Rail Industry Focus

Are we ready to export rail?

07 November 2016RTM’s David Stevenson reflects on the key messages from this year’s Dinner at the Roundhouse.

Putting gender diversity to the test

07 November 2016RTM’s Luana Salles reports from this year’s Big Rail Diversity Challenge, which gathered 30 gender-balanced teams from different rail companies to participate in a series of challenges that proved men and women can, and should, work effectively to...

Lighting the way in energy consumption reduction

07 November 2016RTM’s David Stevenson speaks to Ben Martin, head of asset management at c2c, about the energy-saving programme being rolled out at the operator’s stations.

Delivering a seamless wireless experience for customers

15 September 2016An innovative collaboration to deliver a seamless wireless experience for customers has led to an industry first for Chiltern Railways. Hans Stiles, the operator’s head of IT, explains how.

The station of today and of tomorrow

15 September 2016As Cambridge North station finally begins to take shape, RTM speaks to Eliane Algaard, director of route asset management for Anglia at Network Rail, to find out more about the latest developments.

RSSB unveils trailblazing closed loop 'dynamic' pantograph

13 September 2016The cutting-edge pantograph developed by Somerset-based company Brecknell Willis, in conjunction with the RSSB, was unveiled at an industry event last week. The closed loop pantograph, which benefitted from a £300,000 innovation grant from...

New Tube for London: learning from past mistakes

05 September 2016Transport for London (TfL) has committed to learn from the mistakes made in the Four Lines Modernisation Automatic Control (4LM ATC) programme in order to improve its signalling procurement for New Tube for London – but major issues have already s...

Taking back flood control

05 September 2016Network Rail’s commercial scheme sponsor, Joanna Grew, talks to RTM about the recent flood alleviation works carried out at Hinksey.

Crossrail: Setting the bar high for commuter travel

05 September 2016During a site visit to Bombardier’s testing facility to see the Crossrail train first-hand, RTM caught up with Mark Wild, London Underground’s managing director, to find out more about the project’s development. Luana Salles reports.

Gearing up for Severn Tunnel electrification

31 August 2016Brian Paynter, head of programme, planning and integration IP Track, Plain Line at Network Rail, and Daniel De Luca, project manager at the infrastructure owner, discuss the challenges in the enabling work ahead of a significant closure of the Sev...

Unleashing the potential of the Class 800s

31 August 2016Andy Rogers, projects director at Hitachi Rail Europe, talks to RTM’s David Stevenson after two of the company’s Class 800 InterCity Express Trains made test runs on the recently electrified Reading to Didcot section of the GWML.

A fresh look for VTEC

31 August 2016John Doughty, engineering director for Virgin Trains East Coast (VTEC), talks to RTM about the progress that has been made on refreshing the operator’s 45-strong fleet.

Advanced Composites Materials Taking the Heat in Rail Applications

30 August 2016Alex Filsell from Scott Bader Company Limited explains how the firm’s advanced composites materials are being widely used in the rail industry.

Plain sailing for the Northern Line extension?

01 July 2016RTM’s Luana Salles runs through the latest updates of TfL’s Northern Line extension, intended to regenerate the local area and improve transport links in the capital.

Focus: No mandate to privatise

01 July 2016John Helm, a journalist, author of the rail blog 21stcentury-rail.com, and one of RTM’s digital columnists, looks at the thorny issue of network Rail asset sell-offs. The government knows that full-blooded privatisation of Network Rail woul...