Headspans were necessary but now improved resilience is
needed
Generally, the railway electrification schemes that first
emerged in Britain, before the introduction of more recent AC designs,...
Guest writer: Caroline Bacher
Since 2007, Network Rail has steadily been replacing the overhead line equipment (OLE) on the Great Eastern line from London...
Guest writer: Danny Aisthorpe
With the need to electrify significant parts of Great Britain’s rail network to meet rail decarbonisation targets, the industry...
In this digital age, railways are harvesting increasing
volumes of data (‘Big Data’) on the performance of their assets but converting
raw data into meaningful information...
Major projects, new trains, bewildering technology: these
are the big-ticket items that command everyone’s attention these days. And why
wouldn’t they? Who cares about the high-volume,...
Merseyrail will be introducing new trains to its network
around the Liverpool City Region from next year, replacing the current fleet of
electric multiple units which...
The Institution of Mechanical Engineers recently held the
latest in a series of roughly biennial seminars highlighting railway
electrification, with the emphasis being mainly on the...
High-speed testing has now been
completed on the Manchester to Preston route, which was recently electrified,
so that the line speed can be increased to 100mph.
The...
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...
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...
