Part 3, Operational Trials
In November 2017 (issue 157), Rail Engineer reported on
trials undertaken at the Rail Innovation and Development Centre, Melton of
multiple variable rate...
Guest writer: Keith Fender
Rail Engineer has previously looked at several innovative forms of traction for new passenger trains; from the Hitachi built bi-mode (electric...
The first driverless metro train for Shanghai Metro’s Line
14 has rolled off the assembly line in CRRC Nanjing Puzhen.
With a total length of 38,514...
The UK rail network is under continuous improvement by the
operators, which creates certain demands on the type of DC-DC power converters
required. Especially critical is...
Birmingham Centre for Railway Research and Education’s
(BCRRE) research into the application of fuel cells and hydrogen in railway
traction system design stretches back over the...
The first of TransPennine Express’s (TPE) new fleet of Nova
3 trains, which will initially come into service in the coming months between
Liverpool Lime Street...
Bombardier’s new Class 710/2 ‘Aventra’ train, destined for London Overground’s Gospel Oak to Barking and Watford lines, has received its first limited approval from...
Stadler’s new SMILE electric multiple unit, which Swiss
national operator SBB calls Giruno (Buzzard), has been issued an operating
licence by the Swiss Federal Office of...
The tragic
accident on the Croydon tram network in November 2016, in which seven people
were killed and many more injured, has raised many questions about...
An earlier article in Rail Engineer described HS2’s £2.75 billion procurement of at least 54 classic-compatible high-speed trains to run from London to Birmingham,...
New state-of-the-art train simulators are being used to
train 768 Greater Anglia drivers that will be driving the new trains due to
replace all of the...
Humaware, the Southampton-based company that develops and
markets a range of data-driven predictive analytics tools to enhance the
predict and prevent capability of the railway network,...
Rolling stock asset management company Porterbrook is
working with South Western Railway and vehicle exhaust manufacturer Eminox to
fit catalytic converters to hundreds of diesel trains...
