Infrastructure - Page 6

Norton Bridge on course for early finish

RAIL magazine reports on a successful infrastructure project in Staffordshire

Northern wires: not ‘if’ but ‘when’

A rolling plan for electrification of lines in the North of England is set to become a reality, now that routes have been prioritised according to need

Hopes grow of gains for Gainsborough

RICHARD CLINNICK follows up on RAIL 777's article on the plight of Gainsborough's two stations

‘Edin’ for a fine future

Outgoing Edinburgh Trams Director and General Manager TOM NORRIS talks to RICHARD CLINNICK about a successful first 12 months of operations in Scotlands capital

Neglected stations beyond the fringe…

JAMES JOHNSON reveals the plight of neglected stations on the Sheffield to Cleethorpes line

Putting Wisbech back on the railway map

Why is there such a clamour to re-open the March-Wisbech line, and put the capital of the Fens back on the national rail network? PAUL PRENTICE reports

Electrification apprentices: engineers for the future

Network Rail’s apprenticeships develop the electrification engineers of the future, as PAUL PRENTICE discovers.

Firms take stock of the market

The gathering pace of electrification is attracting foreign train manufacturers to eye up the UK market - even if that means they must proceed with caution

A new lease of life for wartime ‘ghost’

STEFANIE BROWNE reports on plans to put Down Street Underground station back on the London map… under a commercial lease

Why electrification? The Network Rail perspective

Network Rail has a plan for the electrification of many routes across the UK, after a gap of a quarter of a century

Focus on collaboration - ABC

What do Alstom, Babcock and Costain bring to the National Electrification Programme? How do they collaborate? PAUL PRENTICE spells out ABC

High-wire act

COLIN PRESTON explains how SYSTRA is conquering the challenges faced in the £742 million Edinburgh Waverley - Glasgow Queen Street electrification project

Investing in skills

Plugging the skills gap for generations

The National Skills Academy for Railway Engineering (NSARE) is leading the way in recruiting a new generation of railway engineers.

Inside Three Bridges

Siemens is close to completing its Class 700 maintenance depot at Three Bridges. RICHARD CLINNICK visits the site to examine the work that is taking place

Wonderful Waverley

Much of the work to transform Edinburgh Waverley station is now complete. PAUL PRENTICE details the work that has been done so far, and what happens next

Coming soon…to a Tube station near you?

Manufacturing companies are already discussing their plans for the New Tube For London deal that will bring air-conditioned trains to the Deep Tube

It will be all right on the nightshift

RICHARD CLINNICK meets members of the nightshift team who service trains for four different operators

Sign on for the Neville Hill nightshift

RICHARD CLINNICK spends the night at the busy Leeds depot, and discovers a hive of activity as trains are maintained and prepared

Make haste at Hastings

All parties are agreed that better connectivity from Hastings to London via High Speed 1 is a sound idea. But when will it happen and is it even a done deal?