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The Kilsby Genie

Featured 3rd July 2020

Here at Rail Engineer magazine, we seem to have a thing about tunnels - especially tunnels with blocked drains. Back in 2012,...

Crossrail’s Signalling Challenge

Company News 2nd July 2020

Crossrail has many complex systems but providing the entire route with a new signalling system is one of the biggest challenges. It...

Unlocking innovation online

Digital Railway 1st July 2020

Last year’s Leeds Digital Festival saw 25,000 attendees across 240 events with 750 speakers in 96 venues. The event was to be...

Rail decarbonisation update

Electrification 1st July 2020

The feature in our March issue that considered the electrification required for a zero-carbon railway attracted a great deal of interest. This...

Reducing the costs of electrification

Electrification 30th June 2020

Guest writer: Justin Moss - Strategic Development Manager at Siemens Mobility. In March 2020,...

The Grand Paris Express – A catalyst for urban development

Featured 30th June 2020

The Greater Paris project seeks to transform the French capital from a monocentric city to a multipolar metropolis. At the heart of...

Intelligent Infrastructure explained

Featured 30th June 2020

Guest writer: Tim Flower – professional head of maintenance at Network Rail.

A little sand in the right place works wonders

Featured 29th June 2020

Part 4, Passenger Service In this series so far, Rail Engineer has reported on the tests of Double Variable...

New MerseyRail ‘connected’ trains

Company News 29th June 2020

Merseyrail is the commuter rail network serving Liverpool and is one of the most heavily used urban railway networks outside London. It...

Respond, Rebuild, Revive and Renew

Featured 26th June 2020

Andrew Haines considers a post-Covid railway Network Rail chief executive Andrew Haines holds round-table briefings with the editors of...

Face coverings – Why can’t scientists agree?

Featured 26th June 2020

When Grant Shapps advised that face coverings would be compulsory for those using public transport, he noted that scientists aren’t in full...

HS2’s Old Oak Common station receives planning approval

Company News 20th May 2020

HS2 has received planning approval for Old Oak Common station in west London. It will be the largest new railway station ever...

Delivering better timetables

Rail News 3rd April 2020

The need to create more capacity on the UK rail network has been reported many times. Clever signalling systems to allow closer...

Open train times

Featured 3rd April 2020

Producing a robust timetable and equipping it with systems that can minimise the effects of any disruption is one thing, but conveying...

Train Location Systems

Digital Railway 3rd April 2020

Knowing a train’s location is a vital piece of information in the control of train movements - one that has existed almost since...

Signalling – faults and interventions

HSEQ 3rd April 2020

How MECX Group has built a reputation for problem solving While the large signalling schemes catch all the headlines, such...