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CAF trams for Midland Metro Expansion Project

It is now approximately a year since Balfour Beatty won the contract from Centro…

03 May 2013 ⋅ by ⋅ in Featured rail engineer Rail News, Light Rail, Rail News, Rail Projects, Rolling Stock and Components ⋅ 0 Comments
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Trams to New Street

Next month will see the opening of the new section of concourse at Birmingham…

05 Mar 2013 ⋅ by ⋅ in Featured rail engineer Rail News, Light Rail, Rail Projects, Rolling Stock and Components ⋅ 1 Comment
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The Karlsruhe Friendship Bridge

The construction of Phase Two of Nottingham’s tram network has been going…

04 Mar 2013 ⋅ by ⋅ in Infrastructure, Light Rail ⋅ 0 Comments
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Silent crossings

Traditionally, a significant proportion of switches and crossings (S&C)…

07 Dec 2012 ⋅ by ⋅ in Infrastructure, Light Rail, Rail News ⋅ 0 Comments
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  • No wires - Alstom APS tram passes Place de la Bourse, Bordeaux. PHOTO: Shutterstock.com
  • Alstom APS tram passing Cathedral of St Andre, Bordeaux. PHOTO: Shutterstock.com
  • Bombardier PRIMOVE vehicles.

Trams without wires

For those working on heavy rail, the way streets absorb tram infrastructure…

28 Nov 2012 ⋅ by ⋅ in Featured rail engineer Rail News, Light Rail ⋅ 4 Comments
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  • Picadilly Gardens / Mosley St. Junction.
  • Two phases of Manchester Metrolink.
  • The new St Werburghs Road Station.

Manchester Metrolink 20 Years of Evolution

Manchester’s Metrolink first opened in April 1992, running from Altrincham…

30 Nov 2011 ⋅ by ⋅ in Light Rail ⋅ 1 Comment
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  • No need for continuous longitudinal reinforcement.
  • Completed tram track with synthetic fibres.
  • Concreting the track panel with synthetic fibre concrete.

Clever Karlsruhe – tram tracks using synthetic fibre concrete

For several years, the mass rapid transit (MRT) system in the German city of…

29 Nov 2011 ⋅ by ⋅ in Infrastructure, Light Rail ⋅ 0 Comments
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  • Photo: AEDAS

Dubai Metro goes Green

Dubai is home of the world’s first 7 star hotel in the Burj Al Arab, the world’s…

29 Nov 2011 ⋅ by ⋅ in Light Rail ⋅ 1 Comment
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  • Inside the Starr Gate depot. Photo: Jonathan Webb

Blackpool Illuminations

Issue 84 (October 2011) of the rail engineer magazine included a report on the…

29 Nov 2011 ⋅ by ⋅ in Light Rail, Train Operating Companies ⋅ 0 Comments
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High-fibre diet for tram tracks

Since 1999, various tram networks around Europe have been built or upgraded…

31 Oct 2011 ⋅ by ⋅ in Light Rail, Rail News ⋅ 3 Comments
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