Dr Adam Bevan, with the University of Huddersfield’s Institute of Railway Research, and Ms Stephanie Klecha, from MRX Technologies, Britain, explain how magnetic flux leakage technology, used to detect rail defects, has been adapted to accurately quantify wheel damage.

A new double-deck train concept presented by the German Aerospace Center and Andreas Vogler Studios at InnoTrans offers a fresh approach to overcoming Brtiain’s passenger rail capacity problems, as Kevin Smith discovers.

Four years since Britain’s rail industry issued the Rail Technical Strategy, it is actively working on how this bold vision for the future is implemented. Kevin Smith looks at progress so far and the challenges of delivering such ground-breaking change.

With construction 75% complete, preparations are now well in hand for the launch of operations on London’s Crossrail east-west link. Crossrail operations director Howard Smith updates Keith Barrow on progress with this huge project.

The International Railway Summit reunion breakfast held on September 22 in Berlin produced a lively debate on digitisation and what the rail industry needs to do to realise the benefits on offer. Kevin Smith was in the audience.

Following Public Tender No. 127/2016 - For the Provision of Instrumentation Installation and Monitoring Services for the Tel Aviv Metropolitan Mass Transit System - The Turkish Alignment (the “Tender”), NTA has decided to postpose the Bid Submission Date, as specified in Section 3 of the Special Conditions, to 9 November, 2016, by 12:00 PM (Israel time).