Comments on: 5% fewer structures needed to electrify railways, Network Rail research finds https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/5-fewer-structures-needed-to-electrify-railways-network-rail-research-finds-01-03-2024/ Civil engineering and construction news and jobs from New Civil Engineer Fri, 22 Mar 2024 15:00:45 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/wp-content/themes/mbm-mops-2017/images/logo.gif New Civil Engineer https://www.newcivilengineer.com 125 75 Civil engineering and construction news and jobs from New Civil Engineer By: dsfletcher91@gmail.com.qsi https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/5-fewer-structures-needed-to-electrify-railways-network-rail-research-finds-01-03-2024/#comment-4697 Tue, 05 Mar 2024 17:53:26 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=275116#comment-4697 Also in the video I think the term ‘get away with longer spans’ would be better phrased as ‘allow longer spans to be justified ‘

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By: Bill Addington https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/5-fewer-structures-needed-to-electrify-railways-network-rail-research-finds-01-03-2024/#comment-4694 Tue, 05 Mar 2024 05:41:06 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=275116#comment-4694 I am not a Rail specialist but would be surprised if the term “dangle” as used in the above article is a commonly used engineering term in the industry. Otherwise an excellent and informative piece! I am pleased to see that economies are being found by cutting edge research projects that will hopefully bring down our growing infrastructure bills.

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