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First introduced some 30 years ago, the ubiquitous Relocatable Equipment Building (REB) has become one of the most familiar pieces of trackside equipment, and, although they’re seen by millions of passengers each year, it’s likely that they’re rarely given...

The huge modernisation of railway signalling in the UK during the 1960/70s and early 1980s came about through the introduction of Power Signal Boxes (PSB), with many covering significant miles of route. All the BR regions had them and,...

Some aspects of railways are still not completely understood, nearly 200 years after the railways were first developed. Indeed, your writer generally sees many research papers every year seeking to further advance knowledge about what is exactly happening in...

Ten years ago, we reported on the installation of 14,000 square metres of rock netting on the near-vertical 15-metre high rock cutting at Carmont. Rocks had been falling from the cutting as a result of it being overtopped by...

Canals were a real problem for the early railway builders, as is illustrated by the steep gradients on the approaches to Euston and King’s Cross, where the railway was built respectively over and under the Regent’s Canal. The Midland...

Build, build, build! – heartening words for construction. Better, greener, faster – the imperatives for the industry. But what remains unspoken is the poor past-performance of the sector. Since the mid-1990s, the productivity of manufacturing has improved by 50...

To drive better, faster and greener delivery of infrastructure, Costain has worked together with key partner SAP, as well as the Transport Infrastructure Efficiency Strategy Living Lab (TIES Living Lab) consortium of industry leading enterprises, such as Transport for...

Network Rail is planning a number of vital upgrades on the line between Norwich and London. Works will be taking place at various points on the line between Ipswich and London at weekends from 17 October to 22 November, including: The...

Network Rail’s plans to improve resilience along a vital 1.8km stretch of railway in the South West will be refined following substantial feedback from the community, passengers and businesses. Over 1,600 people responded to a six-week public consultation on proposals...

Lincoln’s UK Bogie Service Centre has reached a significant milestone with the completion of its 500th bogie overhaul. The Siemens Mobility facility services bogies from all of the Siemens UK train fleet. The 500th bogie serviced came from a Velaro...