The Rail Engineer Magazine

The outcomes from a multi-sector collaborative project to develop lightweight, durable, high-strength fibre-reinforced polymer (FRP) composite trusses could result in tomorrow’s railway footbridges being rather different from those currently built using conventional materials. Over a century ago, masonry and cast...

The logistical impact of more night working can often be onerous, particular when activities are very localised or of a short duration. Getting sites lit can eat into valuable possession time, particular when generators have to be brought from...

Inspecting structures with difficult access involves numerous disciplines, all of which exist on the fringes of the civil engineering industry but are seldom carried out and delivered by practising civil engineers. BridgeZone Ltd, an engineering consultancy, not only provides...

The Glasgow & South Western Railway grew out of an amalgamation of smaller companies in the 1840s and 1850s to serve a roughly-triangular area of south-west Scotland. By 1923, when it became part of the LMS, it had over...

Engineers indicated an inauspicious start to the possession to install 405 tonnes of metalwork over the Calder Valley lines at Rochdale. The site engineers had already struggled with Siberian temperatures in the run-up to the lift and the bridge...

A second phase of track improvements has begun between Boston and Skegness - a route that has suffered from years of under-investment. The £21 million project will see the old track renewed, improving reliability and providing a better ride...

Bromsgrove Station could be relocated and the line through it electrified under plans being developed by Worcestershire County Council and Centro, the West Midlands Integrated Transport Authority. If they come to fruition, wires could be extended from Barnt Green to...

As part of the Paisley Corridor Improvement (PCI) project, Balfour Beatty Rail won the £27 million multidisciplinary contract to construct additional running lines and install the associated overhead line equipment. At first sight, the basics of track work look almost...

It might not be on quite the scale of the West Coast Main Line upgrade but there’s a rail corridor in Scotland that is every bit as busy and is set to be completely rebuilt. The six-mile double-track railway...

The Thameslink Programme has taken another significant step forward with the reopening of Blackfriars Station after a highly complicated package of work was completed. This saw the station temporarily closed to passengers over an eight-week period from 20th November. The...