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Innovative structural drainage for retaining walls and bridge abutments

Infrastructure Nigel Wordsworth BSc(Hons) MCIJ -
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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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Shine a light

Infrastructure Nigel Wordsworth BSc(Hons) MCIJ -
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At the time of year when days are shortest, nights longest, and when Network Rail carries out its most extensive work over the Christmas...
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Riding Network Rail’s New Measurement Train

Infrastructure Chris Parker -
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Network Rail, as the infrastructure owner of Britain’s railways, constantly monitors the condition of its assets, particularly its 20,000 miles of track. One of...
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British Steel wins major Italian order for premium-grade rail

Infrastructure Nigel Wordsworth BSc(Hons) MCIJ -
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British Steel, the Scunthorpe-based manufacturer of steel rails and other long-length steel products, has won two contracts to supply 86,000 tonnes of rail to...
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Footbridge of the Future design winner declared

Infrastructure Nigel Wordsworth BSc(Hons) MCIJ -
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Network Rail and the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) have announced the winner of a design competition for the possible railway footbridge of...
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Rebuilding nature’s networks with the railway

Infrastructure RailEngineer -
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Rail’s role in securing a more sustainable future has never been clearer or more important. The sector is already embedding sustainability values into everyday...
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Crossrails considered

Infrastructure Clive Kessell -
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The confident prediction that Crossrail (the Elizabeth line) would open its central core in December this year has been shattered by the recent announcement...
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Re-doubling Aberdeen to Inverurie – halfway there

Infrastructure David Shirres BSc CEng MIMechE DEM -
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The 18-mile long Aberdeenshire canal, from Aberdeen docks to Inverurie, opened in 1805. It was not a commercial success, so its...
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Upgrading the continental connection

Infrastructure Clive Kessell -
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Another ERTMS announcement has recently emerged, this time concerning the London to Paris and Brussels high-speed routes through the Channel Tunnel. At a meeting...
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Video: Reopening Queensbury Tunnel

Heritage Graeme Bickerdike -
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In West Yorkshire, the campaign to reopen a disused railway tunnel as part of an ambitious cycle network is approaching a critical point with...
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Steventon Bridge demolition: Local voice rejects proposed 10 months of disturbance

Infrastructure Collin Carr BSc CEng FICE -
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You might have heard recently that Network Rail has been denied planning permission to demolish and construct a new overbridge at Steventon in Oxfordshire....
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Looking forward to InnoTrans 2018

Business Nigel Wordsworth BSc(Hons) MCIJ -
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Seen from above during the InnoTrans exhibition, which this year runs from 18 to 21 September, Berlin’s exhibition complex is impressive. 200,000 square metres...
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High Speed One renewals programme

High Speed Rail Chris Parker -
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High Speed One (HS1), originally known as the Channel Tunnel Rail Link, is reaching an interesting point in its history. Section 1 of HS1...
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Residuary inspections of redundant railway structures to continue

Infrastructure Mark Phillips -
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When British Rail was privatised in 1994, ownership of the operating railway infrastructure passed to Railtrack and subsequently (in 2002) to Network Rail.
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Extending Worcester’s Battenhall Bridge

Infrastructure Nigel Wordsworth BSc(Hons) MCIJ -
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The A4440 Worcester Southern Link Road (SLR) is an essential part of Worcestershire’s strategic road network and provides an important link between junction 7...
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CP6: A game of two halves

Business Mungo Stacy -
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Railway control periods are a lot like the World Cup. They come around every few years, cost billions to deliver and the performances aren’t...
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