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Introducing surge arrester technology
The electrification of existing railway lines is often associated with high costs, due to the inevitable proximity between live overhead line conductors and trackside structures. As...
The view from Westminster
A reception at the Houses of Parliament on 24 October, arranged by the Railway Industry Association (RIA), proved an informal opportunity to hear Secretary...
ECML: Electrification as it used to be
As the extension of the West Coast main line electrification to Glasgow was in sight of completion in 1974, British Railways (BR) wanted to...
ECML Power Supply Upgrade
A relatively straight and high-speed route, the East Coast main line from London to Edinburgh has been a target for electrification several times over...
Under the wires to Swindon
Some opportunities are simply too good to miss. One of these came about on 10 October when Rail Engineer was among a select group...
Sustainability and the fallout from scrapped electrification plans
The fallout from the Government’s decision to scrap three major electrification projects, in Wales, the Midlands and the North, is inevitably a hot topic...
Electrification cutbacks – the unanswered questions
On 19 July, the Secretary of State for Transport announced that the planned electrification schemes from Kettering to Nottingham and Sheffield, from Cardiff to...
Electrification benefits
The electrification infrastructure that enables electric trains to draw their power from the national grid offers many advantages, most of which are due to...
Bi-mode trains: Unlocking opportunity?
The future is bright, the future is bi-mode!” or so one might imagine with the level of focus on this type of train. There...
Network Rail begins Southend Victoria branch OLE renewal
Network Rail has begun a £46 million project to renew the overhead lines on the Southend Victoria branch line. More than a kilometre of new...
IMechE Rail Electrification 2017
The Institution of Mechanical Engineers Railway Division has an enviable reputation for the organisation of technical conferences and seminars related to the rail industry....
Modernisation of Bath Spa station
It’s an exciting time for the rail industry. Network Rail has recently embarked on a £50 billion Railway Upgrade Plan across the national network,...
A tale of success – 3 electrification projects that are going to plan
Electrification schemes have been very much in the news over the last couple of years, at least so far as the railway industry press...
Electrification – an alternative approach from Siemens in Denmark
With rail electrification projects very much in the news recently, and a particular scrutiny on the cost and funding of major programmes, it’s worth...
Alstom launches CLever cantilever for UK railway electrification
Alstom has launched a new cantilever specifically for the UK rail network. The CLever (a play on the word cantilever) has been designed by Osvaldo Cariboni...
RailBaar – Rapid Charge Station
As the rail industry explores the use of battery-powered trains, there comes a need to consider how traction batteries are recharged and generally managed....