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Belfast Grand Central Station: Part 2
Insight: A Modern Data-Driven Approach
Integrated Drainage and Geotechnical Resilience at Charleston (HGL2)
Electrification Article – Project Electra
The Re-Birth Of The 1802 Replica Trevithick Locomotive
Gosforth Depot Remodelling: Modernising A Century-Old Maintenance Facility
Tru: Practical Experience Of Embodied Carbon Reduction In Ole Design
Effect of under sleeper pads on railway track subgrade
Corrugation suppression by rail damper
The PWI Practical electrification challenge October 2024
The detail design and manufacture of Lewisham junction
Efficient railway infrastructure through digital innovation
The Transpennine Route Upgrade East of Leeds (TRUe) Project
Improvements in Track Condition Assessment to Inform Decision Making
Multi-Channel Analysis of Surface Waves (MASW) method
Tramway Vehicle Infrastructure Interfaces
Excalibur Screwbolts – A Modern Approach To Rail Fixings
IVES Slab Track System
Replacement Floodplain Storage – HS2 Learning Legacy
Remote condition monitoring of S&C via wheel-rail contact force and wheel trajectory reconstruction
Sustainable design and construction of light rail and tram systems
The Electrification Series: Responding To Uncommon Over Head Line De-Energisation
Belfast Grand Central Station: Part 1 – Design And Planning
Docklands Track Renewal Easter 2025
Adapting Innovative Trackbed Investigation Technique For The UK
Effects of climate change on transport for Wales’ Core Valley Lines (CVL)
Railway electric points heating: From design to maintenance
Track geometry filters: linear-phase and versines.
Worldwide rail glimpses: part 1 of 3 – non-adhesion rail
The PWI practical electrification challenge
Transpennine route upgrade project E234
Worldwide rail glimpses: part 2 of 3 – adhesion rail – light rail, heavy rail, metros and trams
Railway vehicle forces on curved track: a re-evaluation of published explanations
Adapting an ageing infrastructure for the challenges of the future – Severn estuary earthworks
Worldwide rail Glimpses-part 3 of 3-adhesion rail-standard gauge
Identify twist and repair by manual method
Track Renewals and Line Speed Hand-back at 140mph
The Importance Of Accounting For Carbon In Rail Infrastructure Projects
Track Infrastructure Innovation & Development – Sicut Composite Railway Sleepers
Is economy of scale the key to making rail electrification cost effective?
Back to basics – Points Part 2 of 2
An automated digital method for the assessment of crosswind safety for the HS2 route
Resurrecting Railways: Lessons from two Scottish projects
A look inside the decarbonisation and sustainability strategy for Scotland’s Railway
Climate Change Resilience, Net-zero Carbon and Economic Stringency: Can we achieve all three?
A young engineer’s perspective of electrification
Decarbonisation: UK Policy and Progress – where does rail fit?
The railway was complicated before we had climate change!
Railway infrastructure: Delivery digitally PWI Seminar Manchester conference centre
Using predictive maintenance to drive improvements in railway maintenance and management
Rail trackbed stabilisation using micro-piling
Traeth Mawr (Big sands) Timber Traeth Railway Viaduct Refurbishment
An Introduction to DC Electrification Design and its interfaces
Electrification – into the future PWI seminar, Sheffield, 27 April 2023
Switches & Crossings – from Manufacture to Maintain PWI Seminar, Birmingham, 12 July 2023
Regulating a sustainable railway – built in the past, present and future
A new era in railway drainage resilience: TDS400 Track Drainage System
January Journal 2022
The use of expansive geopolymer injections to stabilise railway formation
Cost effective minimum clearance electrification PWI technical conference
Larkfield to East Kilbride Electrification Project – Through alignment design
April Journal 2022
Back to basics – Equilibrium cant
Data driven overhead line equipment (OLE) construction assurance for electrification projects
Hit the North – PWI Technical Seminar report
Plant & Machinery – PWI Technical Seminar report
Rail alignments for new railways
Whole life carbon management in the rail industry
Practical Trackwork Challenge 2022 – Churnet Valley Railway
HS2 track alignment change process through collaboration
Intelligent tamping – from research to automation
Expansion of the Sheffield tram-train network
Weather forecasting for the railways: Current & future – tools & analysis
Climate Emergency & Decarbonisation – PWI Technical Seminar report
Electrification – Delivering the business case – PWI Technical Seminar report
Advances in engineering survey grid transformations for rail infrastructure
