SoftBank and Ericsson boost 5G performance with uplink switching

Enhancing 5G network performance through new uplink switching technologies is the focus of a new SoftBank and Ericsson partnership. Most commercial cellular infrastructures operate with heavy downlink bias. Telcos allocated spectrum and configured time…

Landslip repairs under way on Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway

The Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway (GWSR) suffered a further embankment slip earlier this year, between Gotherington and Bishops Cleeve, about three miles north of Cheltenham Racecourse station. Work to repair the embankment is underway by R J Clarke Contractors, which has previously undertaken work for the GWSR. The railway’s infrastructure team believe the slip was […]

Landslip repairs under way on Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway

The Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway (GWSR) suffered a further embankment slip earlier this year, between Gotherington and Bishops Cleeve, about three miles north of Cheltenham Racecourse station. Work to repair the embankment is underway by R J Clarke Contractors, which has previously undertaken work for the GWSR. The railway’s infrastructure team believe the slip was […]

Passengers thanked after Lancashire’s week-long power line renewals

West Coast Main Line passengers are being thanked for their patience after improvements to the overhead power systems for trains this April. Network Rail and its supply chain partners have replaced over 50km of overhead lines between Preston, Lancaster and Fylde as part of a wider £400 million programme of investment in Lancashire and across […]