

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Now fit for purpose in the 22nd century Railway passengers planning journeys earlier this year to and from the south west between Monday 18 February and Friday 8 March...
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White Hart Lane

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A new station for a new stadium White Hart Lane is the station for, and shares its name with, Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. It is used by 1.3 million customers...
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‘New’ station for Taunton

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Taunton station in Somerset is to be redeveloped over the next year, according to plans just released. The station, which is operated by GWR, services trains from London to Penzance and...
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Business

UNIFE releases vision paper on Digital Trends in the Rail Sector

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UNIFE, the Association of the European Rail Industry, has released a new vision paper on digitalisation that aims to bring the European rail supply industry’s views and objectives into the centre of the digital debate.
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CAF wins DLR train order

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The 5 bidders for HS2 train order reveal their designs

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Five organisations are bidding for a contract to design, manufacture and maintain the trains for the first phase of HS2.
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