Infrastructure - Page 6

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

Waverley Line…next stop Carlisle?

RAIL looks at the prospects for extending the old Waverley route all the way southwards to Carlisle

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

Scottish wiring success

Carillion has been key to wiring Scotland’s railways

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

Reconnecting Brixham

Could a closed Devon line still be a candidate for reconnection to the main line network?

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.