Hitachi are in discussions with the Scottish Government to run a Class 385 variant with underfloor batteries that could either be charged whilst under the wires or whilst stationary at the end...
Proposals for a “radical yet
respectful” transformation to Birmingham Moor Street station have been
released.
The existing station building, which dates back to 1914 and is Grade II listed, will...
New state-of-the-art train simulators are being used to
train 768 Greater Anglia drivers that will be driving the new trains due to
replace all of the company’s existing fleet from later this year, when...
The proposed extension of the Edinburgh Tram network, as previously reported in Rail Engineer, has now been approved by Edinburgh City Council. Councillors have voted to press ahead with taking trams to...
The freight industry in
Scotland has collectively launched a new strategy intended to increase the
amount of freight moved by rail. This is in response to a target set by the
Scottish Government last year...
The project to reopen the Airdrie to Bathgate (A2B) line in 2010 included electrification to extend the Glasgow suburban electrification network to Edinburgh via this...
Editor's comments - issue 172, March 2019
Andrew Haines knew that Network Rail was letting its passengers and freight users down before he became its new chief executive. After...
Network Rail has announced plans to conduct a survey of more than 850 route miles of track across Wales and the border counties of England. This includes the proposed and current Transport...
Humaware, the Southampton-based company that develops and
markets a range of data-driven predictive analytics tools to enhance the
predict and prevent capability of the railway network, has been acquired by EKE-Electronics
of Espoo, Finland.
National Apprenticeship Week 2019 took place 4 to 8 March 2019. Coordinated by the National Apprenticeship Service, an offshoot of the Department for Education, It is designed to celebrate apprenticeships and the positive impact they have on individuals, businesses and the wider economy. This year’s theme was ‘Blaze a Trail’, highlighting the benefits of apprenticeships…
British
Steel has announced a new contract for the supply of steel rails to Ferrocarrils
de la Generalitat de Catalunya (FGC), the network operator in Catalonia, Spain.
This new
order is for...
Rolling stock asset management company Porterbrook is
working with South Western Railway and vehicle exhaust manufacturer Eminox to
fit catalytic converters to hundreds of diesel trains across the UK’s rail
network. The aim is to...
Unipart Rail has acquired Westcode, the air supply and door
systems specialist that supplies rail operators in both the Europe and North America.
The two Westcode businesses – Westcode inc...
Keith Williams, the independent chair of the Williams Rail
Review, delivered the 2019 Bradshaw Address at the Institution of Civil
Engineers. In it, he stated that “the industry needs to fundamentally realign
itself to its...
Bombardier Transportation has announced that it has signed an agreement with Motherson Rolling Stock Systems GB, a wholly owned subsidiary of Motherson Sumi Systems, transferring Bombardier’s assets in connection with the production...
Platforms 5 and 6 at Edinburgh Waverley, recently extended
to 275 metres in length to accommodate new 10-car trains due to be introduced
on the main line between Edinburgh and London later this year,...
Mark Southwell has been announced as the new managing
director of civil engineering for the UK and Ireland at AECOM, the global infrastructure
consultant.
Formerly head of the signalling programme at...
Plans to reopen the Walsall to Wolverhampton railway line for passenger trains have taken a step forward as designs have been published for new stations on the route at Willenhall and Darlaston.
South Western Railway train operator FirstGroup and Blu
Wireless have announced a project that will significantly boost the quality of
connectivity on trains, pioneering the use of 5G technology on the railway.
The Brighton main line in Sussex has reopened following a
nine-day closure while Network Rail and its contractors carried out major improvement
work.
The Three Bridges station car park was turned...
Liverpool Lime Street station
has had a thorough overhaul recently, with new platforms, signalling and track.
But its heritage has not been forgotten as three slabs from the original
station platforms, dating from 1836, have...
Passengers on the Cross City
line in the West Midlands (Lichfield - Birmingham - Redditch/Bromsgrove) are
starting to experience an improvement in their on-train comfort as the first of
West Midlands Trains’ Class 323 units...
Edinburgh's tram network could be extended to Newhaven, depending on the result of a Council meeting on 14 March.
Councillors will consider the Final...
