Rail Professional June 2022

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CONTENTS / ISSUE 283 / JUNE 2022 |

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55 Signalling

86 Rail Live

Network Rail has awarded a major design and delivery contract to Alstom as part of a £194 million investment for the renewal of the signalling systems in the Cambridge area alongside a £69 million signalling contract to deliver Phase 5 of the hugely important Victoria Area Resignalling Programme

As a standard-setting rail technology company, Pandrol is constantly driving industry innovations – leading the way for everything from environmental responsibility to technical best practice across the board

59 Viewpoint If transportation is the lifeblood of modern cities, roads are all too often the clogged arteries, says Karsten Oberle, Head of Rail Business at Nokia

65 Electrification Railway infrastructure is changing to decarbonise and the PWI is here to help electrification engineers share and gain knowledge on to meet the challenge

69 Track and trackside The disruption from autumn leaf-fall for Britain’s railways could be a thing of the past – thanks to trials led by Northern and rail industry partners

73 Skills Loneliness is the focus of this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week, which took place last month, Alex Minett, Head of Products and Markets at CHAS looks at how employers can tackle this issue as part of the wider mental health agenda

77 Surveying Undertaking 5,500 summer surveys during a global pandemic was challenging but, with the use of digital approaches and health and safety protocols, it was feasible, as Caroline Jewell MCIEEM explains

80 Electrification

90 Rail Live Acutest is a test instrument specialist with over 32 years’ experience and has strong and lasting partnerships across many different industries

93 Rail Live Neil Wallace, MD of Aquaspira Limited on shaping the future of drainage systems for the Rail Industry – lower carbon, smarter products and fully integrated, digital designs

99 Business Profile For more than 40 years, GDS Group has been at the forefront of developing and manufacturing leading edge technologies for digital display markets

100 Business Profile Anchor Systems (International) Ltd is fast becoming the preferred supplier for anchoring systems within the rail sector

103 Operations Do you want to inspire and shape the next generation of rail? As a member of the Chartered Institution of Railway Operators, you’re part of the only Professional Institution with focus and specialism across the rail industry

105 The Digital Railway

All aboard on the journey to rail electrification

OnTrac’s Safe Work Pack (SWP) solution is leading the way in first-class rail safety. It streamlines processes that make life safer and more productive, creating a compliant and collaborative working environment

82 Rail Live

109 Business Profiles

Chris Billinge, Business Development Director of supply chain specialist TFC, explains the capabilities of digital inventory management technology in the rail industry

Cirrus Research, Transport Ticketing Global 2022, Elite Precast

85 Rail Live

118 People Nigel Stevens, Xavier Guilhen, Meirion Thomas, Campbell Braid

The UK's largest outdoor rail exhibition for railway professionals will take place again this year from 22 to 23 June

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Articles inside

People

1min
pages 118-120

The Digital Railway

6min
pages 105-108

Operations

3min
pages 103-104

Business Profile

5min
pages 100-102

Business Profile

2min
page 99

Business Profiles

11min
pages 109-117

Rail Live

10min
pages 93-98

Rail Live

7min
pages 86-89

Rail Live

5min
pages 90-92

Rail Live

9min
pages 82-84

Rail Live

1min
page 85

Electrification

4min
pages 80-81

Surveying

9min
pages 77-79

Skills

6min
pages 73-76

Track and trackside

4min
pages 69-72

Electrification

8min
pages 65-68

Viewpoint

10min
pages 59-64

Viewpoint

4min
pages 52-54

Signalling

5min
pages 55-58

High-Speed Rail

5min
page 51

High-Speed Rail

7min
pages 47-50

News

17min
pages 9-16

Viewpoint

6min
pages 39-42

High-Speed Rail

7min
pages 43-46

Rail Professional Interview

12min
pages 17-24

Laying down the law

6min
pages 29-30

Viewpoint

5min
pages 35-36

Viewpoint

5min
pages 37-38

Delivering the goods

5min
pages 33-34
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