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Improved protection for rail workers
A new and innovative range of multi-hazard protective workwear, designed to meet the needs of wearers in the rail sector, has been launched by Ballyclare.The new ProTec category III ‘Life-Saving’ workwear range includes a comprehensive selection of arc-protection, flame-retardant garments which offer protection against different hazards such as electrical...
Rail Project News
Xrail wins four-year maintenance contract on Spanish high-speed network
Xrail Group, the engineering solutions and services provider of engineering services from highly specialised consulting to turnkey project delivery,...
£16 million invested in Scotland’s Railway over New Year
A programme of enhancements worth £16 million was successfully delivered over the Christmas and New Year break in Scotland,...
Rail Safety News
RAIB investigates train overspeeding in Aberdeenshire
The Rail Accident Investigation Branch is looking into how two trains went through an emergency speed restriction between Laurencekirk...
Rail People News
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Tractor driver dumps slurry onto railway
A tractor driver has been filmed dumping a tank full of slurry onto the West Coast main line in Cheshire.A member of the public...
General Interest
Woman lies across live railway to pose for photographs!
Network Rail has released CCTV footage of a woman lying on a level crossing on...
Company News
A fresh approach to depot safety
FirstClass Safety & Control, the Essex-based safety control system specialist, which was created following a...
Environment
Improving lineside biodiversity
As part of its new action plan for sustainable vegetation management, Network Rail is using...
Company Focus
Improved protection for rail workers
A new and innovative range of multi-hazard protective workwear, designed to meet the needs of...
Company News
Fully functional jacks for tiny spaces
To help a short on space freight operator keep tanker wagons in service, design engineers...
Company News
Network Rail to donate refurbished laptops to schools to help with remote learning
To help schoolchildren continue their learning from home during lockdown, Network Rail has donated refurbished...
Company News
Egypt’s new monorail trains to be built in Derby
The trains for two new monorail systems in Egypt will be built in Derby, with...
General Interest
Tyne and Wear Metro to close busiest lines for two weeks
Tyne and Wear Metro’s busiest lines through the centres of Newcastle and Gateshead will be...
Company News
Heathrow Express Class 387 fleet in service
The new Heathrow Express fleet of 12 refurbished Class 387 trains has now entered...
Company News
Welsh Government endorses recommendations on tackling congestion
The Welsh Government has endorsed the recommendations of the South East Wales Transport Commission...
Careers
SLC Rail is officially a Great Place to Work
Third-party rail scheme specialist SLC Rail has received Great Place to Work-Certification™ as a...
General Interest
Another bridge demolished as West Midlands Metro extension advances
Demolition of the Tame Valley canal bridge is the latest step in the work...
Company News
Joanne Lake joins Morson Group as non-executive director
Morson Group, the recruitment and talent specialist, has appointed Joanne Lake as non-executive director...
General Interest
FM Conway to double its rail freight out of Tilbury
FM Conway expects to double the amount of rail freight between the Port of...
Company News
GTR and Samaritans replace Blue Monday with Brew Monday
On ‘Blue Monday’ (18 January), said to be the most difficult day of the...
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Improved protection for rail workers
A new and innovative range of multi-hazard protective workwear, designed to meet the needs of wearers in the rail sector, has been launched by...
Railway Industry Association in 2020
In these strangest of times, the Railway Industry Association (RIA) decided to continue with its annual conference, albeit online. The issues facing the rail...
Cross Acceptance of Systems and Equipment
The lengthy time taken to get new projects, systems and equipment into service is something that gives many of us a sense of despair....
A greener, better connected future with very light rail
Improving connectivity is the aim of every local authority. Two projects in the West Midlands are bringing that ambition to fruition.A new dawn in...
Confidence and COVID – what happens next?
With passenger numbers still just a fraction of their level a year ago, how does the industry make rail travel more appealing?COVID-19 has fundamentally...
