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Revolutionary noise and vibration monitoring system, eNView, launches
Image credits: KP Acoustics Group KP Acoustics Group has launched eNView, a pioneering product that promises to disrupt the noise and vibration monitoring industry. Recently launched at London Build 2021, [...]
Virtual Reality will help make HS2 one of the most reliable railways in the world
Image credits: HS2 Virtual Reality and real time monitoring by sensors built into HS2’s infrastructure including rails, bridges and overhead power lines will help make Britain’s new high speed rail [...]
Direct Rail Services strengthens supermarket partnership
Direct Rail Services (DRS) has extended its partnership with UK’s biggest supermarket chain. Nuclear Transport Solutions’ rail division has signed a new three-year deal with supermarket giant Tesco. The new [...]
Richard Carr appointed RIA North Business Engagement Manager
Image credits: RIA Well-known rail industry consultant Richard Carr has been appointed the Railway Industry Association's (RIA) Business Engagement Manager for the North of England, supporting the organisation in the [...]
HS2 archaeologists uncover vast Roman trading settlement in Northamptonshire
Image credits: HS2 10m wide Roman road uncovered running through wealthy Roman trading settlement in South Northamptonshire Multiple artefacts, including over 300 Roman coins, uncovered Images and video available Archaeologists [...]
Complex Kentish Town Rail works completed on time
Image credits: Amey As everyone enjoyed the festivities, Amey’s Rail team were working hard to complete the final phase of track stabilisation works at Kentish Town, as part of the [...]
HS2 to be powered by zero carbon energy from Day One
Image credits: HS2 HS2 Minister commits to power Britain’s new highspeed trains with zero carbon energy from the outset – supporting the goal of making HS2 net zero from 2035 [...]
Transport For Wales offer exciting opportunity as they recruit for Timetable Strategy Manager
We’re Hiring! Timetable Strategy Manager Here at Transport for Wales we are preparing for the future. We will be building new stations, introducing new trains, and transforming the rail network [...]
Romiley station platform upgrades to boost future rail capacity
Image credits: Network Rail Platforms at Romiley station on the Hope Valley line are being extended in January 2022 to allow longer trains to stop there in the future. The [...]
HS2 presents core earth sample from the Triassic Period to local primary school
Image credits: HS2 Pupils at Newall Green Primary School in Manchester were treated to a history lesson with a difference as Balfour Beatty contractors, working on behalf of HS2, presented [...]
Ballast all the way – Network Rail is upgrading last section of 1970s slab track between London and Kentish Town this Christmas
Image credits: Network Rail Engineers will carry out final stage of work to upgrade 1970s track between Kentish Town and London St Pancras this Christmas and over New Year Improvements [...]
Network Rail publishes autism friendly guide to travelling by train
Image credits: Network Rail Network Rail has produced a guide to help autistic people confidently and independently travel by train. It’s been developed in partnership with the National Autistic Society, [...]
HS2 Ltd awards landmark rolling stock contracts to Hitachi-Alstom joint venture
Image and video credits: HS2 Major boost for UK train-building as HS2’s state-of-the-art fleet of 225mph (360km/h) high speed trains will be built by Alstom and Hitachi Rail at their [...]
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Should you consider doing a PhD to further your railway career?
Robin Coombes recounts his experience of completing a doctorate into the study of heritage railways at the University of Birmingham’s [...]
The Real-Time Journey Dashboard
Edmund Caldecott, CEO of Whoosh, explains how the government should get people back onboard the rail for environmental and economic [...]
New solutions for energy distribution in rail vehicles
Connectors for rail applications need to be extremely robust, but also easy to install and maintain HARTING has developed new [...]
A new approach to rail cyber-security
Railways are a key pillar of our overarching transportation system and keeping them secure and safe is all-important, Karsten Oberle, [...]
The All-Island Strategic Rail Review
Karen Power, Associate Director in Turley’s strategic communications team, discusses why she believes this is a unique opportunity that must [...]
Betting on rail freight
Andy Bagnall, Director General at Rail Delivery Group explains this once in a generation opportunity for a transformative approach to [...]
Freightliner’s New 40’ container wagon – pushing the boundaries
Freightliner has a proud history of setting the standards for innovative and sustainable wagon solutions in the UK On [...]
Glynn Hutton, UK Sales Development Manager at Global Display Solutions
Global Display Solutions design, manufacture, supply, install and maintain Passenger Information Displays for rail – how have you seen the [...]