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A future role for Bennerley Viaduct

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A proposal to install a public access route across Bennerley Viaduct in the East Midlands is currently being considered by planning authorities.
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Buying HS2’s high-speed trains – part 2

High Speed Rail David Shirres BSc CEng MIMechE DEM -
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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...
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Hitachi plans to run ScotRail Class 385 EMUs beyond the wires

Featured David Shirres BSc CEng MIMechE DEM -
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Hitachi are in discussions with the Scottish Government to run a Class 385 variant with underfloor batteries that could either be charged...
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Timing of door closure – how critical is it?

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Much has been written and said in recent times about efforts to improve the throughput of trains on metro and inner suburban railways. Using...
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Network Rail announces new track systems contracts that will last for ten years

Business Nigel Wordsworth BSc(Hons) MCIJ -
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Network Rail has announced two (shortly to be three) track systems contracts that could cover the next 10 years and be worth...
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East West Rail publishes alternative routes for Bedford to Cambridge

Rail News Nigel Wordsworth BSc(Hons) MCIJ -
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The East West Railway Company has just released details of five alternative routes for a new railway between Bedford and Cambridge as part of...
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Alstom/Siemens merger – new proposals

Business Nigel Wordsworth BSc(Hons) MCIJ -
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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...
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New automatic braking system for London Trams

Light Rail Nigel Wordsworth BSc(Hons) MCIJ -
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London is set to become the first in the UK to have an automatic braking system that will automatically apply the brakes, and bring...
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David Waboso to retire from Digital Railway in March

Rail News Nigel Wordsworth BSc(Hons) MCIJ -
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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...
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Alstom and Eversholt announce hydrogen train for the UK

Environment Nigel Wordsworth BSc(Hons) MCIJ -
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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...
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Prizes offered for rail decarbonisation

Rail News David Shirres BSc CEng MIMechE DEM -
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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...
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The past, present and future: A look at electrification of the UK’s railways

Electrification David Shirres BSc CEng MIMechE DEM -
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Standing here on the platforms of the electrified York station, breathing in a fog of diesel fumes from five diesel trains awaiting departure, it...
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Rail Engineer December 2018: Electrification focus

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Euston station at 50

Rail News Graeme Bickerdike -
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Transport transforms - socially, economically, topographically. It also evolves, reflecting our changing needs. Crossrail - though mostly underground - has made its mark on...
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New platforms at London Waterloo

Rail News Mark Phillips -
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The final phase of the major investment by Network Rail to increase capacity on the routes in and out of London Waterloo station is...
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Autonomous trams demonstrated in public

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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...
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A future role for Bennerley Viaduct

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A proposal to install a public access route across Bennerley Viaduct in the East Midlands is currently being considered by planning authorities.
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“A little water never hurt anyone…”

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Plantworx & Railworx a success despite the summer weather Every two years, the Construction Equipment Association organises a big...
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Rail Electrification: Rebuilding Confidence

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The Institution of Mechanical Engineers recently held the latest in a series of roughly biennial seminars highlighting railway electrification, with the emphasis being mainly...
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