The Rail Engineer Magazine

Three bridges on the Settle-Carlisle railway have been rebuilt at a cost of £1 million. All allow farmers access to their land on either side of the line. The existing structures were life-expired and have been replaced with concrete...

Around £3 million worth of track renewal and civil engineering works took place between Dundee and Aberdeen over three weekends in January, helping to reduce the potential impact of severe wet weather on the route. Network Rail carried out a...

A 16-month programme of works was completed at 04:40 on 29th November when Invensys Rail successfully commissioned the Oxley resignalling project on behalf of Network Rail, culminating in a nine-day blockade. This saw the decommissioning of Oxley signal box...

Moving out of the armchair on Boxing Day is usually difficult enough. It can take serious preparation and determination simply to fetch a top-up to go with the plate of leftover meat and stuffing. And the mere thought of...

A study to examine the feasibility of restoring services on the disused branch between Gaerwen and Llangefni has started. Undergrowth is being removed from the four-foot, allowing ecologists to identify any rare plants and species. These will have to...

The Institution of Railway Signal Engineers (IRSE) ventured to New Delhi in October for its 2010 convention. For many, this was a first experience of the sub-continent; no-one quite knew what to expect. Delhi’s pollution and traffic chaos gave...

While the financial and business benefits of a new high speed railway linking London with the Midlands and North are widely accepted, forces are already being marshalled for a campaign of opposition. Two men who were involved in the...

“It may have taken the railway civil engineering industry by surprise, but…” At this point Andy Milner, Amey’s Managing Director - Consulting, pauses for a moment, “…it all turned out exactly as we had planned!” In 2009, his company was...

Launched in 1998, Heathrow Express is the fastest means of travelling between the airport and central London, with 150 trains carrying an average of 16,000 passengers every day to and from Paddington Station. Over 60 million people have used...

Britain’s railway stations set many challenges for their owners and operators, with work being carried out across the country to ensure they are fit for the 21st century. Some need to be enlarged - or at least have their...