Electrification

Features

Railway 200 Then and Now: Electrification's tale of Volk and volts

Parallel's from the past in our present: Our first extract from Bradley’s Railway Guide: A Journey Through Two Centuries of British Railway History 1825-2025.

Features

Behind the scenes: GWR trials fast-charging battery technology

Joe Campbell joins the team conducting trials of fast-charge battery technology on the West Ealing to Greenford branch.

Features

Hitachi Rail's bold experiment with battery-electric bi-mode units

Hitachi Rail has been carrying out trials on a Class 802 aimed at advancing the use of battery-electric bi-mode units. Richard Wilcock finds out more.

Opinion

Opinion: The government must start to get electrification rolling…

A rolling rail electrification programme is crucial for economic growth, sustainability, and decarbonisation, says Caspar Lucas.

Insight

As the wires go up the costs of electrification come down

With a new government, how can the case for electrification be made afresh? Money is tight but, unlike most infrastructure investment, there are quick wins.

Features

NRA Innovation of the Year 2024: Rail Electrification Alliance

The winner of the Innovation of the Year award in the 2024 National Rail Awards was Rail Electrification Alliance (Static Frequency Converters).

Features

NRA Infrastructure Achievement of the Year 2024: Keltbray and Network Rail

The Infrastructure Achievement of the Year award in the national Rail Awards went to Keltbray and Network Rail for the LTS Mk1 OLE Replacement.

Features

TRU electrifies the Pennines route and fits ETCS

Due for completion in 2035, the TRU will cut journey times, improve reliability and increase capacity. Chris Howe reports.

Features

Time for electrification: why UK rail needs a new approach

Successive governments have spurned opportunities to make the UK’s railways cleaner and more efficient by investing in a rolling programme electrification.

Light Rail