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Planning for the unthinkable

HSEQ 13th March 2020

Working on the rails is a risky business. Risk is a funny thing though. It must be taken in context, and fully...

Out of reach

General Interest 13th March 2020

You’ve got to start somewhere. Such were the timescales involved in delivering it, there was a clear logic behind engineer James Mathias’...

TIGER is released into the paperwork jungle

Digital Railway 13th March 2020

Over the years - over generations in fact - there have been many questions that have been posed in the sphere of...

Cyber Security update

Digital Railway 13th March 2020

The widespread introduction and availability of modern internet protocol (IP) fixed and radio-based telecoms networks provide many benefits for a modern railway....

From awkward to straightforward

Environment 13th March 2020

Rhomberg Sersa’s in-line excavator comes out of the mines to sort out the Railway’s ‘difficult list’ Imagine, if you...

Getting electrification done: the net-zero imperative

Electrification 13th March 2020

On 24 June 2019, the House of Commons unanimously passed an amendment to the Climate Change Act that committed the UK to...

Signalling failures: why do we hear about them so much?

Digital Railway 13th March 2020

We often hear that “trains are delayed because of a signalling failure”. But why do we hear about it so much, and...

Collis hits 50 NOT OUT

Electrification 12th March 2020

Having opened its doors in 1970, Collis Engineering is celebrating 50 years in business this year. From its local steelwork origins to...

Improving New Train Introduction – industry requirements

Events 12th March 2020

In issue 180, (December 2019), Malcolm Dobell reported on recent experiences by train operators in introducing new trains, as presented to a...

Innovating for Resilience

Environment 12th March 2020

Guest writer: Nick King, director of Network Services, Network Rail It’s a challenging time for everyone on the railway at...

Mighty morphing: The wagon that morphs into a 60-tonne dumper

Infrastructure 7th February 2020

Experienced railway professionals know that permanent way renewals consume prodigious quantities of ballast. They also know that serious thought has to be...

Who needs rails?

Industry News 4th December 2019

Rhomberg Sersa’s exercise in lateral – and longitudinal – thinking. For the last twenty years at least – and...

Dawlish Sea Wall – the start of a 100-year plan

Infrastructure 6th November 2019

Over the last few years, Rail Engineer has written a number of articles about the Dawlish sea wall. There have been many pictures...

DfT (finally) publishes list of rail enhancement projects for CP6

Business 16th October 2019

The Department for Transport (DfT) has published a list of rail enhancement projects in its updated Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline (RNEP).

HS2 way out in front in tunnel design for high-speed rail

High Speed Rail 2nd October 2019

Now, what are the similarities between Cyrano de Bergerac, the central character in the 1897 play of the same name by Edmond Rostand...

Depot improvements at Inverness

Depot 1st October 2019

When Abellio secured the ScotRail franchise in 2015, it soon commenced an exciting transformation programme to improve passenger services across Scotland’s network....