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Video: Catesby Tunnel

Video Report 30th September 2020

After 54 years of redundancy, one of the Great Central Railway's most iconic structures is on the brink of a new life...

Video: Tidenham Tunnel

Video Report 18th September 2020

Work to reopen the 1,188-yard long Tidenham Tunnel as part of a Wye Valley Greenway has made considerable progress recently, with tarmac...

Eyes on the network

Featured 1st September 2020

Passengers and staff increasingly rely on information about journeys, networks and other facilities to ease circulation around the transport system. A reliable...

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...

Re-engineering Rail Freight

Featured 1st September 2020

Unlike most passenger train operators, rail freight must operate at a profit since it gets no government support. As it works to...

Unlocking Innovation: The Digital Railway

Digital Railway 1st September 2020

Following on from David Shirres’ article in issue 184 (May/June 2020), the Railway Industry Association staged a week-long webinar to explore how...

Beeching Reversed: Reopening of the Northumberland Line

Featured 1st September 2020

Of the many closed lines that are currently being proposed or reviewed for possible reopening to passenger traffic, one that looks close...

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...

Video: Keswick-Threlkeld Railway Path reinstatement

Video Report 7th July 2020

The section of railway between Keswick and Threlkeld in the Lake District was closed in 1972 and subsequently became a well-used footpath....

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...