Monday, June 24, 2019

Evolution not revolution

Editor's View David Shirres BSc CEng MIMechE DEM -
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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.
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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...
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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...
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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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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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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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Editor's View

Evolution not revolution

David Shirres BSc CEng MIMechE DEM -
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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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Business

French rail industry on show at SIFER 2019

Nigel Wordsworth BSc(Hons) MCIJ -
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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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Company News

Get set for Railworx

Nigel Wordsworth BSc(Hons) MCIJ -
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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

Nigel Wordsworth BSc(Hons) MCIJ -
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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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Signalling and Telecoms

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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Innovation

Inspiring Innovation

David Shirres BSc CEng MIMechE DEM -
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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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Signalling and Telecoms

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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Rail News

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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Rail News

First TransPennine Express Nova 3 train handed over

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The first of TransPennine Express’s (TPE) new fleet of Nova 3 trains, which will initially come into service in the coming months between Liverpool Lime Street and Scarborough, has now completed testing and been accepted...
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New London Overground Class 710/2 train obtains conditional approval to run

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Bombardier’s new Class 710/2 ‘Aventra’ train, destined for London Overground’s Gospel Oak to Barking and Watford lines, has received its first limited approval from railway regulator the Office of Rail and Road...
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Events

Welcoming the industry to Railtex 2019

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Railtex, the UK’s definitive exhibition of railway products and services, returns to Birmingham’s NEC next month. As always, the show will have an international flavour and is expecting visitors from more than 50 countries, with...
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Railtex 2019

Railtex 2019 Planning your visit

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Railtex is the UK’s largest indoor show for the rail industry supply chain, and literally everything you can think of will be on show. Signals, track, cables, toilets and even trains -...
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Industry News

Recognising Innovation – the Plantworx Innovation Awards

Nigel Wordsworth BSc(Hons) MCIJ -
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Several railway engineering companies featured strongly at the recent Plantworx Innovation Awards, and several others of the innovations that were applauded have obvious applications in the sector. These were indications of the stronger links between...
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Railway Operations

Every second counts – new measures of train punctuality

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Train operators and Network Rail are set to publish new measures for train punctuality as part of plans to reduce delays across the network and boost customer satisfaction. From April, up to the minute train performance...
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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...
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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...
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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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