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Innovating for Resilience

Environment 12th March 2020

Guest writer: Nick King, director of Network Services, Network Rail It’s a challenging time for everyone on the railway at...

Vegetation Management

Environment 31st January 2020

One of Network Rail’s most high-profile challenges is managing its lineside vegetation and achieving a fine balance between keeping the railway running...

EAD and CE marking of geohazard products

Advertising feature 25th January 2020

Experts from Swiss protection-system market leader Geobrugg explain the importance of CE marks, European Assurance Documents (EADs) and warns users of...

The quest for a cleaner railway

Electrification 6th November 2019

The UK’s railway is eliminating carbon. You must have noticed. The government has pledged to get all diesels off the railway by 2040 and...

First light: The Riding Sunbeams trial of solar-powered electric traction

Electrification 2nd October 2019

How many times have we looked at clever innovation and wondered why on earth no one thought of doing it before? Often the...

Zero-carbon: the need for innovative construction plant

Company News 1st October 2019

Guest writer: Simon Meades, Ecolite product manager at Taylor Construction Plant. With the announcement...

Rail decarbonisation – a letter to the Minister

Environment 30th August 2019

There are hundreds of All-Party Parliamentary Groups (APPG) formed by MPs and Members of the House of Lords who share a common interest in a...

Achieving net-zero

Electrification 29th August 2019

The 2008 Climate Change Act was the first in the world to make a government legally accountable for delivering its greenhouse gas...

Moving Mud – Dealing with weather damage around the country

Environment 9th April 2019

Rail Engineer regularly publishes articles that show the railway is really very high-tech these days. In-cab signalling systems, digital traffic management, remote condition monitoring,...

Decarbonisation on the agenda at RIA’s innovation conference

Environment 5th April 2019

European Environmental Agency figures show that, per passenger kilometre, rail transport’s CO2 emissions are respectively 28 and 11 per cent of those on road and...

Porterbrook works with Eminox and South Western Railway to reduce diesel emissions

Environment 6th March 2019

Rolling stock asset management company Porterbrook is working with South Western Railway and vehicle exhaust manufacturer Eminox to fit catalytic converters to hundreds of...

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

Environment 18th February 2019

The cutting at Barnehurst, on the Bexleyheath line between Lewisham and Dartford, Kent, reopened on Monday 18 February after being closed for a week.

Dawlish to get new sea wall

Environment 15th February 2019

Government funding of £80 million has been announced to provide a new sea wall at Dawlish that will improve protection both for the railway...

Alstom and Eversholt announce hydrogen train for the UK

Environment 7th January 2019

The design of a hydrogen-powered train for the UK market has been unveiled by manufacturer Alstom and rolling stock leasing company Eversholt Rail. The new...

The Pressure’s On – Repairing Dawlish sea wall

Environment 28th February 2014

The pressure is on. The sea wall was breached by storms on 4 February and the railway has been washed away.