STATION MODERNISATION All images courtesy Network Rail modernisation along the route.
“Between Bedford and Brighton, which is our core route for the upgrade, we have been carrying out a lot of work on platform lengthening in order for those stations to be able to deal with the new twelve car services. This has also involved moving overhead line gantries and moving signals so that we are free to extend the platforms.
“This work has particularly concentrated on the Midland Mainline between London St Pancreas and Bedford. Twelve car operation will be available in December 2011, with completion of KO1 in the summer of 2012.
“Key output two, the other half of the Thameslink project, centres around the remodelling, re-signalling and rebuilding of all of London Bridge station and associated infrastructure.
“This project is currently in a feasibility phase and that will be completed in November this year. What we are working towards at the moment is a scheme which is affordable within our budget whilst also delivering the desired output. These works will begin their implementation stage post 2012 and run for a number of years because this will be in effect a complete reconstruction of the infrastructure around London Bridge, both in terms of the station and the railway.”
Obviously a programme of this size will require the team to innovate on an almost daily basis to allow the project to finish on time and on budget.
“Blackfriars station has every kind of interface that you can possibly imagine along with the fact that some teams are working over a river whilst some are adjacent to road traffic, all the time whilst trying carry out
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AutoTransformer System on the Midland Mainline
Cardinal Tower being demolished
this work and keep parts of the station operational.
“In terms of deliveries to the works at Blackfriars, we have been looking to bring in as many materials as possible by rail and river because obviously bringing
them in on lorries through central London is particularly difficult in terms of access.
“Apart from the logistical challenges, we are also constructing the new station over a Victorian bridge structure,
with the all the original ribs being retained but with new steelwork over the top. This means that we have to have a good understanding of the bridge’s structure and carry out the work in very controlled manner so that the bridge stays stable at all times.”
One of the main issues around carrying out the works at Farringdon station is the fact that both the Underground and mainline services have to be kept fully operational.
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