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ATO – Exploiting the technology

Rail News Clive Kessell - 10th June 2019

Automatic Train Operation (ATO) is nowadays a given technology for metro operation and, although it is still...

Is the future 5G or Wi-Fi 6?

Rail News Paul Darlington CEng FIET FIRSE - 10th June 2019

There are currently two main technology choices used for railway radio communications, mobile telephone (GSM/LTE) or Wi-Fi. GSM-R private networks are used predominately for...

Telecoms innovations for tomorrow’s railway

Signalling and Telecoms Paul Darlington CEng FIET FIRSE - 6th May 2019

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At a recent IRSE section event in Birmingham, Tim Lane, principal strategy and innovation manager, Network Rail Telecom (NRT), gave a presentation on Network...

Inspiring Innovation

Innovation David Shirres BSc CEng MIMechE DEM - 6th May 2019

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For ten years, the innovation conference run by the Railway Industry Association (RIA) has gone from strength to strength and, in 2018, won the...

Single Line Internet Control

Signalling and Telecoms Clive Kessell - 6th May 2019

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The safe operation and signalling of single-line railways are crucial as any head-on crash between two trains is potentially catastrophic. Incidents of this nature...

Rail Industry Readiness Levels (RIRLs) defined and explained

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

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Technology Readiness Levels (TRL) were first defined by NASA in 1989 as a method of classifying the maturity of a technology or product...

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...

A Necessary GSM-R Mobile Upgrade

Signalling and Telecoms Clive Kessell - 13th March 2019

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It is easy to forget that GSM-R, as the standardised track to train radio system across Europe, has been around for over 25 years....

Thameslink Telecoms

Rail News Clive Kessell - 8th March 2019

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The Thameslink north-south rail link across London is nearing fulfilment. Despite the timetable problems back in May 2018, the enhanced capacity on the route...

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...

NOKIA: the common bearer

Digital Railway Paul Darlington CEng FIET FIRSE - 1st March 2019

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A common bearer (transport layer) telecoms network takes advantage of the new digital technologies and ‘big data’ applications in order to provide a safe,...

First 5G mobile network planned for South Western Railway

Company News RailEngineer - 25th February 2019

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South Western Railway train operator FirstGroup and Blu Wireless have announced a project that will significantly boost the quality of connectivity on trains, pioneering...

Station platforms – making the case for composites

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

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Guest author: Tom Bowman, commercial director at Dura Composites. The year-long independent rail review announced by Chris Grayling in...

David Waboso to retire from Digital Railway in March

Rail News Nigel Wordsworth BSc(Hons) MCIJ - 8th January 2019

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David Waboso CBE, managing director of Network Rail’s Digital Railway programme, has announced that he will retire in March, the same month in which...

Alstom and Eversholt announce hydrogen train for the UK

Environment Nigel Wordsworth BSc(Hons) MCIJ - 7th January 2019

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The design of a hydrogen-powered train for the UK market has been unveiled by manufacturer Alstom and rolling stock leasing company Eversholt Rail. The new...

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