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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Rolling stock asset management company Porterbrook is
working with South Western Railway and vehicle exhaust manufacturer Eminox to
fit catalytic converters to hundreds of...
Passengers on the Cross City
line in the West Midlands (Lichfield - Birmingham - Redditch/Bromsgrove) are
starting to experience an improvement in their on-train...
High-speed testing has now been
completed on the Manchester to Preston route, which was recently electrified,
so that the line speed can be increased...
