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RIA’s Unlocking Innovation goes large

The Railway Industry Association’s (RIA) Unlocking Innovation (UI) events always offer something new. Its December UI event in Glasgow was distinguished by its size, as this was a particularly large event with around 400 present. This was because it was combined with Network Rail’s engineering conference to become an...

Killing investment – the result of high construction costs

Editor’s comment: In our last issue, Rail Engineer published various articles highlighting the ever-increasing cost of rail infrastructure projects. Over recent years, this has been addressed by initiatives such as Project Speed. We have also reported how lessons have been incorporated in future projects as shown by the ‘Cost-effective electrification’...

Gripple – Levelling up electrification efforts

Rail electrification presents an unprecedented opportunity to revolutionise transport networks globally. It is a key enabler of decarbonisation, offering a sustainable solution for modernising infrastructure and reducing the carbon footprint of one of the most significant sectors in terms of energy consumption. However, the implementation of rail electrification presents...

Siemens Mobility: Revolutionising main line, light rail, and metro networks management

We all live in a very connected world. There are said to be over 50 billion connected devices and, in rail, there are tremendous opportunities to realise greater value and to remotely monitor and manage a vast range of assets. Technologies like Siemens Mobility’s Digital Station and Power Manager...

KeTech: Bridging data silos to improve journeys

With staff drawn from across all areas of the rail industry, KeTech is an innovative technology company with a deep pool of expertise and experience, real-time data, software, and electronics both on the wayside, and on-train systems. Rail Engineer caught up with and Sales Director Paul Warren and Technical Consultant...

TTS Cable Management products receive approval

Trough-Tec Systems (TTS) and Furukawa Electric have announced that following months of open discussion and substantial testing they have satisfied Network Rail that their Recycled-Polymer Cable Management products meets its revised, more stringent fire safety requirements. When Green Trough cable management systems was first introduced in 2012 to the UK...

Event: Signalling the Future: Engineering and operational insights into ETCS and CBTC.

On Friday, January 31, the Institution of Rail Signal Engineers (IRSE), the Tech Soc and the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) are organising a full day seminar and evening networking event titled “Signalling the Future: Engineering and operational insights into ETCS and CBTC”. This is aimed at operators, suppliers, infrastructure...

TTS Cable Management products approved

Trough-Tec Systems (TTS) and Furukawa Electric have announced that following months of open discussion and substantial testing they have satisfied Network Rail that their Recycled-Polymer Cable Management products meets its revised, more stringent fire safety requirements. When Green Trough cable management systems was first introduced in 2012 to the UK...

Siemens Mobility secures £560 million HS2 contracts

Siemens Mobility has been awarded four significant contracts by HS2 Ltd and will join key contractors under the Rail Systems Alliance. Siemens Mobility will play a crucial role in the delivery and operation of the new 225-kilometre-long British high-speed railway that will connect London and the West Midlands. The contracts...

Construction of giant HS2 box structure under A46 approaches final phase

Construction of a 14,500-tonne box structure designed to take the new HS2 line under the A46 Kenilworth Bypass in Warwickshire has taken a major step forward, following the successful installation of 120 gigantic beams. The concrete beams, ranging between 13 metres and 24 metres in length were carefully lifted into...

Earn more, spend less

Between 1994, when the railway was privatised, and the pre-Covid year of 2019, railway passenger numbers more than doubled. Yet over the same period the railway’s cost to the taxpayer increased by 270%. With high fixed infrastructure costs, increasing passenger numbers should have decreased its cost to the taxpayer. Thus,...

Collision of passenger trains at Talerddig, Powys, Wales

At around 19:26 on the evening of 21 October 2024, train 1J25, the 18:31 Transport for Wales (TfW) passenger service from Shrewsbury to Aberystwyth, collided with train 1S71, the 19:09 Machynlleth to Shrewsbury passenger service, also operated by TfW. The trains collided approximately 800 metres west of the passing...