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CPA Conference 2021 Theme Announced: ‘Net Zero Carbon & Digitalisation – The Challenge of Change for the Plant Sector’
Six months prior to the Construction Plant-hire Association (CPA) Conference 2021 taking place, the CPA has announced that the theme of the Conference will be ‘Net Zero Carbon & Digitalisation: [...]
D/Gauge Sign Long-Term Contract with Network Rail For ‘Network Clearance’ Software
Gauging expert D/Gauge has announced its latest contract secured with Network Rail: to provide clearance assessments for the entire network. The new platform, powered by specialist gauging software, will be rolled out to over 1,000 Network Rail users. With this contract, [...]
Bauer Keller Joint Venture (BKJV) awarded EKFB contract
BKJV, the 50:50 joint venture between Bauer Technologies Ltd and Keller UK (BKJV), has been awarded a contract by EKFB to deliver geotechnical work as part of the C23 [...]
Iconic Ribblehead viaduct repaired for ‘Staycation Summer’
Work to restore the world-renowned Ribblehead viaduct for rail passengers and tourists in North Yorkshire is now complete. From today (Friday April 9) visitors to the Ribble Valley can see [...]
Accessible transport: unlocking a better normal
Join Transport Focus and London TravelWatch at our online event as we explore the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on accessible transport. What are the challenges disabled people have faced [...]
Sir Peter Hendy supports Auction of Experiences for Railway Family Week
Sir Peter Hendy, Chairman of Network Rail, has shown his support for a charity Auction of Experiences, organised by the Railway Benefit Fund as part of their Railway Family Week [...]
£31m Easter rail upgrades complete between London and Scotland
Network Rail has completed a range of essential upgrades to the railway between Euston, the Midlands, North West and Scotland over Easter. Between Friday 2 and Tuesday 6 April, teams [...]
‘Kickstart’ your career on HS2
HS2’s construction partner for West Midlands and Warwickshire, Balfour Beatty VINCI, is offering young people who are out of work the opportunity to kickstart their career on Europe’s biggest infrastructure [...]
Restoring confidence in the rail industry? There’s an app for that
According to government figures, the nation’s railways are on their knees as Covid-wary commuters shun their old routines. TravelSpace, an innovative new app, aims to restore confidence in the sector. [...]
Network Rail submits formal request to begin major improvements in West Yorkshire
Major work to upgrade the railway in West Yorkshire is now a step closer as Network Rail has submitted plans to transform the line between Huddersfield and Westtown (Dewsbury) following [...]
New Timings for CPA Stars of the Future Awards 2021
In light of the current status of the roadmap out of lockdown, the Construction Plant-hire Association (CPA) has reviewed the timings and plans for the CPA Stars of the Future [...]
Rapid railway renewals on West Coast main line in North London
Three years’ worth of work to upgrade drainage, track and signalling equipment over a seven-mile stretch of railway in North London has been completed in just eleven days by Network [...]
Hitachi Rail boosts maintenance offer as it completes acquisition of digital tech firm Perpetuum
Pic Credit: Hitachi Investment in UK’s Perpetuum enhances Hitachi Rail’s digital train maintenance, using pioneering data analytics to help customers to improve the safety, availability and reliability of their fleets [...]
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A green future for modified rolling stock
Rome wasn’t built in a day, but someone had to pick up a shovel and start digging, Tammy Samuel Michael [...]
Rösler surface finishing equipment for the rail industry
Currently, one of the most important issues for the rail industry relates to the need to remove weight from passenger [...]
Sean Ballard, Group Managing Director of Sunray Engineering
Tell us about Sunray Engineering. Sunray Engineering are leading UK Designers, Manufacturers and Installers of Steel Security and Fire [...]
Rail Retailing in a post-Covid world
Around the world, public transport users and operators continue to be significantly impacted by Covid-19 As with all modes of [...]
How logistics is unlocking the true potential of rail freight
Robin Woodbridge, Head of Capital Deployment at Prologis UK, explains why he is bullish on the rail freight sector The [...]
Ticketing transformed
Jean-Guy Ravel, Strategy Director at Thales, explains how the rail industry can react to post-Covid expectations to rebuild ticketing [...]
Customer-focused control rooms underpinned by data is key to future of rail travel
Marcus Jones, Service Delivery Director at KeolisAmey Docklands, argues that the future of control room technology relies on leveraging data [...]
Putting the ‘train’ back in ‘training’: Sustaining the UK’s rail workforce
Demand for rail has been surging since the mid-90s, with an extra one billion journeys forecast by the mid-2030s However, [...]
Special skills … or just special people? What makes a really outstanding train driver?
Dr Stephen Fletcher, Director and Psychologist at the OPC shares research into what makes an outstanding train driver and why [...]
New free platform to send 3D models
A section of railway tunnel uploaded to 3D Send and previewed in a web browser by the receiver. A new [...]