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Crossrail opening goes back to 2021
The estimated completion date of Crossrail, the new railway running under London from West to East, has now been put back to...
Who needs rails?
Rhomberg Sersa’s exercise in lateral – and longitudinal – thinking. For the last twenty years at least – and...
A little sand in the right place works wonders
Part 3, Operational Trials In November 2017 (issue 157), Rail Engineer reported on trials undertaken at the Rail Innovation...
DfT (finally) publishes list of rail enhancement projects for CP6
The Department for Transport (DfT) has published a list of rail enhancement projects in its updated Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline (RNEP).
Zero-carbon: the need for innovative construction plant
Guest writer: Simon Meades, Ecolite product manager at Taylor Construction Plant. With the announcement...
BIM on the Northern Line extension
London Underground’s Northern line extension, which is being built from Kennington to Battersea with a new intermediate station at Nine Elms, uses Building Information...
Depot improvements at Inverness
When Abellio secured the ScotRail franchise in 2015, it soon commenced an exciting transformation programme to improve passenger services across Scotland’s network....
Chips & fried electronics at the 8th railway challenge
It is always a pleasure to report on the Institution of Mechanical Engineers’ Railway Challenge, as Rail Engineer has done since the first competition...
Scherbinka’s big show
The biennial international fair of Russian-gauge railway equipment that is PRO//Motion.EXPO took place over four days at the end of August. This...
Interim report on Port Talbot track worker fatalities reveals “there was no safe system of work in place”
Network Rail has released an interim report into the fatalities that occurred at Margam, near Port Talbot in South Wales, on 3 July 2019....
Seven into Four does go – at Thickley Wood footbridge
Thickley Wood footbridge at Shildon, County Durham, is unusual but reflects the growth and decline of the local coalfields. Spanning the historic...
SYSTRA buys TSP Projects
Image: Leeds station roof - a TSP project with Network Rail. TSP Projects, the engineering arm of British Steel,...
Bringing more power to Merseyrail
Merseyrail will be introducing new trains to its network around the Liverpool City Region from next year, replacing the current fleet of electric multiple...
Levenmouth re-opening taken forward
On 8 August the Scottish Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Michael Matheson, announced the go-ahead for detailed design work to support the proposed reopening of the...
Finishing the job – redoubling Aberdeen to Inverurie
Last year, the Aberdeen to Inverness Improvement Project (A2I) redoubled 8.5km of track between Aberdeen and Dyce as reported in issue 168 (October 2018)....
The Best of the Best
Network Rail’s supply chain recognised at the Rail Partnership Awards The Rail Partnership Awards, in which Network Rail shows appreciation and...