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Infrastructure group calls for whole life concrete slab track solution
26 October 2016 | By Britpave
Transport infrastructure association Britpave discuss the benefits of concrete slab track in rail investment
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New developments in on-track machines for narrow gauge track
25 July 2016 | By Global Railway Review
MATISA Matériel Industriel SA has unveiled its two latest on-track machines (OTM), demonstrating new opportunities for narrow gauge track maintenance.
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Network Rail completes Easter work programme despite storm conditions
29 March 2016 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
Network Rail has completed its Easter improvement works despite a large section of the UK experiencing poor weather conditions with the arrival of Storm Katie.
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Fostering innovative infrastructure maintenance
EIM, the association of European Rail Infrastructure Managers, promotes the interests and views of rail infrastructure managers in Europe. With 12 members and two associate members, EIM represents over 50% of the EU’s railway lines. EIM members have a key role in developing, operating and maintaining the European railway network.…
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VR Track heads full steam towards Nordic expansion
23 March 2016 | By Jouni Kekäle – VR Track’s Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Development
VR Track Oy is Finland’s biggest rail constructor, with expertise covering all aspects of railway engineering, from design to project implementation. The company employs some 1,450 expert personnel in Finland and approximately 350 people in Sweden. In an interview for Global Railway Review, Jouni Kekäle – VR Track’s Vice President…
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Bombardier to provide rail engineering education in Thailand
4 March 2016 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
Bombardier Transportation has signed an agreement to provide rail engineering education in Thailand, strengthening its position in key markets.
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Network Rail prepares for Easter improvement works
26 February 2016 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
Network Rail prepares for one of the biggest investment programmes ever carried out on Britain’s rail network over the Easter period.
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Funding announced for south west rail infrastructure study
10 February 2016 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
The Department for Transport and Great Western Railway (GWR) have announced funding for a study looking at improvements to rail infrastructure between London and Devon and Cornwall.
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High speed handbacks: reducing delays and saving money
2 February 2016 | By Steve Featherstone, Programme Director for Track, Network Rail
Accuracy, quality and speed; how Network Rail are using ‘high speed handbacks’ to reduce delays and save the British tax-payer money
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Rail development impact on the job market
20 January 2016 | By Neil Wilkie, Group Head of Fusion People
Neil Wilkie of Fusion People looks at current and future rail development infrastructure projects and the impact they have on the rail industry job market helping to fill the skills shortage gap. Currently, the UK’s railways are undergoing several projects that will transform the rail network. Plans to unite the…
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New railway engineering techniques reduce delays and save time
12 January 2016 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
New railway engineering techniques were applied by Network Rail over the 2015 Christmas period helping to reduce delays and save money.
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£4.5m advanced test facility to launch at Centre for Innovation in Rail
11 January 2016 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
The UK’s £22 million Centre for Innovation in Rail will officially open in autumn 2016 coinciding will the launch of a £4.5 million advanced test facility. Co-funded by the Regional Growth Fund, the Institute of Railway Research (IRR) at the University of Huddersfield is currently in the process of delivering its £22…
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Vibrational accelerated long life and shock tests on Eurotunnel’s pagoda structures
Due to the dynamic and aerodynamic effects of rail transit through tunnels, and as reference in this article to lorries loading and unloading on Eurotunnel wagons, railway structures are suffering forces which can potentially lead to fatigue failures.
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The PWI: a catalyst for rail industry improvement
9 December 2015 | By David Packer, CEO, Permanent Way Institution (PWI)
The Permanent Way Institution (PWI) is the UK professional engineering institution for rail infrastructure engineers. At the heart of its recent strategic review was answering the question ‘What is the role of a professional engineering institution in the 21st century?’ PWI CEO, David Packer, explains more...
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How Britain’s new ‘workshop on wheels’ will revolutionise track maintenance
9 December 2015 | By Craig Mathys, Programme Manager at Network Rail
Over the next five years, Network Rail will spend and invest £38 billion as part of its Railway Upgrade Plan to deliver better, faster, greener services, and improved punctuality, reliability and safety, while simultaneously keeping the railway open to enable four and a half million journeys to take place, every…