COMMENT
A new £27.8m train maintenance facility at the former Adelaide freight yard in South Belfast is another important addition to Translink’s rail network. It features an engineering depot, offi ce and workshop facilities, fuelling facility, train wash, stabling facilities and material storage area for NI Railways CAF trains.
Adelaide includes many environmental features such as a high percentage of low carbon concrete, a grey water harvesting system that collects water used for the train wash and roof solar panels to heat kitchen facilities. A ‘Swift Tower’ has also been erected on site in line with Translink’s Biodiversity Action Plan.
Through investment in rail infrastructure,
services and technology, Translink NI Railways is working hard to secure continued growth in passenger numbers and deliver its vision for integrated travel solutions that are attractive, sustainable and good value.
About the author
Clive Bradberry has 26 years’ experience in the delivery of public transport ranging from heavy rail, metro and light rail projects to tendered bus services.
He joined London Underground as a graduate civil engineer in 1986 and was involved in the design and construction of major works. In 1996 he transferred to Transport for London
and became project manager for the £200m Croydon Tramlink PFI scheme. Once Tramlink was operational Clive moved to London Buses Limited to gain operational experience as the Performance Delivery Manager for all bus services in south London.
Upon moving to Northern Ireland in 2001, Clive spent the fi rst 18 months commuting back to GB to work for Network Rail on a variety of projects.
Finally in 2003 he became the Infrastructure Executive for Translink heading a Division of approximately 200 staff with responsibilities for all stations, depots, garages, track, signalling and structures used to deliver bus and rail public transport services in Northern Ireland.
Clive Bradberry
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