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LiDAR enables the creation and management of virtual perimeters and/or safe zones with pinpoint accuracy. HEXAGON.

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How to protect the railway from new and present dangers

Evolving technology such as LiDAR can offset the impact and negativity caused by trespasses and thrill seekers abusing the network, says Frank Mueller.

Permanent way 15 Jul

Constructed between 1794 and 1810, the Kennet & Avon canal connects Reading, Newbury Bath and Bristol via sections of river and canal. It fell into decline once the Great Western Railway opened, but has been restored in more recent decades. On August 10 2022, a GWR service heads west alongside the canal at Crofton (Wiltshire). PHIL METCALFE.

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Rail versus canals

In the first of a three-part series exploring rail’s history and development alongside rival transport modes, Christian Wolmar looks at what happened to canals

Permanent way 9 Jul

Velim in the Czech Republic is perhaps the best-known test track of all. In 2009, an Alstom AGV for Italy is in action. ALAMY.

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New centre to test trains, tracks and systems

Intensive prototype testing has been moving away from the main line network towards specialist test centres scattered across Europe, as Ben Jones discovers.

Locomotives 4 Dec

Feature

Wales and Western’s route to reliability

Network Rail’s Project Brunel should improve performance on the Wales and Western Region. How have the first six months gone? Tom Edwards find out.

Permanent way 20 Nov

Feature

Discovering Brunel’s tunnel masterpiece

STEFANIE BROWNE steps back in time with Brunel’s historic Thames Tunnel, discovering the importance of this construction for today’s tunnelling methods

Permanent way 18 Feb

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Permanent way

How to protect the railway from new and present dangers

Rail versus canals

New centre to test trains, tracks and systems

Wales and Western’s route to reliability

Discovering Brunel’s tunnel masterpiece

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No takers so first DB Cargo UK Class 67 goes for scrap

FirstGroup explains why Class 222s were "only option" for Lumo Euston-Stirling service

Scottish main line will "end up with discontinuous electrification"

Permanent way

How to protect the railway from new and present dangers

Rail versus canals

New centre to test trains, tracks and systems

Wales and Western’s route to reliability

Discovering Brunel’s tunnel masterpiece

Most read

No takers so first DB Cargo UK Class 67 goes for scrap

FirstGroup explains why Class 222s were "only option" for Lumo Euston-Stirling service

Scottish main line will "end up with discontinuous electrification"

16 DB Cargo UK drivers switching to rival

DB Cargo sells three more Class 90s for reuse

Further MML electrification and York capacity projects paused

UK "fails to provide trains people want or like"

All three West Coast Main Line open access bid rejected

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