UK: As part of the East London Line Extension project (RG 2.07 p89), the UK's largest mobile crane placed a 350 tonne bow-string bridge in place across Shoreditch High Street on March 29.
The 35 m long and 11 m high bridge was assembled on site from components produced by Fairfield Mabey in Chepstow.
Once regarded as a fragile material, modern glazing products are increasingly being used to enhance the safety characteristics of major transport hubs.
Using estimates for the service life of electronic signalling components, Japan’s Railway Technical Research Institute has developed a method for choosing the ideal time to replace them.
After a long period of neglect, railways in Georgia are undergoing reform at a time when they stand to benefit from east-west trade moving via the Transcaucasian route between the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea.
