Infrastructure - Page 6
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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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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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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?
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Norton Bridge on course for early finish
RAIL magazine reports on a successful infrastructure project in Staffordshire
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Electrification
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
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Stations
Hopes grow of gains for Gainsborough
RICHARD CLINNICK follows up on RAIL 777's article on the plight of Gainsborough's two stations
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Light Rail
‘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
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Stations
Neglected stations beyond the fringe…
JAMES JOHNSON reveals the plight of neglected stations on the Sheffield to Cleethorpes line
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Trackside
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
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Electrification
Electrification apprentices: engineers for the future
Network Rail’s apprenticeships develop the electrification engineers of the future, as PAUL PRENTICE discovers.
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Electrification
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