Back to basics – Points Part 1 of 2
Electrification cost reduction – Digital design & challenging the rules
Felix S&C Laser Profile Measuring System
Improving track worker safety with geo-fencing
Tomorrow’s rail – Safety today – PWI Technical Seminar report
October Journal 2021
Decarbonising the rail industry
Greenfix Erosion Control & Geoweb® Geocell Specialists
Longitudinal bearer systems in Network Rail: The past, present and future in a nutshell
New Metro Express for Mauritius
Satellite Radar Interferometry (InSAR) for asset management of railway infrastructure
Voltage controlled clearances: Reducing 25kV electrical clearances
July Journal 2021
Advancements in the detection of embankment instability using measurable track geometry data
Automation of infrastructure inspection & maintenance in Network Rail
China’s high speed rail phenomenon: A trip around the world’s largest high speed railway network
Case study: Mechanical & metallurgical investigation of arc damage in overhead line contact wires
Network Rail Track Maintenance Engineering Conference March 2021
Review of the 2021 APTA Conference: Connecting America’s Cities
The High Speed 1 mid-life renewals programme
The PWI’s Climate Change & Decarbonisation Committee
April Journal 2021
An introduction to the overhead electric traction system
Impacts of Automatic Train Operation
Japanese knotweed: A deep-rooted problem
Object detection at level crossings using deep learning techniques
January Journal 2021
Understanding polymer railway sleepers
Traction power supplies: Not another PSU
Setting the standard for pantograph gauging: An engineering journey
Saving the planet: The Engineers challenge
October Journal 2020
National level crossings upgrade: Knottingley level crossing renewals
Development of S&C technologies
July Journal 2020
Switch & crossing inspection Pt2
Supporting the industry workforce Covid-19
Support tool risk for informed asset management of railway track infrastructure
Namibia railway upgrading works
Aberdeen to Inverurie redoubling including Don Viaduct
April Journal 2020
Switch & crossing inspection Pt1
PWI site visits to the London Underground Northern Line Extension (NLE)
Utilising new technology on railways
Remediation of ballast pockets
Low carbon mobility making modal shift desirable
India & its construction of major rail freight corridors
Development & implementation of novel cryogenic railhead cleaning technology
BACK TO BASICS Vertical alignment design
January Journal 2020
Sheffield tram train pilot: One year on – lessons learned
Rail stress due to track-bridge interaction with various track & traffic conditions
Ballarat line upgrade Regional rail revival in Australia
Practical Trackwork Challenge Churnet Valley Railway
HS2 Gauging – The Uniform Structure Gauge (USG)
October Journal 2019
Speed restrictions, maximum safe speed & automatic train protection (ATP) speed supervision
Targeted asset management approach to mitigating railway earthwork instability
Designs, applications, & performances of asphalt trackbeds in the US
A new design method for geogrid-stabilised trackbed
July Journal 2019
Russia & its high speed railways
TrackWater: Optimising railway drainage maintenance using IoT sensors
Technical justification for 6mm T pieces
RADEAN: Use of data to analyse rail wear & identify trends
Understanding asset life: How can we improve?
Electrification & Pway developments
Deriving track geometry from survey data: A network-wide study
Central Manchester close out: Challenges, innovation & lessons learnt on Northern Hub
April Journal 2019
Bezgin-Kolukırık equation: Estimate dynamic impact forces on railway tracks due to wheel flats
California: From double track to triple track
Class 365: Introduction for ScotRail
Collaborative working & integrated data management in track renewal projects
Optimisation of railway switches
Practical Trackwork Challenge Great Central Railway
Innovative application of rail fastenings for HS2
The influence of sleeper material characteristics on track behaviour
Stobart Rail & Civils and Network Rail’s: Track improvement in the far north
January Journal 2019
Atmospheric railways: A look to the past to drive the future
Design & analysis of cast railway crossings: Experimentation & simulation
The role of energy absorbing materials: Minimising track degradation
Phased array rail weld inspection programme for London Underground
Network Rail Winter Track Engineering Conference 2019
The Kaikoura job: Rebuilding Kiwirail’s main north line
Urban railway: Infrastructure engineering
Understanding wheel / rail interaction: A unique opportunity
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