Newton-le-Willows Station
UK
Project synopsis
Design of all civils, structural permanent works and temporary works. Innovative temporary tunnel constructed to facilitate permanent works.
Contractor
Galliford Try
End client
Network Rail
Awards
Medium Project Award Winner - ICE North West Awards 2020
Working with Galliford Try, Tony Gee provided all civils, structural permanent works and temporary works design. Works included the design of a 27m long subway, new station building, lift and stair structures and platform canopies.
The key piece of the jigsaw was developing a design for the new subway which could be constructed without impacting on the operational capacity of the railway. Working closely with Galliford Try, an innovative approach was developed for installing a portal structure of 30 temporary steel pipes through the existing embankment.
The solution involved having the material contained within tunnelled out, and the pipes shored to create a temporary tunnel beneath the operational railway. This allowed the permanent subway to be cast insitu.
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