Tag Archives: Rail

During the early stages of the pandemic Network Rail used the quieter period with fewer trains operating to accelerate some engineering work with the use of longer blockades and a new survey has looked into the public preferences for continued use of this approach.

An upgrade to the East Coast Main Line, re-opening the Leamside Line and extending the Tyne and Wear Metro are among plans included in the first North East Rail and Metro Strategy.

For the next 12 weeks, engineers will be installing foundations of a new bridge that will connect the two new sea wall sections that will protect the town of Dalwish and coastal railway from future flooding.

A £55M project to electrify a section of the Fife Circle line in Scotland is underway, with piling work being carried out.

Main Point Why is so much emphasis still placed on wind power, either onshore or offshore? You only need to look at the figures to realise this is a dead end, committing the UK to a bleak future without electricity. In the early days of wind power, the advocates were…

National framework provider Pagabo has announced the appointment of 48 suppliers to its brand-new £1.56bn civils and infrastructure framework, which goes live on 1 June.

NCE’s 25th anniversary supplement made predictions for what the world of civil engineering would look like in 2022 – how did those forecasts hold up?

Getting journalists onto site quickly to ascertain the contributing factors that have led to engineering failures has been central to the success of the insight NCE has delivered over the last 50 years.  I feel fortunate that, at the time of writing, there have been relatively few major civil engineering…

Leading engineering and consulting group Systra was established in the 1950s when the engineering parts of the French national railway operator SNCF and Paris metro operator RATP came together to offer their transportation expertise overseas.  Known as Systra Group and specialising in public transport and mobility solutions, it now employs…

Systra has been awarded a £2m design contract for the Ebbw Vale Frequency Enhancement (EVFE) project in Wales, which will deliver additional services on the Ebbw Vale line through the re-instatement of old-twin track.