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RIA launches RAIL 2050 Manifesto for the rail industry
As the UK heads towards a general election, the Railway Industry Association (RIA) has launched its RAIL 2050 Manifesto, setting out the...
Zero-carbon: the need for innovative construction plant
Guest writer: Simon Meades, Ecolite product manager at Taylor Construction Plant.With the announcement...
Sicat joins Network Rail’s UK Master Series
Guest writer: Danny AisthorpeWith the need to electrify significant parts of Great Britain’s rail network to...
Gian Paolo Gotelli to head up TX Logistik
Rail logistics group TX Logistik has appointed Gian Paolo
Gotelli as its new CEO.TX Logistik, which was founded in...
First train for Shanghai Metro line 14 completed
The first driverless metro train for Shanghai Metro’s Line
14 has rolled off the assembly line in CRRC Nanjing Puzhen.
It’s the bits and pieces that make it all work
Take a look at a typical section of overhead line equipment (OLE) and you will see a mass of wires, masts and...
SYSTRA buys TSP Projects
Image: Leeds station roof - a TSP project with Network Rail.TSP Projects, the engineering arm of British Steel,...
East Midlands Railway: New kid on the block
East
Midlands Railway is the new name on the UK rail network, following its
successful bid to run the East Midlands franchise.
Delivering the UK’s temporary flood defences
Owing to changing global weather patterns, potential flood
events are becoming increasingly unpredictable. In response to this, The UK’s
Environment Agency (EA) continuously studies...
Power conversion solutions
The UK rail network is under continuous improvement by the
operators, which creates certain demands on the type of DC-DC power converters
required. Especially...
Get set for Railworx
The rail industry's new outdoor civil and systems show is
just weeks awayRailworx is a new-for-2019 rail industry...
“Hugely impressive!”
Francis Paonessa reflects on his time at Network RailWhen Dr Francis Paonessa joined Network Rail in the...
Points of no return
Those of us who now need afternoon naps can find the modern
world baffling, so it’s good to know that some things endure...
Stadler’s new SMILE (Giruno) train for the Gotthard Base Tunnel granted an operating licence.
Stadler’s new SMILE electric multiple unit, which Swiss
national operator SBB calls Giruno (Buzzard), has been issued an operating
licence by the Swiss Federal...
Design of new metro train for Montreal unveiled
The design for Montreal’s new metro train has been revealed by
the Alstom-led consortium Groupe des partenaires pour la mobilité des
Montréalais (Groupe PMM).
Network Rail announces CP6 spending plans of £42 billion
Network Rail has released its plans for Control Period 6,
which starts on 1 April 2019. These show how the company intends to...
