Photos and videos from Werrington Junction, including work on the grade seperation project

[Ploughman]

Is it strapping to pull the OHL to one side to make it easier for the diggers etc.
Saves having to reinstall after the works.

 

[Crun]

The latest aerial photographs:

https://twitter.com/ECMLupgrade/status/1351223498484682753?s=19

 

[swt_passenger]

The latest aerial photographs:

https://twitter.com/ECMLupgrade/status/1351223498484682753?s=19

Twitter comment:
“Couldn’t you just dig a big trench and build that in situ...”
er yes, with an ECML closure for a few months, please keep up at the back...

 

[Crun]

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[Crun]

A film of the guide tunnels being opened:

https://twitter.com/i/status/1351498626997088258

 

[Crun]

From Twitter:

The tunnel will be pushed into place and the East Coast Main Line re-opened on Monday morning. We’ll then complete the installation and begin the fitting of tracks, signalling, etc. It’s due to be connected into the network in the autumn.

 

[Crun]

An aerial view of work on the dive under:

 

[Crun]

A film of the dive under from track level:

https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1351822910252589056/pu/vid/1280x720/CsSlaAjLDiQZk-xJ.mp4?tag=10

 

[Crun]

According to a Network Rail spokesman, the aptly named Ed Acres, on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire the push will be over at 08:30 this morning. Then they will cover it over and add the rails. The presenter couldn't understand how the trains kept running while they 'dug the tunnel'...

 

[Meole]

World leading engineering !

 

[Crun]

Time lapse film of the tunnel being pushed under the East Coast Main Line: https://twitter.com/ECMLupgrade/status/1352200184185425921?s=09

 

[Crun]

Sunrise over the dive under:

 

[Crun]

An animated film to explain how the push of the dive under tunnel worked at Werrington Junction:

Box push animation:

https://twitter.com/i/status/1352347500468965376

Download for those who cannot see Twitter:

dive under box push animation 2021-01-21.mp4

drive.google.com

 

[Crun]

Saturday 23rd January. Views from various bridges around Werrington Junction.

Hurn Road bridge:


Cock Lane bridge:


Lincoln Road bridge:

 

[Crun]

Film by Trackside ECML of activity on ECML with dive under engineering in the background:

 

[Crun]

East Coast Upgrade on Twitter: "We’ve done it! We’ve successfully pushed our 155metre, 11,000tonne tunnel into position beneath the East Coast Main Line at #Werrington. ✅This is a key stage in our #EastCoastUpgrade For the first time in ten months, the cutting where the tunnel was constructed lies empty. https://t.co/v6VP3d7gdV" / Twitter

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[Crun]

After backfilling the new tunnel now that it’s in position, layers of sand and ballast have been laid and the first sections of track have been installed by crane.

https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/uploads/monthly_2021_01/EsgDxUVXUAEmjVb.jpeg.f1a61bb4f12a5bf141c4448baba89cce.jpeg

 

[Crun]

Despite the weather, our #EastCoastUpgrade teams have continued to worked throughout the day at #Werrington to replace the track above our new tunnel, and lower the overhead wires back into position.

The East Coast Main Line remains on schedule to re-open on Monday morning.

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[Crun]

The hand back of the ECML after all the work on it during the last few days:

 

[Crun]

The East Coast Main Line re-opened at #Werrington this morning after major work to push an 11,000t tunnel into place beneath this spot.

Work is already underway on the next stages of work to bring the tunnel into use later this year as part of our #EastCoastUpgrade.

@LNER https://t.co/LK1E5DmgQk

 

[NeroWolfe]

Saturday 23rd January. Views from various bridges around Werrington Junction.

Hurn Road bridge:
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Thanks for all the updates and great photos. Love this one of a pair of size nines!

 

[Crun]

Local community group's coverage:

Successful push for industry leading Network Rail tunnel project

Not bad for nine days work: an 11,000 tonne curved concrete box has been successfully pushed under the East Coast Main Line at...

www.peterboroughmatters.co.uk

 

[Aictos]

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Where was this from?

 

[Ploughman]

This is on the BBC Cambridge news page.

Watch a railway tunnel be pushed underground

Heavier than the Eiffel Tower, the tunnel was moved at 150cm per hour over nine days.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Crun]

Where was this from?

Facebook.

 

[Crun]

News article from Network Rail:

Big Push – Network Rail installs 11,000 tonne railway tunnel in UK first

An 11,000 tonne curved concrete box has been successfully pushed under the East Coast Main Line near Peterborough, in a first for UK engineering.

www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk

 

[Harold Hill]

'World leading engineering!' ??

Terrific job, yes, great stuff but NR say its a first for UK engineering so where was this technique developed and first used?

 

[Aictos]

Where was this from?

Ahh, good find tho!

 

[swt_passenger]

'World leading engineering!' ??

Terrific job, yes, great stuff but NR say its a first for UK engineering so where was this technique developed and first used?

The “first” is about the curvature, and the use of guide rail tunnels bored by TBMs. Previous articles in new civil engineer magazine, linked in the main thread in the infrastructure forum (post #330), have said it’s a first UK use of the procedure.

 

[Crun]

Trains on the East Coast Main Line plus works on the dive under. A film by Trackside ECML: