To boost mobile phone coverage along a 45-mile stretch of the East Coast route between Newcastle and Edinburgh, London North Eastern Railway (LNER) has...
Essential new equipment, that will make level crossings safer and reduce waiting times at user worked level crossings, has been installed along the 49-mile...
HS2 has begun its procurement process to determine which specialist contractor will deliver the state-of-the-art signalling and control systems that will allow the UK...
Having just won a challenging new railway project in Belgium, a German manufacturer needed local support in the form of experienced and competent people...
Network Rail recently appealed for retired signallers, or those who have moved to other careers in the railway industry, to volunteer to provide cover...
The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) has launched an investigation into a signal being passed at danger (red) near Loughborough, Leicestershire, 20 March 2020.
RAIB...
The block bells have fallen silent around Norwich and decommissioning of the McKenzie & Holland and Saxby & Farmer mechanical-lever interlocking frames and semaphore...
Knowing a train’s location is a vital piece of information
in the control of train movements - one that has existed almost since railways
were first...
How MECX Group has built a reputation for problem solving
While the large signalling schemes catch all the headlines,
such as the Norwich-Yarmouth-Lowestoft scheme elsewhere in...
PAUL TAYLOR, 80 YEARS YOUNG AND STILL WORKING FOR NETWORK RAIL, TALKS WITH CLIVE KESSELL
With the relaxing of age discrimination legislation, more and more...
The widespread introduction and availability of modern internet protocol (IP) fixed and radio-based telecoms networks provide many benefits for a modern railway. These include...
Having opened its doors in 1970, Collis Engineering is celebrating 50 years in business this year. From its local steelwork origins to a multi-disciplined...
Guest writer: Nick King, director of Network Services, Network Rail
It’s
a challenging time for everyone on the railway at the moment. Looking at it
from the...
