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Track Renewals: Balancing Cost, Risk and Value
Major Projects and Programmes: Multidisciplinary Challenges and Engineering Judgement
Practical Challenges
Practical Electrification Challenge
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Come along to our Rail Electrification: Investment, Maintenance, Renewals, Research Seminar on 10 September 2026 – hear from industry leaders as they explore major projects, evolving electrification strategies, and the innovations shaping the future of sustainable rail across the North West →
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Basic steel metallurgy and the effect of rail section on rail stress and defect growth
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Video
9 September 2026
Poplar Lines Electrification
Section Meeting
Video
3 September 2026
From Performance to Future Readiness: Managing the Railway as a System
Section Meeting
Presentation
Video
3 September 2026
Adapting the Western Route’s railway infrastructure to our changing climate
Section Meeting
Video
20 August 2026
Hopetown Darlington – New track for a new home
Video
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31 July 2026
Computer Vision for OCS Railway Maintenance
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Presentation
Video
23 July 2026
Why Checking Still Matters
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21 July 2026
RailEI Lunch & Learn: Fibre Optic Movement Sensing
Presentation
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16 July 2026
Shipley Depot
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7 July 2026
RailEI Lunch & Learn: Boots off Ballast
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