For many years now, the use of trenchless (No-Dig) technology has increased considerably across many areas of the utility and buried service industry. A significant proportion of this use has centred on applications in the water sector. However, the technology can also be successfully used by rail engineers. There are numerous reasons for buried services [...]

For those in the signalling or rolling stock professions, it is all too easy to think of track maintenance as an old-fashioned undertaking, devoid of modern technology and dependent on technicians with jacks, spanners and shovels. However, this perception is totally wrong. Civil engineering track maintenance equipment has developed into the most sophisticated across all [...]

Crossrail will hold an open event tonight to give job seekers the chance to work on Europe's biggest rail infrastructure project. At the peak of construction, 14,000 workers will be involved in the project across London. Last week project leaders announced...

Bridgeway Consulting Ltd is supporting the Rail Safety Person of the Year at the RailStaff Awards 2012. With safety at the forefront of all operations Bridgeway Consulting has always aimed to provide a safe, effective and professional service to its clients. A proactive approach is underpinned by a detailed director-led management process that utilises a [...]

The rail industry was out in force at the ninth Infrarail Exhibition, held at the NEC near Birmingham. Over 5,500 people came to see more than 200 exhibitors. The team from RailStaff was there too along with writers from the rail engineer – which hosted a series of well attend seminars. RailStaff’s new format attracted [...]

Crossrail contract C315 is very unusual for a major new transport scheme such as Crossrail. It doesn’t involve major new works, like the other parts of this project, rather it is nearly all about the refurbishment of Victorian infrastructure dating back over 130 years. Connaught Tunnel is situated on the former North Woolwich branch of [...]

On Wednesday 2 May at 11:10, Matthew Lock, Rail Consultant at Korec will be presenting ‘Optimising the Rail Lifecycle – How positioning solutions can help’ at Infrarail. Over the years, technology has become more user-friendly, flexible and productive. There have been tremendous advances in mobile communications, data capture and computing. In the world of surveying [...]

Korec is ‘delighted to be at Infrarail 2012′, the UK rail market is essential to its business and it is proud to exhibit at and support this important event. With an established presence in the rail market, the Korec team will be on hand to talk about the latest innovations in laser scanning, construction & [...]

This year’s Infrarail show is approaching rapidly, and a look through the list of exhibitors reveals that Vital Rail will be one of them. Vital Rail is well known to the rail engineer, particularly as one of the main sponsors of the RailStaff Awards. Part of the Vital Services Group there is obviously much more [...]

Network Rail has an ever more pressing need to manage infrastructure assets so as to minimise their whole life cost. That clearly includes the cost of failures and the resulting train delays and cancellations as well as the cost of responding to incidents and remedying the damage they cause. The company is working increasingly closely [...]