An innovative Aquarius road-rail Land Rover is helping drive Network Rail’s efforts to keep leaves off the line during autumn. At this time of year, falling leaves are crushed under train wheels, creating a slippery black layer on the rail. This significantly reduces the friction between wheels and track, and also creates a separation between […]
Category: Rail Equipment
Yellow Rail awarded Major contract with London Trams for SVT bogie and brake overall
Yellow Rail, a leading provider of specialist rail engineering services and part of the Buckland Rail group, has announced the award of a significant contract with London Trams to deliver a full turnkey solution for the overhaul of SVT bogies and brake systems across its fleet. Yellow Rail said the project further strengthened its position […]
Geotechnical contractor earns multiple industry award nominations
Ground engineering specialist Geobear has been nominated for several industry awards, including UK Project with a Geotechnical Value of between £500K and £1M Award alongside Network Rail, Ayesa and Murphy. The other shortlistings are for the Small Project Award, up to £5 million, and the Health and Safety Award. The Institute of Civil Engineers North West […]
Network Rail and partners trial revolutionary approach aerial operations
Network Rail and partners Drone Major Limited and Dronecloud have begun trials of “beyond visual line of sight” aerial operations on the railway to test a concept that could bring major improvements for passengers and rail freight customers. Beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) drones have the technology to cover many more miles of track […]