Subways and Underground

Much has been written and said in recent times about efforts to improve the throughput of trains on metro and inner suburban railways. Using...

Another vital step in the opening of the Elizabeth line has taken place, but one which has not been widely publicised and to which...

Operational communications are important in supporting both signalling and power control on any railway but, for a major city metro line, the need becomes...

With the main Crossrail project now mostly complete, and with tracks running right through the new tunnels, there has been much talk of Crossrail 2 as the next project, crossing under London from South West to North East and linking Wimbledon with the Leigh Valley.

London Underground (LU). The clue is in the name - “underground”. So how does the organisation have a leaf-fall problem? Despite the “underground” in...

The final clips have been installed on London's Elizabeth line, completing the track work for the capital's £14.8 billion railway.The final piece of track...

On the roof of the Northern line extension’s Battersea Park Road base is a decked terrace which looks out over the expansive worksite that...

It was an unlikely venue for a chance meeting that would change popular music forever - the less than salubrious surroundings of a dingy...

At over 120 years old, Glasgow’s ‘Clockwork Orange’ Subway tunnel system is the third oldest underground urban railway still in operation throughout the world....

Now that Crossrail is 75 per cent complete (issue 146, December 2016), thoughts are turning to what comes next. Crossrail 2 is more than...

Four of London Underground’s lines suffer from a bit of an identity crisis. Individually they are well known; the Circle, District, Metropolitan and Hammersmith &...

Glasgow’s Subway is the world’s third-oldest underground railway (after London and Budapest). When it opened in 1896, there was no rail connection to the...

Tunnelling for the £15 billion railway was completed last May with the final two TBMs, Elizabeth and Victoria, being decommissioned. The task of fitting...

Subway passengers in New York are getting their first glimpses of the impressive modern architecture within the city's new $1.4 billion Fulton Center station.New York's...

The Stockholm Citybanan (City Line) is a new commuter railway tunnel currently under construction beneath central Stockholm, which will be used for the Swedish capital’s...

Look out of the window as your train passes through a tunnel and what do you see? “Not a lot,” could be the answer,...