Rail engineering

Since 2005, the Rail Accident Investigation Board (RAIB) has investigated around 50 freight derailments and other accidents such as track

The Airdrie to Bathgate (A2B) project, which opened in 2010, included 108 single track kilometres (stk) of electrification. This new

Travelling by train can, at times, be challenging for anyone, but rail travel for customers with specific needs can be

HS2 is building four stations, which will be huge, even if Euston ends up only with six platforms. Old Oak

In the closing days of 2023, Network Rail and the rail supply chain delivered a substantial and complex programme of

Prior to the pandemic, Network Rail ran an annual conference to encourage innovation in signalling and control technology. Obviously, during

Scotland’s railway gets a lot of weather. Although it is only 10% of the UK network, the region is 32%

Malcolm Dobell & David Shirres In July, the Railway Industry Association (RIA) published its report ‘The UK Rolling Stock Industry

Trains last for a long time, and their first cost is usually a small proportion of the whole life cost.

The previous article examined whole life costing of rolling stock on the main line railway as discussed at a late-2023