Rail Engineer

The management of railway incidents

Business Clive Kessell - 8th March 2019

No matter how reliable or how safe the railway becomes, incidents will always occur, be they related to weather, safety, technical or human...

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,...

Innovative structural drainage for retaining walls and bridge abutments

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

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Guest author: Alan Bamforth, managing director of ABG Ltd. Railway infrastructure has retaining walls and bridge abutments. Inherent in the...

Systems integration: navigating increasing complexity

Business RailEngineer - 29th January 2019

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Guest author: Nassar Majothi, director of the rail specialist services group at WSP London. All too often, major infrastructure programmes...

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...

Shine a light

Infrastructure Nigel Wordsworth BSc(Hons) MCIJ - 20th December 2018

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At the time of year when days are shortest, nights longest, and when Network Rail carries out its most extensive work over the Christmas...

Tame the dust

HSEQ Nigel Wordsworth BSc(Hons) MCIJ - 20th December 2018

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Ballast dust continues to be a priority issue, with several high-profile campaigns such as ‘No Time to Lose’ and Network Rail’s Ballast Dust Working...

Improving safety for trackside installations

Electrification Nigel Wordsworth BSc(Hons) MCIJ - 20th December 2018

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Across the UK, the rail network supports over 4.6 million passenger journeys a day and over 20,000 miles of track. As numbers grow year-on-year,...