First passenger services use new longer platforms at Edinburgh Waverley

Infrastructure RailEngineer - 28th February 2019

Platforms 5 and 6 at Edinburgh Waverley, recently extended to 275 metres in length to accommodate new 10-car trains due to be introduced on...

Mark Southwell joins AECOM as MD of civil engineering

Company News RailEngineer - 28th February 2019

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Mark Southwell has been announced as the new managing director of civil engineering for the UK and Ireland at AECOM, the global infrastructure consultant.

Brighton main line reopens after a 9-day closure

Infrastructure RailEngineer - 25th February 2019

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The Brighton main line in Sussex has reopened following a nine-day closure while Network Rail and its contractors carried out major improvement work.

Barnehurst cutting reopened after landslip closes the Bexleyheath line for a week

Environment RailEngineer - 18th February 2019

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The cutting at Barnehurst, on the Bexleyheath line between Lewisham and Dartford, Kent, reopened on Monday 18 February after being closed for a week.

West Coast main line reopens after lorry strikes bridge

Infrastructure RailEngineer - 17th February 2019

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Network Rail has reopened the West Coast main line through the Stafford area after more than 24 hours of disruption caused by a...

Ambergate junction reopens on schedule – train services resume between Derby and Matlock

Industry News RailEngineer - 17th February 2019

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Network Rail has reopened Ambergate junction in the Derwent Valley – where the branch to Matlock leaves the Midland main line – after...

Dawlish to get new sea wall

Environment RailEngineer - 15th February 2019

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Government funding of £80 million has been announced to provide a new sea wall at Dawlish that will improve protection both for the railway...

Unusual bridge strike closes one track of West Coast main line

Infrastructure RailEngineer - 14th February 2019

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An unusual bridge strike closed one track on the West Coast main line and caused a speed restriction to be imposed across...

An orange Christmas: Network Rail’s works over the 2018 Christmas holiday

Electrification Nigel Wordsworth BSc(Hons) MCIJ - 31st January 2019

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As usual, Network Rail took advantage of the Christmas and New Year holiday to undertake some of the lengthier and more onerous projects that...

Christmas 2018: Westbury North junction renewal

Infrastructure Mark Phillips - 30th January 2019

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Christmas and New Year at Westbury saw the station and its associated routes closed for 12 days to carry out some long-awaited major works...

Christmas 2018 at Battersea Pier junction

Infrastructure Bob Wright - 30th January 2019

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This Christmas, Battersea Pier junction became the latest focus of intense activity as it was renewed over an 11-day blockade. Battersea Pier junction is...

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...

Electrification renewals at Forest Gate over Christmas 2018

Electrification Peter Stanton BSc CEng FIMechE FIET FPWI - 29th January 2019

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The London and North Eastern Railway started to electrify the Shenfield to Liverpool Street line during the 1930s; civil engineering work had started before...

Christmas 2018: Weaver to Wavertree resignalling

Infrastructure Paul Darlington CEng FIET FIRSE - 29th January 2019

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Weaver to Wavertree resignalling is one of the latest resignalling schemes to be completed and involved new signalling between Edge Hill station, just outside Liverpool,...

Christmas work at Wellingborough North Junction

Infrastructure Chris Parker - 29th January 2019

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One of Network Rail’s bigger Christmas jobs in 2018 was that at Wellingborough North Junction, 57m 0ch to 69m 40ch on the Midland main...

Innovative structural drainage for retaining walls and bridge abutments

Infrastructure Nigel Wordsworth BSc(Hons) MCIJ - 29th January 2019

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Guest author: Alan Bamforth, managing director of ABG Ltd. Railway infrastructure has retaining walls and bridge abutments. Inherent in the...

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