The Rail Engineer Magazine

Engineers had to battle difficult weather conditions to reopen the main Sheffield-Manchester railway after it was blocked by a landslip on 5th February. Staff sent to site at Buxworth near Chinley discovered part of an embankment alongside the Manchester-bound...

Following trials of ERTMS (European Rail Traffic Management System) on the Cambrian Line, Network Rail has revealed tentative plans for its further introduction to other parts of the network. These are currently fluid as they depend both on government...

As the world now knows, the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) is the international standard for in-cab signalling. Level 2 has no lineside signals, relying solely on radio communication, using GSM-R, between the train and control centre. Track-mounted...

The UK’s rail network is looking for a step change in performance from commuter trains. Its high density routes - particularly around London and the south-east - require a radical advancement in rolling stock to meet changing operational and...

Network Rail is not just the infrastructure controller. It manages more than 100 rail vehicles for roles as adverse as weather mitigation and incident response. Although part of this fleet was inherited from British Rail, in recent years the...

A train passenger trusts the driver who, in turn, trusts the train control technology and those in authority who have approved it. They place their trust in test regulations and the development and production team. The developers trust their...

The cooling of London Underground’s deep tube has been challenging engineers for years. In 2008, Transport for London established a dedicated programme team to work on a variety of solutions including mid-tunnel ventilation and cooling, station cooling and regenerative...

London Underground is an integrated system with both rolling stock and infrastructure under the control of one operator. In fact, it can be thought of as being several systems as the deep lines are almost independent. There are some...

FLI Structures, part of the Haley Group, specialises in the design, manufacture and installation of steel structures and foundations including towers, screw piles and steel grillages. Recently its first LOC platform has been installed at Great Chesterford as part...

Something quite remarkable happened in Southampton Tunnel this Christmas, a rare event in the world of railway engineering: absolutely nothing. That is because over the previous festive period, the team delivering a challenging project to accommodate high-cube containers exploited...