New canopies for a historic station
The station at Pembroke Dock is steeped in history and character. It opened in 1863 and was later adapted, as the station grew in...
Company News
Porterbrook wins Gold from Investors in People Gold
Rolling stock asset management company Porterbrook has been awarded Gold Accreditation by Investors in People.For nearly 30 years, Investors in People (IiP) has been recognised as the international standard for employee engagement. With just 17% of all UK companies achieving Gold, this accreditation demonstrates the value that Porterbrook places upon supporting colleagues across the business.Porterbrook embarked upon the IiP pathway in 2018. The early attainment of Gold accreditation at...
First ‘new’ train for East Midlands Railway
East Midlands Railway (EMR) has introduced the first train of its new Class 170 ‘Tubostar’ regional fleet. The new trains will initially run on the...
Station work on Tyne and Wear Metro
Tyne and Wear Metro is getting station platforms ready for the new Metro train fleet and its revolutionary sliding step at each door.Nexus, the...
Hitachi Rail celebrates five years of building trains in the UK
Hitachi Rail has now been building trains in the North East for five years, as Thursday 3 September marked the five-year anniversary of the...
Former depot makes way for new maintenance facility
Balfour Beatty has commenced demolition of the old Chart Leacon depot in Ashford, Kent, to make room for a new train maintenance facility.The former...
Work resumes on Access for All footbridges at Kidsgrove station
The old footbridges at Kidsgrove station, which has an unusual triangular shape, are to be replaced with new bridges and lifts as part of...
A virtual look at Crossrail’s Farringdon station
To show passengers what its new Farringdon station will look like, the digital team at Crossrail has pulled together a virtual tour of the...
Major overhaul for Lancaster’s listed footbridge
Lancaster stations’ Grade II footbridge is being refurbished as the city’s railway station evolves for the future.The historic footbridge, which spans platforms 3 –...
King’s Cross has successful Christmas
A successful six-day closure of King’s Cross station over Christmas allowed for the reconstruction of the Camden Sewer, which runs beneath the tracks. Network...
RIA announces technical programme for 2021
The Railway Industry Association (RIA) has announced the dates of its various technical conferences for 2021, including the Unlocking Innovation programme.The overarching theme for...
Young Rail Professionals Awards go virtual
With live events cancelled due to the covid pandemic, YRP moved its annual awards online.Every year, YRP hosts a dazzling black-tie dinner and awards...
Railtex/Infrarail postponed until September 2021
The UK’s major railway industry exhibitions, Railtex 2021 and Infrarail 2021, have been postponed to 7-9 September 2021.The co-located events were scheduled to take...
Buckinghamshire footbridge to be replaced
A picturesque footbridge over the Chiltern main line in Buckinghamshire is to undergo a major overhaul to make it safer and more reliable for...
Essential track renewals near Dartford, Kent
A major track renewal project is about to get underway at Slade Green junction, near Dartford.Both track and points on the Up line towards...
Xrail wins four-year maintenance contract on Spanish high-speed network
Xrail Group, the engineering solutions and services provider of engineering services from highly specialised consulting to turnkey project delivery, has won a four-year maintenance...
£16 million invested in Scotland’s Railway over New Year
A programme of enhancements worth £16 million was successfully delivered over the Christmas and New Year break in Scotland, after engineers worked around-the-clock at...
Government to fund feasibility work for digital signalling on three more main lines
Rail Minister Chris Heaton-Harris has announced £1.2 million of new government funding to accelerate feasibility work for digital signalling on vital sections of the...
Moving a signal box overnight
A disused signal box in Lowdham, Nottinghamshire, has been moved to a new location just 100 metres from its original location, so it can...
Combatting signalling failures
Signalling failures have always had the ability to cause delay to train services and, whilst modern signalling technology is designed to be more reliable,...
Driving innovation in signalling
Innovation seems to be the latest buzz word. Recent conferences and seminars, as reported in Rail Engineer, have focussed very much on this theme,...
