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Network Rail stand a show
highlight
Visitors arriving at Railtex Network Rail said that
were greeted by Network over the next year it is to
Rail’s busy stand which double its graduate intake
proved to be a highlight of to 210 and is committing
the show. Its focus was the to a second stream of MSc
£28.5 billion to be invested post-graduates in project
by the company over the management. There will also
five-year Control Period that be a further commitment to
began in April of this year. its award-winning advanced
Major programmes featured apprenticeship scheme, with
on the stand, which proved a 220 more people taken on.
major draw both for visitors Simon Kirby, Network Rail’s
and other exhibitors, included Director of Infrastructure
the £5.5 billion Thameslink Investment, commented:
scheme and, also in the “Over the next five years
capital, Crossrail, in which Network Rail will invest over
Network Rail is a key partner £20 billion in crucial projects
with an investment of £2.3 During a visit to the Network Rail stand Rail Minister Lord Andrew all over the country. We will
billion.
Adonis (second from right) learns more about major projects from
be taking on thousands of
Director of Infrastructure Programme Management Martin Arter
Aiming other key
(centre) and Simon Kirby (right), while colleagues Adam Ettinghausen
high-calibre people to make
programmes is the and Katie Hammon look on this happen.” He added:
remodelling of Reading, “In 2008 we took on 3,500
redevelopment of Birmingham
highly popular presentations to secure the skills needed
people. There has never
New Street under the
delivered throughout the to deliver its nationwide
been a more exciting time to
Birmingham Gateway scheme
show in the upstairs area of investment programme, with
work for the railway as we
and the Airdrie to Bathgate
the Network Rail stand. a campaign to fill 1,000
demonstrate our commitment
rail link. These projects
The company also newly created vacancies
to great projects delivered by
featured in a programme of
explained how it was moving around Great Britain.
great people.”
Offset articulation for Thameslink bid
Attracting much interest on maintenance due to fewer and failure-related data the train is sent with fault
the Alstom stand at Railtex bogies and less onboard from the traction control data so that fault clusters
was a concept model vibration and rolling noise microprocessor system. Its can be analysed, possibly
showing the unusual vehicle – but also adds other onboard processor identifies pointing to infrastructure
configuration adopted for benefits. These include faults and downloads issues.
the X’trapolis UK design that increased passenger space this data with context Already proven on Virgin
features in the company’s bid thanks to the optimised width information to a server, with West Coast’s Class 390
to supply the new fleet of of the carbody, increased provision for text or email Pendolino fleet, Traintracer
Thameslink trains, currently safety through the use of alerts for priority or serious is now being retrofitted to
the subject of competitive interdependent cars and faults to be sent directly by Porterbrook-owned Class 319
tendering with a preferred better security and passenger the train to the fleet control and 465 EMUs operated by
bidder expected to be flows through the use of centre. The GPS location of First Capital Connect.
announced in October. wider inter-car gangways.
The vehicle’s bogie offset Also featured on the Alstom
articulation adopts some of stand was its Traintracer
the principles of conventional system to provide operators
articulation but instead of the with live fault data from their
bogie being located beneath trains, eliminating the need to
the ends of adjoining cars, it wait until vehicles return to
is ‘offset’ and sited beneath their depot for fault and event
the end of the next adjacent data to be downloaded.
vehicle. Traintracer comprises
Alstom says this an onboard module that
arrangement offers the usual continually checks analogue
advantages of articulation and digital signals on
The bogie offset articulation is visible in the model of X’trapolis UK
– including reduced the train and is fed fault- displayed by Alstom at Railtex
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