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Moving Mud – Dealing with weather damage around the country

Environment Nigel Wordsworth BSc(Hons) MCIJ -
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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,...
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Risk-based CWR Management

Permanent Way Chris Parker -
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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...
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Network Rail awards Fugro contract to survey 850 route miles of track in Wales

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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...
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Repoint – New Thinking in Point Machines

Permanent Way Malcolm Dobell BTech CEng FIMechE -
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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...
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Brighton main line reopens after a 9-day closure

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

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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.
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West Coast main line reopens after lorry strikes bridge

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

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

Electrification Nigel Wordsworth BSc(Hons) MCIJ -
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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...
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Christmas 2018: Westbury North junction renewal

Infrastructure Mark Phillips -
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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...
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Christmas 2018 at Battersea Pier junction

Infrastructure Bob Wright -
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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...
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Network Rail announces new track systems contracts that will last for ten years

Business Nigel Wordsworth BSc(Hons) MCIJ -
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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...
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Christmas work at Wellingborough North Junction

Infrastructure Chris Parker -
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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...
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New alliance of Unipart Rail and McCulloch Rail to cover a worldwide market

Business Nigel Wordsworth BSc(Hons) MCIJ -
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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,...
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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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Tame the dust

HSEQ Nigel Wordsworth BSc(Hons) MCIJ -
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Ballast dust continues to be a priority issue, with several high-profile campaigns such as ‘No Time to Lose’ and Network Rail’s Ballast Dust Working...
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