Infrastructure - Page 4
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Signalling
The need for Northern collaboration
TOBY CUTHBERTSON offers RICHARD CLINNICK an insight into the challenges local authorities will face in taking greater control of rail services in the North
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Trackside
Summit Tunnel: from fire to ice
PAUL STEPHEN recalls the day when a derailed freight train caught fire in Summit Tunnel, which has recently chalked up 175 years of continuous use
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Major Projects
You’ve got Mail Rail…again
STEFANIE BROWNE reports as work begins on bringing a secret slice of the capital’s subterranean history into the 21st century
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Trackside
Dover: once more unto a breach…
PAUL STEPHEN examines the engineering challenge that Network Rail faces repairing the sea wall at Dover
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Stations
New-look station will be fit for a queen
Network Rail is about to start remodelling Glasgow Queen Street station, to accommodate electrification and improve the station’s appearance
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Signalling
The sun sets on Barnetby’s signals
RICHARD CLINNICK presents a selection of images taken during the last days of semaphore signals in greater Lincolnshire
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Stations
Cooling the Tube
PAUL STEPHEN explains how London Underground is tackling its extreme temperature problems
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Stations
A major achievement for Liverpool Street
Liverpool Street station claimed Major Station of the Year prize at National Rail Awards 2015. RICHARD CLINNICK meets the team who have made it such a success
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Light Rail
Sheffield Supertram’s logical progression
RAIL marks 21st anniversary since trams once again graced the city’s streets, and looks at what awaits the pilot vehicle when it arrives in south Yorkshire
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Light Rail
Making Metrolink accessible for all
RAIL reports on how TfGMs work with the Disability Design Reference Group has culminated in it deservedly claiming the NRA Putting Passengers First prize award
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Trackside
Maintenance excellence
STEFANIE BROWNE reports on AMCO Rail’s recent achievements, and how the essential maintenance work of such companies often goes under the radar
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Light Rail
On the trail of the tram-train
RAIL visits Vossloh’s plant in Valencia, and is given a guide tour of the prototype vehicle that is being developed for Sheffield
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Stations
A triumph of effective collaboration
The Reading redevelopment is proof of how several contractors working in harmony can result in a spectacular success
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Stations
Manchester Airport hits new heights
From small beginnings to a position of vital importance in the North West, Manchester Airport is a deserving winner of the NRA 2015 Large Station of the Year
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Trackside
Old lines never die…they just get recycled
The Spen Valley Greenway is one of many old railway lines which is being given a new lease of life as part of a national ‘green travel’ network
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Trackside
Waverley Line…next stop Carlisle?
RAIL looks at the prospects for extending the old Waverley route all the way southwards to Carlisle
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Trackside
Borders railway: a game-changing project
Everyone’s a winner with the newly re-opened stretch of Borders railway - but it was hard work for the campaigners and the contractors who built the railway
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Stations
London Bridge is constantly evolving
RAIL meets the frontline staff tasked with maintaining order while the station undergoes its latest transformation as part of the Thameslink project
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Stations
Reconnecting Brixham
Could a closed Devon line still be a candidate for reconnection to the main line network?
