Rail engineering

Aiming to achieve net zero carbon from 2035, and with a target of achieving diesel-free construction sites by 2029, HS2

At this year’s Railway Challenge award ceremony, its chief judge, Bill Reeve announced that, without doubt, this was the best

The National Robotarium at Edinburgh’s Heriot-Watt University was a particularly appropriate venue for the Railway Industry Association (RIA)’s latest Unlocking

In times of rail disruption, having poor information can annoy and frustrate customers. But if people are informed of the

Günther Koller Sekisui’s synthetic wood sleepers, made from fibre-reinforced foamed urethane (FFU), have been used on the DB route network

Early railways were built for freight; passenger traffic was a slightly unexpected bonus. Engineers had to be sure that the

Held in Manchester and online, the annual reports of the Vehicle/Track System Interface Committee (V/T SIC) and the Adhesion Research

Rail Engineer last reported on the Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) in Issue 192 (Sept/Oct 2021). The article, Major step forward

Bob Hazell The significant improvement in UK railway safety over the past 25 years has been due to many factors.

This article is about metallurgy, welding, and managing rail defects, three areas where your writer lacks expertise, having last welded