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Buying HS2’s high-speed trains – part 2

High Speed Rail David Shirres BSc CEng MIMechE DEM - 5th April 2019

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

Featured David Shirres BSc CEng MIMechE DEM - 26th March 2019

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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...

Timing of door closure – how critical is it?

Rail News Clive Kessell - 30th January 2019

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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...

Network Rail announces new track systems contracts that will last for ten years

Business Nigel Wordsworth BSc(Hons) MCIJ - 30th January 2019

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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...

East West Rail publishes alternative routes for Bedford to Cambridge

Rail News Nigel Wordsworth BSc(Hons) MCIJ - 28th January 2019

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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...

Alstom/Siemens merger – new proposals

Business Nigel Wordsworth BSc(Hons) MCIJ - 28th January 2019

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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...

New automatic braking system for London Trams

Light Rail Nigel Wordsworth BSc(Hons) MCIJ - 14th January 2019

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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...

David Waboso to retire from Digital Railway in March

Rail News Nigel Wordsworth BSc(Hons) MCIJ - 8th January 2019

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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...

Alstom and Eversholt announce hydrogen train for the UK

Environment Nigel Wordsworth BSc(Hons) MCIJ - 7th January 2019

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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...

Prizes offered for rail decarbonisation

Rail News David Shirres BSc CEng MIMechE DEM - 11th December 2018

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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...

The past, present and future: A look at electrification of the UK’s railways

Electrification David Shirres BSc CEng MIMechE DEM - 11th December 2018

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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...

Rail Engineer December 2018: Electrification focus

Print Edition RailEngineer - 11th December 2018

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Euston station at 50

Rail News Graeme Bickerdike - 11th December 2018

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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...

New platforms at London Waterloo

Rail News Mark Phillips - 11th December 2018

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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...

Autonomous trams demonstrated in public

Light Rail RailEngineer - 10th December 2018

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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...

An update on the West Midlands Metro

Light Rail Grahame Taylor - 10th December 2018

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It was just under two years ago that the Rail Engineer went to Birmingham to look at the Midland Metro Alliance programme (issue 146,...

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