The feature in our March issue that considered the electrification required for a zero-carbon railway attracted a great deal of interest. This included a...
Guest writer: Justin Moss - Strategic Development Manager at Siemens Mobility.
In March 2020, the Department for Transport (DfT) published its ‘Decarbonising Transport’ paper, outlining...
Guest writer: Tim Flower – professional head of maintenance at Network Rail.
Intelligent Infrastructure is Network Rail’s digital asset performance management programme,...
Andrew Haines considers a post-Covid railway
Network Rail chief executive Andrew Haines holds round-table briefings with the editors of the rail industry’s press, including Rail...
When Grant Shapps advised that face coverings would be compulsory for those using public transport, he noted that scientists aren’t in full agreement about...
The government has pledged financial support to Transport for London (TfL) to help its finances during the coronavirus crisis. A total of £1.6 billion...
The block bells have fallen silent around Norwich and decommissioning of the McKenzie & Holland and Saxby & Farmer mechanical-lever interlocking frames and semaphore...
European
Environmental Agency figures show that, per passenger kilometre, rail
transport’s CO2 emissions are respectively 28 and 11 per cent of those on road
and air transport....
Hitachi are in discussions with the Scottish Government to run a Class 385 variant with underfloor batteries that could either be charged whilst under...
