Rail Projects

Christmas is a special time of year. To religious Christians, it’s a time for celebration and worship. To others, it’s a time...

One of the many projects that took place over the Christmas period involved the Great Western main line between London and Slough....

Apart from the electrification of the section of route from London St. Pancras to Bedford in the late 1970s, the Midland main...

Over Christmas, part of the East Coast main line moved 20 metres westwards as enabling works for the £200 million Werrington Grade...

Following energisation of the overhead line equipment between St Brides, Newport, and west of Cardiff Central, the first GWR electric train arrived...

Back in January 2018 (issue 159), Rail Engineer reported on a plan to increase the capacity of rail operations in Cornwall by...

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

London Underground’s Northern line extension, which is being built from Kennington to Battersea with a new intermediate station at Nine Elms, uses Building Information...

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

Funded by the Strategic Freight Network, with a contribution from Hutchinson Ports UK (HP-UK), a £60.4 million investment to create a new 1.4km loop...

Construction of a new station at Horden, near Peterlee, County Durham, has commenced and should be complete by Spring 2020.

Now fit for purpose in the 22nd century Railway passengers planning journeys earlier this year to and from the...

Photo: SENRUG charter 2008 at Ashington. (David Naden)  Northumberland County Council’s plans to reopen the line from...

Proposals for a “radical yet respectful” transformation to Birmingham Moor Street station have been released. The existing station building, which...

Passengers on the Cross City line in the West Midlands (Lichfield - Birmingham - Redditch/Bromsgrove) are starting to experience an improvement in their on-train...