INDUSTRY FOCUS: Alternative Propulsion Systems 1. Introduction In the last few years, transport planners have increasingly been concerned about the need to move towards a low carbon/zero carbon future. Even for cities with extensive electric …
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Friday Reads – 9 April 2021
• London Overground could finally get individual line names (IanVisits) • The partly-abandoned Tooting, Merton & Wimbledon Railway (JagoHazzard) • Cars are no longer welcome in Heidelberg (NYTimes) • A short history of the ‘upstairs …
Continue readingNR lists no regret electrification schemes (NewCivilEng)
Network Rail draws up list of ‘no regret’ electrification schemes – Network Rail bosses are drawing up a list of ‘no regret’ schemes to accelerate the electrification of the UK’s rail network. The list will …
Continue readingNetwork Rail sets electrification target strategy (NewCivilEng)
Network Rail has set electrification targets as part of its new Environmental Sustainability Strategy which sets out how the rail operator will think, plan and manage railways in the coming decades. Revolving around four core …
Continue readingTfSE/NR partnership to shift from road to rail (RailBusinessD)
A new partnership between Network Rail and regional transport body Transport for the South East aims to encourage people out of their cars as part of a long-term plan to improve rail services, boost capacity …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 31 August 2020
• Cities’ offices depend on vertical transport COVID maths problem (Wired) • Wapping Tunnel reopening proposal for Liverpool (AnonW) • Runaway Tube trains of (recent) yore (HydeParkNow) • Blue Pullman HST charter to take to …
Continue readingAluminium corrosion resolved in Severn tunnel (RailInsider)
In open air, the overhead contact wire is made from copper and is suspended from a catenary system supported by either lineside posts and cantilevers or gantries (portals). The wire is kept under tension to …
Continue readingHow Scotland is maximising the Sparks Effect (GarethDennis)
Electrification in England and Wales has not been as quick or cost-effective as expected, resulting in scheme cancellations and a loss of appetite in government. Gareth Dennis investigates why Scotland still has a taste for …
Continue readingOld Oak Common: Part 3 – Looking Over the Fence
Think of Old Oak Common (OOC) as the Canary Wharf of west London. That’s the Vision: bold and challenging. But will a ‘super hub’ emerge? While the grand plan for OOC may depend on decisions further up the metaphorical line, to a certain extent OOC leapfrogs the institutional black hole of rail strategy and drives deeper changes in strategic planning for London as a whole.
Continue readingTfL Settlement: GOBLIN To Be Electrified, West Anglia Franchise Devolved
TfL have released a press release officially confirming a number of elements of their latest settlement and the spending review statement by the Chancellor today. This is a rare press release that is worth quoting …
Continue readingThameslink Confirmed as Hammond Announces More Rail Spend
Transport Secretary Philip Hammond revealed details today of a number of rail projects for which news had been missing since the Spending Review. Most notable in the announcement was confirmation that Thameslink will indeed be …
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