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ALL CAREER STAGES | UK-SPEC: A,B,E | TWO DAYS | IN-PERSON | CPD: 16 HOURS | COST: TO BE CONFIRMED
Railway earthing and bonding technical training course
Requirements for integration of AC electrified railways
We can run additional and in-company courses dependent on demand. Please contact us if you're interested.
About the technical training course
Develop a deeper understanding of the earthing and bonding principles that underpin the safe operation of modern electrified infrastructure.
While drawing on proven examples from railway systems, this course explores the wider engineering principles that govern earthing, bonding and electrical safety across complex infrastructure projects. Delegates will examine how standards, risk management and systems assurance are used to protect people, safeguard assets and ensure reliable operation in environments exposed to fault currents, lightning effects and complex electrical interfaces.
Delivered by leading industry practitioners, the course combines technical theory with practical case studies to provide valuable insight into the design, verification and assurance of earthing and bonding systems across a wide range of electrical engineering applications.
Key learning objectives
- Evaluate the application of key earthing, bonding and electrical safety standards to support safe and compliant electrified infrastructure systems, including BS EN 50522, BS 7430, BS EN 62305, BS EN 50122, IEC 60479 and BS 7671 [A, B, E]
- Analyse electrical safety risks including electric shock, touch and step voltages, transferred potentials, fault currents and lightning effects, and identify appropriate engineering controls and mitigation measures through the application of the Common Safety Method (402/2013) as well as relevant Network Rail safety standards. [A, B, E]
- Evaluate multi-disciplinary interfaces and systems integration challenges between electrical installations, civil infrastructure, communications, control systems and third-party assets to deliver effective earthing and bonding solutions, applying relevant railway systems lifecycle and assurance standards including BS EN 50126, BS EN 50128, BS EN 50129 and BS EN 50562. [A, B]
Don't just take our word for it…
"This course has really helped me to fill the gaps and understand the earthing and bonding requirement. Highly recommended if you are connected to the rail industry."
"Very good training course with a variety of knowledgeable speakers from different fields and areas. Overall, well organised and great facilities on site at the IET building."
"I enjoyed an extremely informative two days and found the case studies very inspiring. I don’t believe we ever get to a point where we cannot learn something new or deepen our understanding of system design."
"An excellent course delivered by leaders in the earthing and bonding rail industry. A must for anyone working in the electrification of railway systems either within the UK or abroad."
"This is a really good technical course (for people) who want to learn and fill their gaps in understanding of earthing and bonding. Highly recommended."
Roger White
Roger White
Director, Rail Electrification Consultancy
Richard Williams
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Richard Williams
Principal Electrical Systems Engineer - Transport, AtkinsRéalis
David Atkey
Henry Cheung
Davide Biaggini
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Davide Biaggini
Lead Design Engineer, Siemens Mobility
Alex Nelson
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Alex Nelson
Senior Engineer, AtkinsRéalis
Keith Orgill
Peter Dearman
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Peter Dearman
Independent Consultant, Dearman Engineering & Past PWI President
Sarah Dale
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Sarah Dale
Technical Director - Traction Power, Mott MacDonald Ltd
Ian Flintoft
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Ian Flintoft
Principal Engineer - Electrical Systems Practice, AtkinsRéalis
Simon Price
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Simon Price
Director, Castle EMC Ltd
Eric Ganesh
Pierre Beaugeard
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Pierre Beaugeard
Rail Systems Interface and NTSN coordinator at EKFB
Course registration and pricing
Pricing for 2028 to be confirmed.
Overseas participants
If you are attending the course from outside of the UK and are paying for your booking using a company payment card where the company is VAT Registered and is the registered card billing address, please use the registration link for a VAT registered overseas company.
This form will capture your Company VAT Registration number and will be subject to Out of Scope VAT. Otherwise, VAT is charged at the UK rate of 20%.
If you are from outside the UK but paying with a personal payment card, please use the overseas individual link.
Terms and conditions
All prices are per person. If you require a proforma invoice before booking and/or wish to pay via purchase order, please contact us: events@theiet.org. We regret that we cannot accept AMEX for online payments.
*All students must provide a copy of their student pass or letter of enrolment from their college or University.
Once registered please email your documentation to events@theiet.org along with your booking confirmation number.
Discount codes are for member and non-member delegate registration only, and not applicable to student bookings.
If you need to pay for your group by proforma invoice, please contact events@theiet.org.
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