Infrastructure

With the ever-present focus on putting passengers first, train reliability has to be high up the priority list to achieve this. Modern rolling stock...

Guest writer: Steve CoxThe UK has a clear target to reach net zero emissions by 2050. Rail is already...

German national rail infrastructure manager DB Netze has announced that construction work to complete the tunnels under the town of Rastatt will recommence in...

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)....

A proposal to install a public access route across Bennerley Viaduct in the East Midlands is currently being considered by planning authorities.

A Spongy and Successful LiftBarnard’s Lock is a rail underbridge structure spanning the river Kennet, located 3.7km west...

Owing to changing global weather patterns, potential flood events are becoming increasingly unpredictable. In response to this, The UK’s Environment Agency (EA) continuously studies...

Photo above: Huntworth bridge was in a poor state and could not be brought up to standard....

Francis Paonessa reflects on his time at Network RailWhen Dr Francis Paonessa joined Network Rail in the...

Sunday 31 March 2019 signified not only the end of Network Rail’s Control Period 5, but with it the end of the ORBIS...

Rail Engineer regularly publishes articles that show the railway is really very high-tech these days. In-cab signalling systems, digital traffic management, remote condition monitoring,...

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

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

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

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