Project Details
As part of the Route 12 Line speed Enhancement Project to increase the running speeds and to improve train journey times through the area the up platform structure at Stoke-on-Trent Station required modifying to accommodate the increased through platform speed and with the removal of one of the up lines the platform extended to take into account the revised track alignment.
During the blockade all the lines were blocked for the first three days, for the four days following, the up main line was closed with a reduced OLE isolation and the down main line open to bi-directional traffic. For the final two days of the blockade, all lines were once again blocked and isolation re-extended to facilitate the commissioning.
Project Scope
The project’s scope of works included:
Northern Extension.
· 46m new precast concrete wall units with concrete oversail blocks
· 15m new unclad insitu concrete wall with concrete oversail blocks
· 12m new brick clad insitu concrete wall with precast corbel units
· 15m new precast corbel units on top of existing masonry wall
Platform Centre.
· 104m coping stone adjustment (under listed station canopy).
Southern Extension.
· 40m new precast concrete wall units with concrete oversail blocks
· 12m new brick clad precast concrete wall units with precast corbel units
· 27m new brick clad insitu concrete wall with precast corbel units
· 6m new precast corbel units on top of existing masonry wall
In the addition both extensions were recopered, tactile paved, resurfaced with asphalt and aco surface water drainage installed.
Project Delivery
During the blockade all the lines were blocked for the first three days, for the four days following, the up main line was closed with a reduced OLE isolation and the down main line open to bi-directional traffic. For the final two days of the blockade, all lines were once again blocked and isolation re-extended to facilitate the commissioning.
