Tuesday, February 19, 2019

Dawlish to get new sea wall

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Government funding of £80 million has been announced to provide a new sea wall at Dawlish that will improve protection both for the railway...
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Unusual bridge strike closes one track of West Coast main line

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An unusual bridge strike closed one track on the West Coast main line and caused a speed restriction to be imposed across...
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Stuart Calvert to be new Digital Railway head

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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...
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Birmingham: Washwood Heath train factory demolished

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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...
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Barnehurst cutting reopened after landslip closes the Bexleyheath line for a week

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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...
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Infrastructure

West Coast main line reopens after lorry strikes bridge

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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...
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UGL Unipart JV wins Sydney contract extension worth AU$395m

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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...
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Ambergate junction reopens on schedule – train services resume between Derby and Matlock

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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...
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Environment

Dawlish to get new sea wall

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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...
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Infrastructure

Unusual bridge strike closes one track of West Coast main line

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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...
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Business

Stuart Calvert to be new Digital Railway head

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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...
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Rail News

Major organisation changes at Network Rail

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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...
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Rail News

Danny Di Perna replaces Laurent Troger to head Bombardier Transportation

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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...
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High Speed Rail

Design revealed for HS2 Old Oak Common station.

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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...
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Rail Engineer Jan/Feb 2019: Christmas works

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Using Data to Improve Fleet Maintenance

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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....
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An orange Christmas: Network Rail’s works over the 2018 Christmas holiday

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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.
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Editor's View

Issue 171 – Projects for passengers

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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...
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Rail News

Glasgow Queen Street station – half transformed

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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...
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Rail News

Timing of door closure – how critical is it?

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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...
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Business

GSM-R: a migration strategy to its successor?

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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...
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Business

Rail Sector Deal – One Railway: Digitally Connecting the Nation

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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...
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Infrastructure

Christmas 2018: Westbury North junction renewal

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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...
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Christmas 2018 at Battersea Pier junction

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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...
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International

Czech Republic: RegioJet brings new Bombardier TRAXX locomotives into passenger service

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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...
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Business

Network Rail announces new track systems contracts that will last for ten years

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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...
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Electrification renewals at Forest Gate over Christmas 2018

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The London and North Eastern Railway started to electrify the Shenfield to Liverpool Street line during the 1930s; civil engineering work had started before the Second World War but the conflict delayed completion till 1949....
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Birmingham: Washwood Heath train factory demolished

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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.
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Barnehurst cutting reopened after landslip closes the Bexleyheath line for a week

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The cutting at Barnehurst, on the Bexleyheath line between Lewisham and Dartford, Kent, reopened on Monday 18 February after being closed for a week.
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West Coast main line reopens after lorry strikes bridge

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Network Rail has reopened the West Coast main line through the Stafford area after more than 24 hours of disruption caused by a...
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