Environment | Rail Engineer

Porterbrook wins with HydroFLEX

Company News 16th October 2020

BusinessGreen’s Transport Project of the Year award has gone to Porterbrook for the UK’s first hydrogen train, HydroFLEX. The...

Moorgate Class 717s save energy and reduce emissions

Electrification 9th October 2020

Great Northern’s new Class 717 trains on the Hertfordshire to Moorgate service have already generated enough electricity through their brakes to power...

The railway prepares its leaf-busting machines to tackle the autumn season

Environment 1st October 2020

1 October marks the first day of the railway’s autumn season, and Network Rail’s fleet of 61 leaf-busting trains and 80 leaf-busting...

Network Rail Launches Environmental Sustainability Strategy

Company News 24th September 2020

Network Rail has published its ambitious and forward-looking Environmental Sustainability Strategy which forms a key part of its ambition for rail travel...

Work on reconnecting the line to Levenmouth gets underway

Electrification 15th September 2020

The first phase of work which will lead to the reinstatement of passenger services to Leven will begin shortly.

Electrification and the environmental challenge

Electrification 1st September 2020

Leaving aside Covid-19, which is on everyone’s mind right now, the environment still sits high on the agenda, along with international concern...

Cleaning the rail head

Environment 1st September 2020

Rail Engineer has often written about the problems of low adhesion caused by, inter alia, leaf debris rolled into the railhead. As...

Electronic scarecrow installed at Longsight depot

Environment 28th August 2020

Network Rail has installed a solar-powered scarecrow that mimics the calls of a hawk to ward off birds causing delays to passengers...

Leon Daniels joins Net Zero Transport Board

Environment 18th August 2020

Leon Daniels OBE, who is vice-president of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport, has been appointed to the government’s Net Zero...

Canal shuts Edinburgh to Glasgow main line

Environment 17th August 2020

The severe weather on the night of 11/12 August, that led to the tragic derailment outside Stonehaven, also caused far greater infrastructure...

Scotland unveils plans to transform Scottish rail network

Environment 30th July 2020

The Scottish government has launched plans to decarbonise Scotland’s rail passenger services by 2035. Transport Secretary Michael Matheson unveiled...

Scotland establishes hydrogen accelerator at University of St Andrews

Environment 29th July 2020

A new hydrogen accelerator will be located at the University of St Andrews in a £300,000 investment by the Scottish government.

Drones search out Skylarks on HS2’s route

Environment 27th July 2020

The HS2 route passes through some lovely countryside. That’s been one are of complaint from naturalists and ecologists,...

Alstom and Eversholt Rail to invest a further £1 million in hydrogen-powered trains

Company News 22nd July 2020

Hydrogen power on Britain’s railways has become one step closer as Eversholt Rail and Alstom have announced a further £1 million investment...

Electric forklift brings green benefits to HS2 construction site

Environment 6th July 2020

As construction of HS2 gets underway, and the company sets out to do so in as sustainable a way as possible, main...

What is the judicious mix?

Environment 3rd July 2020

The Rail Engineer feature “Getting electrification done: the net-zero imperative” with its electrification map attracted a great deal of interest. An updated...