Infrastructure - Page 3
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Features
UK-first construction method used for new HS2 viaduct at Wendover Dean
Few structures on HS2 will afford views from the train but one of them is the Wendover Dean viaduct, being built just a few kilometres south of the town
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Features
A new dawn for Welsh rail
What will commuting look like in southeast Wales by the end of the decade? If Transport for Wales (TfW) gets its way, there’ll be a big shift from relying on the overloaded M4, with travel by rail, bus and cycle becoming second nature.
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Features
Getting rail funding back on track
There’s been much debate recently about whether Westminster politicians have lost interest in the railways.
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Features
The changing face of the Piccadilly Line
Here, we examine the £2.9 billion investment programme on London Underground’s Piccadilly Line.
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Infrastructure
Why are UK rail projects so expensive?
Every major rail project of recent years - HS2, Crossrail, East West Rail, Great Western Electrification Programme and others - has blown its budget and timetable, reducing trust in the industry’s ability to deliver its promises.
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Light Rail
Trams offer vital solution to UK’s decarbonisation challenge
UK Tram’s new chairman Steve Edwards discusses the role of light rail in a modern-day successful railway
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Trackside
Green pioneers: NR’s 'big step' to net zero
Nick Brodrick stays up with Network Rail’s 'night owls' to witness the industry’s first ever zero emissions site.
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Electrification
Why £1bn isn't enough for North Wales Main Line electrification
Mel Holley chronicles the halting progress of plans to electrify the North Wales coastal route.
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Infrastructure
ANALYSIS: Managing our earthworks - the task gets harder each year
The derailment at Stonehaven has put the condition of earthworks into sharp focus. GARETH DENNIS examines how weather can have an impact on earthwork resilience
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Trackside
Coping with the foraging of species
STEFANIE BROWNE looks at what is being done to mitigate the problems caused when the presence of ‘creatures great and small’ delay railway enhancement projects
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Signalling
The need for Northern collaboration
TOBY CUTHBERTSON offers RICHARD CLINNICK an insight into the challenges local authorities will face in taking greater control of rail services in the North
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Trackside
Summit Tunnel: from fire to ice
PAUL STEPHEN recalls the day when a derailed freight train caught fire in Summit Tunnel, which has recently chalked up 175 years of continuous use
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Major Projects
You’ve got Mail Rail…again
STEFANIE BROWNE reports as work begins on bringing a secret slice of the capital’s subterranean history into the 21st century
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Trackside
Dover: once more unto a breach…
PAUL STEPHEN examines the engineering challenge that Network Rail faces repairing the sea wall at Dover
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Stations
New-look station will be fit for a queen
Network Rail is about to start remodelling Glasgow Queen Street station, to accommodate electrification and improve the station’s appearance
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Signalling
The sun sets on Barnetby’s signals
RICHARD CLINNICK presents a selection of images taken during the last days of semaphore signals in greater Lincolnshire
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Stations
Cooling the Tube
PAUL STEPHEN explains how London Underground is tackling its extreme temperature problems
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Stations
A major achievement for Liverpool Street
Liverpool Street station claimed Major Station of the Year prize at National Rail Awards 2015. RICHARD CLINNICK meets the team who have made it such a success
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Light Rail
Sheffield Supertram’s logical progression
RAIL marks 21st anniversary since trams once again graced the city’s streets, and looks at what awaits the pilot vehicle when it arrives in south Yorkshire
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Light Rail
Making Metrolink accessible for all
RAIL reports on how TfGMs work with the Disability Design Reference Group has culminated in it deservedly claiming the NRA Putting Passengers First prize award
