Apr 29, 2024 | Rail: Civils & Structures, Rail: Electrification
With Network Rail’s Control Period 7 (CP7) starting in April, the rail sector is looking ahead, with businesses working across the industry gearing up to meet new challenges, delivering more for less, and in areas such as sustainability, infrastructure resilience,...
Apr 22, 2024 | Case Study, Rail: Civils & Structures, Rail: Electrification
Network Rail is upgrading and electrifying the Midland Main Line – a major railway line from London to Sheffield in Yorkshire via the East Midlands – to allow electric trains to run the full length of the service; a vital project to progress the decarbonisation of the...
Mar 13, 2024 | Energy & Power, People, Rail: Electrification
Whitfield Consulting Services (WCS) is often involved in the design of substations, facilities where power is transformed between voltages and switching occurs. Substations can be dangerous places for operatives, in particular due to the rare phenomenon of arc faults....
Dec 15, 2023 | Energy & Power, Rail: Civils & Structures, Rail: Electrification
Take a look at some of the projects we’ve delivered over the past year. From working with UKPNS at Heathrow Airport and powering the Piccadilly Line for London Underground, to using 3D BIM analysis and design at Reading West Station, our short overview provides...
Oct 19, 2023 | Capability & Credentials, Rail: Civils & Structures, Rail: Electrification
In May, Network Rail published its main strategic plan for CP7, the five years from April 2024. The current period, CP6, has seen enormous challenge and change for the rail sector, including repeated COVID lockdowns, inflation levels not seen for a generation, and...
Oct 19, 2023 | Capability & Credentials, Rail: Civils & Structures, Rail: Electrification
Whitfield Consulting Services (WCS) has extensive experience in both the rail and power and energy sectors. Rail in particular often comes up in internal discussions as an excellent training ground for young engineers, and more generally a sector which engineers of...
Aug 29, 2023 | People, Rail: Civils & Structures, Rail: Electrification
Associate Director at Whitfield Consulting Services, Ioannis Iliadis, shares his experience as a civil engineer, his pride in the rigorous standards and emphasis on safety in the UK rail industry, and why supporting the next generation of engineers is vital. What...
Jul 26, 2023 | People, Rail: Civils & Structures, Rail: Electrification
This year WCS exhibited at Rail Live – the rail event of the year. Here the team share some of their key takeaways from the show. Rail Live is a unique event, with 270 exhibitors, more than 5000 visitors, and plant, machinery and rolling stock on display – it...
Jul 18, 2023 | Rail: Electrification, Sustainability
COVID, net zero and other factors are changing the way we live our lives and what we want from our towns and cities. WCS is heavily involved in infrastructure projects such as designing substations for connecting renewable power sources to the grid, and updating the...
May 31, 2023 | Rail: Electrification
Asa Whitfield, Founder and MD of WCS, Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers and rail electrification expert, discusses here what the UK is doing in this area and why, and whether goals will actually be reached. The wider issue of net zero Like almost every...
Mar 8, 2023 | Rail: Electrification
Whitfield Consulting Services was pleased to be invited to complete detailed civil engineering design and other services as part of a major upgrade to the Piccadilly Line, for London Underground Limited and UK Power Networks Services (UKPNS). This exciting scope of...
Feb 21, 2023 | Capability & Credentials, Energy & Power, Rail: Civils & Structures, Rail: Electrification
During 2022 the UK experienced twelve months of record and near-record-breaking temperatures, high winds, droughts, flooding and cold snaps. Meteorologists are already sounding the alarm bells for a repeat performance in 2023. How does this severe weather impact the...
