South Eastern Railway has launched a pioneering trial of a new passive cooling technology on the Tonbridge to Hastings line, aimed at improving rail reliability during extreme heat. In partnership with UK green tech start-up …
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Friday Reads – 18 July 2025
• The next HS2 train to arrive will be… (Michael Dnes) • London Underground’s 4LM signalling upgrade reaches Neasden depot (IanVisits) • Netherlands to Convert Decommissioned Trains into Mobile Military Hospitals w/ War Threat (UNITED24 …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 23 May 2025
• History is made as First Commuter Railway in the UK goes Signal-Free (Rail Advent) • No evidence’ that gov’t’s Jet Zero strategy to cut aviation emissions is working (New Civil Engineer) • The delays …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 7 June 2024
• ETCS comes to intercity mainline in UK rail first (Railway Technology Magazine) • TfL offering unlimited 30-minute cycle rides every Sunday in June (Ian Visits) • Proof of Payment Past and Present: Part 1 …
Continue readingA new signalling system for the New York Subway (RailTech)
The New York City subway system is getting a makeover. Specifically, a team composed of Nordic Signals and two major US-based engineering companies is in the process of helping the MTA replace the old signalling …
Continue readingRail signalling at risk from space weather (TheEngineer)
A new study led by Lancaster University has shown how space weather has the potential to play havoc with rail signal infrastructure in the UK and beyond. Examining two routes – the Preston to Lancaster …
Continue readingETCS: More deliberations are necessary, but worth it (RailEngineer)
Looking back over several years of articles written for Rail Engineer covering the European Train Control System (ETCS), it is somewhat depressing to observe that none of the predictions for system introduction have come to …
Continue readingAll change at Crewe (RailEngineer)
In 2021, Rail Engineer reported on the Crewe Basford Hall and Independent Lines (BHIL) re-signalling. BHIL is an early part of the overall large Crewe Hub programme which will consist of many individual projects and …
Continue readingUK advances East Coast Digital Programme (RailTech)
The billion-pound plans to improve rail travel for passenger and freight operations to and from London have progressed further. Critical work took place over the last weekend in June to prepare for a digital future. …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 20 January 2023
• New transport campaign encourages culture of active bystanders to deter harassment (RailUK) • Improving wellbeing at stations with living walls (RailStaff) • Getting bus priority right: Lessons from Bologna (ItalianUrbanLetters) • Warszawa offers 60 …
Continue readingUK 5 day signalling exposition report (RailEngineer)
Periodically, the signalling and telecommunication profession demonstrates and shares its technology and innovations, safety policy, business methods and finances as seen by rail infrastructure organisations, train companies and the supplier base. Most recently, this was …
Continue readingTrain-to-train data transmission over 4km for autonomous operation (RailwayGazette)
Korea Railroad Research Institute has successfully tested train-to-train data communications over distances of 2 km in the open air and 4 km in tunnels. The communications use a directional antenna developed by KRRI, which said …
Continue readingResearch on how solar storms affect railway signals (Watchers)
A project investigating the effects of solar storms on railway signals, presented this week at the National Astronomy Meeting (NAM 2022) by Cameron Patterson, a PhD student at Lancaster University, shows how fluctuations in space …
Continue readingERTMS virtual coupling can bring added rail capacity (RailTech)
As railways are viewed as key to sustainable mobility, the increase of rail’s modal share for both passenger and freight transport will cause congestion problems on many national and urban networks. Virtual Coupling promises to …
Continue readingRobot to accelerate ETCS installation (RailwayGazette)
NETHERLANDS: Strukton Rail is to work with Trackbot robot developers AMT Group and No Man Trackwork to produce a prototype autonomous machine for the fast and accurate installation of balises and axle counters as part …
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