Infrastructure - Page 5
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Electrification
Plugging the skills gap for generations
The National Skills Academy for Railway Engineering (NSARE) is leading the way in recruiting a new generation of railway engineers.
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Electrification
Electrification apprentices: engineers for the future
Network Rail’s apprenticeships develop the electrification engineers of the future, as PAUL PRENTICE discovers.
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Electrification
Firms take stock of the market
The gathering pace of electrification is attracting foreign train manufacturers to eye up the UK market - even if that means they must proceed with caution
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Stations
Inside Three Bridges
Siemens is close to completing its Class 700 maintenance depot at Three Bridges. RICHARD CLINNICK visits the site to examine the work that is taking place
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Stations
Wonderful Waverley
Much of the work to transform Edinburgh Waverley station is now complete. PAUL PRENTICE details the work that has been done so far, and what happens next
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Stations
Coming soon…to a Tube station near you?
Manufacturing companies are already discussing their plans for the New Tube For London deal that will bring air-conditioned trains to the Deep Tube
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Stations
It will be all right on the nightshift
RICHARD CLINNICK meets members of the nightshift team who service trains for four different operators
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Stations
Sign on for the Neville Hill nightshift
RICHARD CLINNICK spends the night at the busy Leeds depot, and discovers a hive of activity as trains are maintained and prepared
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Electrification
Make haste at Hastings
All parties are agreed that better connectivity from Hastings to London via High Speed 1 is a sound idea. But when will it happen and is it even a done deal?
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Stations
Hay big spenders!
RICHARD CLINNICK reports on the newly transformed Edinburgh Haymarket, which has earned the station one of the top accolades at RAIL’s National Rail Awards
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Stations
The hard work continues at Dawlish
RICHARD CLINNICK meets some of Network Rail’s engineers and contractors involved in re-building Dawlish
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Stations
There’s no place like Holme
STEFANIE BROWNE reports on the Holme Tunnel reconstruction project by Network Rail and AMCO
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Light Rail
Manchester: a united city
Manchester Metrolink is expanding, and remains the blueprint for a successful tram network.
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Signalling
Breckland’s signalling strife
The Breckland Line has suffered in recent months, following the introduction of Modular Signalling. But performance is seemingly on the way up.
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Stations
Reading reborn
Nowhere on the UK railway network is undergoing such a massive transformation as Reading. PAUL BIGLAND visits the station
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Signalling
Breckland's signalling strife
The Breckland Line has suffered in recent months following Modular Signalling introduction. RICHARD CLINNICK reports.
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Stations
“You ain’t seen nothing yet!”
STEFANIE BROWNE looks at the changes that have been made to the Tube in recent years, and the planned upgrades that will further transform the network
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Light Rail
The secret of Serco's success
STEFANIE BROWNE reports on DLR's success at the 2013 National Rail Awards
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Light Rail
Underground overjoyed
LU capped a year of celebrations by claiming the Operator of the Year at the 2013 National Rail Awards
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Stations
Victoria will rise again
PAUL BIGLAND visits Manchester Victoria to survey the transformation of what was Britain's worst stationfour years ago
