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Discussion on “Making a Success of the Digital Railway”
The recent White Paper “Making a Success of the Digital Railway”, published by the Institution of Railway Signal Engineers (IRSE) and the subject of an article by Steve Denniss elsewhere in this issue,...
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What is Digital Ready?
On 10 May 2018, the Secretary of State for Transport, Chris Grayling, and Mark Carne, chief executive Network Rail, supported by David Waboso, managing director of Group Digital Railway, launched the...
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Ushering in a new era: North Wales Railway Upgrade Project
Over the weekend before Easter 2018, Siemens Rail Automation commissioned its low-cost digital-ready modular signalling solution on the North Wales Coast (NWC) resignalling programme as part of Network...
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Digital Railway: delivering differently
Following the announcement in May by Secretary of State for Transport Chris Grayling and the chief executive of Network Rail, Mark Carne, that all new trains and signalling will be digital or digital...
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Future train radio – What’s possible?
Throughout the world, many railways use the interoperable radio communications network, GSM-R (Global System for Mobile Communications – Rail), for operational voice communications and to provide the...
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Ethical engineering
Professional registration is an important milestone for any technician or engineer. Awarded by licensed bodies, professional registration is based on knowledge, competence and commitment. The...
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Advances in railway cybersecurity
It’s a fact that no organisation is safe from cyber-attack. Threats are evolving minute-by-minute and are becoming increasingly complex. As railways become increasingly dependant on digital...
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Liverpool Lime Street completion
In September 2016 (issue 143), Rail Engineer reported on the development and the proposed designs for the extensive remodelling and resignalling of Liverpool Lime Street station. At the time, the...
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Lessons from the past – the collision at London Waterloo on 15 August 2017
A nasty little collision between a passenger train and a Network Rail barrier train, that was protecting workers at Waterloo station, was the subject of a report in issue 156 (October 2017). Although...
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Christmas 2018: Weaver to Wavertree resignalling
Weaver to Wavertree resignalling is one of the latest resignalling schemes to be completed and involved new signalling between Edge Hill station, just outside Liverpool, and Winsford station in the...
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