Connectors & cables
QUALITY CABLE MANAGEMENT FOR AIRPORT PASSENGER TRANSFER SYSTEMS
would begin construction work on the Direct Air-Rail Transit (Luton DART). Reducing traffic around Luton, and the journey between central London and the airport to around 30 minutes by the fastest trains, the ambitious project is a 2.2km state-of-the-art cable- hauled rail system that links the airport terminal and Luton Airport Parkway train station. An experienced contractor in rail and transport
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applications, the appointed M&E contractor, NG Bailey, required cable management systems for the two stations to withstand frequent passenger transfers. Having specified Legrand previously for similar projects, the contractor selected systems from its Cable Management business unit for use throughout the station.
VARIETY OF NEEDS As with most transport applications, there were different types of cable management that would be required for the project. In the stations, cable trays and ladders were required through the front of house and platform areas, as well as the dedicated maintenance area. Typical of transport applications, underfloor duct trunking was required for cabling to the ticket barriers and Salamandre IP55 rated trunking in areas where water and debris ingress are likely to cause issues. With such an eagerly awaited project, NG Bailey was under pressure to install the M&E solutions to tight deadlines for this phase of the project to be finished by December 2021, ahead of opening in 2022. Working with its trusted wholesalers, the contractor chose Legrand’s Salamandre IP4X and IP55 trunking, Swifts cable ladder and screed floor trunking for the project, as Thomas Gray, project engineer at NG Bailey, explains: “The specified Legrand solutions were familiar systems for us. Thanks to a strong rapport with our wholesalers in addition to technical assistance and discussions with Legrand’s dedicated teams, we were able to get a regular supply of materials to complete the job quickly. The product codes are also well thought
14 September 2022 Instrumentation Monthly
ondon Luton Airport continues to grow in popularity, hosting 18 million passengers in 2019 alone. In 2018, Luton Rising announced that a joint venture between VolkerFitzpatrick and Kier Infrastructure
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