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ORBIS – an unsung but unqualified success

Infrastructure Nigel Wordsworth BSc(Hons) MCIJ - 6th May 2019

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

Moving Mud – Dealing with weather damage around the country

Environment Nigel Wordsworth BSc(Hons) MCIJ - 9th April 2019

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,...

Risk-based CWR Management

Permanent Way Chris Parker - 9th April 2019

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A regular concern within the rail industry has long been the conflict between the need for standards and the wish to be able...

Network Rail awards Fugro contract to survey 850 route miles of track in Wales

Company News RailEngineer - 14th March 2019

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Network Rail has announced plans to conduct a survey of more than 850 route miles of track across Wales and the border...

Repoint – New Thinking in Point Machines

Permanent Way Malcolm Dobell BTech CEng FIMechE - 1st March 2019

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Faults tend to have significant impact on railway performance, disrupting or stopping train movement. Railway administrators make significant efforts to reduce or eliminate sources...

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...

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...

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...

New alliance of Unipart Rail and McCulloch Rail to cover a worldwide market

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

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Unipart Rail and McCulloch Rail have formed an alliance bring a range of innovative railway component handling and movement equipment to a worldwide audience,...

Shine a light

Infrastructure Nigel Wordsworth BSc(Hons) MCIJ - 20th December 2018

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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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