APRIL 2019 VOL 137 PART 2 Permanent Way Institution The Institution for Rail Infrastructure Engineers PWI Practical Trackwork Challenge GREAT CENTRAL RAILWAY LEICESTERSHIRE Richard Spoors, Malcolm Pearce and Andy Packham TECHNICAL ARTICLE PAGE 12 CALIFORNIA: FROM DOUBLE AN EXPLORATIVE CASE STUDY INNOVATIVE APPLICATION OF RAIL TRACK TO TRIPLE TRACK COLLABORATIVE WORKING AND FASTENINGS FOR HS2 INTEGRATED DATA MANAGEMENT IN TRACK RENEWAL PROJECTS AS PUBLISHED IN Page 16 Page 22 Page 42 PWI Journal APR 2019.indd 1 25/04/2019 14:41 The Journal April 2019 Volume 137 Part 2 If you would like to reproduce this article, please contact: Kerrie Illsley JOURNAL PRODUCTION EDITOR Permanent Way Institution
[email protected] PLEASE NOTE THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED IN THIS JOURNAL ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF THE EDITOR OR OF THE INSTITUTION AS A BODY. TECHNICAL AUTHOR: Phil Kirkland What in Head of Maintenance Delivery Nexus the world…? Tyne and Wear Metro PWI Vice President for England (North) An occasional look at some significant rail infrastructure developments overseas with the intention of ‘inspiring and exciting’ both today’s and tomorrow’s railway infrastructure engineers. The main aim of the programme is to make Priority routes will include: Russia and its passenger trains run quicker, whilst at the same time improving the quality, reliability and • St Petersburg– Helsinki (Finland) service of those passenger trains. • Moscow – Smolensk – Krasnoe high speed • Moscow – Nizhny Novgorod The main tasks of the programme are as • Moscow – Kursk