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Right on the bubble
Providing us with an example of Victorian civil engineering at its very best, and striding majestically as it does across the wide and flat valley of the River Dane, the viaduct at Holmes Chapel looks...
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New challenges facing east and west
Chris Binns was the head of engineering for the £6.5 billion Thameslink programme for six years, one of Network Rail’s biggest infrastructure challenges to date. However, in June 2015, he swapped the...
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Preparing for Severn Tunnel electrification
Recent articles in Rail Engineer have highlighted progress of the £2.8 billion electrification of the Great Western main line (GWML), now planned to be completed in 2019. The last two articles focussed...
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Crossrail – The deadline is looming
The £14.8 billion Crossrail project, probably one of the most prestigious railway engineering projects in Europe, possibly the world, is now reaching the point where key dates for opening the new route...
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Harringworth half-term report
Harringworth Viaduct is a major structure on the line between Manton Junction and Corby, set in glorious Northamptonshire countryside. It is a brick arch structure, 1,182 metres long with 82 spans,...
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141 days at Queen Street
On New Year’s Day in 1842, the citizens of Glasgow were able to walk through the newly constructed 1159-yard tunnel into Queen Street station, at their end of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway. The...
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Bermondsey Dive Under – Removing another critical pinch point!
The Thameslink Programme is now reaching its final stages. Despite this, demands on the engineers involved are certainly not getting any easier. Network Rail is now working through the process of...
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Subway Revival – Glasgow to introduce UTO
Glasgow’s Subway is the world’s third-oldest underground railway (after London and Budapest). When it opened in 1896, there was no rail connection to the surface so cars were lowered into the tunnels...
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4LM+1
Four of London Underground’s lines suffer from a bit of an identity crisis. Individually they are well known; the Circle, District, Metropolitan and Hammersmith & City lines are familiar to both...
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A moving story
Let’s give full credit to the designers and builders of the Settle and Carlisle railway. Having set out to construct a line it didn’t really want, the Midland Railway Company didn’t hold back. Everyone...
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Bedford’s bypass bridge
The northern section of the Bedford Western Bypass was officially completed and opened by the Mayor of Bedford Borough on 25 April 2016. The bypass has featured in local and national plans for over 30...
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Gospel Oak to Barking renaissance
Although listed in the 1963 Beeching report as “All passenger services to be withdrawn”, the fourteen mile Gospel Oak to Barking (GOB) route, hitherto something of an urban backwater, managed to...
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ElevArch – an intriguing concept
Overheard at last year’s Most Interesting awards in Derby was this brief snippet of conversation: “Really?”… “That’s an intriguing concept.” Perhaps this would have been lost in the general hubbub of...
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Crossrail – approaching the final stages
As autumn approached, Crossrail announced that, following a very intense and busy period, the project had reached yet another milestone – declaring that 75 per cent of the work was now complete. To...
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Bromsgrove Corridor resignalling
In November 2015 (issue 133), Rail Engineer reported on the extensive West Midlands resignalling plan with all new signalling being controlled from the WMSC (West Midlands Signalling Centre) at...
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Christmas cheer
Christmas is always a problematic time for railway users, operators and maintainers. Many people want to travel to see families and loved ones that they may only see once a year, and the logical way to...
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Manchester Ordsall Chord
Manchester Ordsall Chord was featured in issue 137 (March 2016), including details of the benefits and challenges to the chosen route to link Manchester Piccadilly with Manchester Victoria. The outcome...
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Cardiff resignalled
The fifth and final phase of the £300 million Cardiff Area Signalling Renewals (CASR) project, Network Rail’s biggest ever signalling commissioning in one phase, was completed over the festive period...
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And now Crossrail 2
Now that Crossrail is 75 per cent complete (issue 146, December 2016), thoughts are turning to what comes next. Crossrail 2 is more than just a possibility. Transport for London has appointed Michèle...
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98 hours at New Cross
New Cross lies on a route of critical importance, on the line between Kent and London Bridge, very close to the throat of the latter. It is one of the most heavily used commuter routes in the UK, and...
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