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A future role for Bennerley Viaduct
A proposal to install a public access route across Bennerley Viaduct in the East Midlands is currently being considered by planning authorities.
Buying HS2’s high-speed trains – part 2
An earlier article in Rail Engineer described HS2’s £2.75 billion procurement of at least 54 classic-compatible high-speed trains to run from London...
Hitachi plans to run ScotRail Class 385 EMUs beyond the wires
Hitachi are in discussions with the Scottish Government to run a Class 385 variant with underfloor batteries that could either be charged...
Timing of door closure – how critical is it?
Much has been written and said in recent times about efforts to improve the throughput of trains on metro and inner suburban railways. Using...
Network Rail announces new track systems contracts that will last for ten years
Network Rail has announced two (shortly to be three) track systems contracts that could cover the next 10 years and be worth...
East West Rail publishes alternative routes for Bedford to Cambridge
The East West Railway Company has just released details of five alternative routes for a new railway between Bedford and Cambridge as part of...
Alstom/Siemens merger – new proposals
Siemens and Alstom, two major suppliers to the world’s railways, signed a Memorandum of Understanding on 26 September 2017 to combine Siemens’ mobility business...
New automatic braking system for London Trams
London is set to become the first in the UK to have an automatic braking system that will automatically apply the brakes, and bring...
David Waboso to retire from Digital Railway in March
David Waboso CBE, managing director of Network Rail’s Digital Railway programme, has announced that he will retire in March, the same month in which...
Alstom and Eversholt announce hydrogen train for the UK
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...
Prizes offered for rail decarbonisation
On 30 October, over 150 delegates from the industry and research institutions attended RSSB’s “Intelligent Power Networks to Decarbonise Rail” conference, held at the University...
The past, present and future: A look at electrification of the UK’s railways
Standing here on the platforms of the electrified York station, breathing in a fog of diesel fumes from five diesel trains awaiting departure, it...
Rail Engineer December 2018: Electrification focus
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Euston station at 50
Transport transforms - socially, economically, topographically. It also evolves, reflecting our changing needs. Crossrail - though mostly underground - has made its mark on...
New platforms at London Waterloo
The final phase of the major investment by Network Rail to increase capacity on the routes in and out of London Waterloo station is...
Autonomous trams demonstrated in public
Taxi firm Addison Lee announced in mid October that it would be introducing driverless autonomous cars in London by 2021 (its über-competitor Uber has...