The Rail Engineer Magazine

You might think that increasingly limited engineering access to the infrastructure, driven by the demand for a 24/7 railway, would be making life more difficult for everyone. But the year enjoyed by Tata Steel Projects’ Modular Systems Division proves...

Birmingham's New Street Sttion has seen some significant changes over the past year. In December 2009, representatives of Network Rail and scheme designers Atkins explained what changes were planned over the next six years to increase the capacity of...

By any measure, a new main line railway station is a rare commodity. There has been only a handful over the past 20 years, some linked to regional airports. But the south-east has its own, congestion-easing rail-air interchange at...

The Sheffield to St Pancras project is tasked with increasing the linespeed on the Midland Main Line, ultimately reducing travel times for a headline sub two-hour journey. Before designs could be produced, an accurate and coordinated topographical survey was...

With winter not yet at its harshest, it’s likely that severe weather will have yet more impact on the smooth running of the railway. Ice has the ability to form on any surface. When it develops on the conductor...

One of the big rail-related questions posed since last May’s general election has been whether or not the coalition would support further electrification of the network. Since the spending review, it seems that existing proposals remain largely intact although...

Once upon a time, there was a railway bridge in Llantwit Major that carried the two tracks of the Vale of Glamorgan line over a narrow residential single-lane carriageway. Originally constructed in 1896, Eagleswell Road underbridge had a span...

In her delicious north-east accent, the elderly lady waiting for her train at Seaham exclaimed, “Oh, a’ve ernly just nerticed tha’ signal’s gone.” She was referring to the prominent cantilevered semaphore that had graced the end of the Up...

I had my first encounter with Birmingham’s Moor Street Station in the early 1970s when, as a very green junior civil engineer with British Rail, I was given the job of gauging its terminal platforms in preparation for the...

The lifeblood of any city is its transportation network and Birmingham is no exception, being at the heart of a sprawling conglomeration of waterways, motorways and railways. To alleviate some of the traffic pressure burdening the strategically vital A38...