Steel railway-platforms allow quick building
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Corus Rail Products product story
Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team
Jun 10, 2009
Corus Rail Products is offering a range of steel modular platforms as an alternative to concrete structures.
These platforms provide a fast and inexpensive way to extend existing platforms, or create new ones without any significant traffic interruption.
The commissioning of 17 platforms for the West Coast Main Line in the UK marks the beginning of European commercial development.
The platforms are made from rectangular hollow-steel sections.
The objective was to provide a cost-efficient and quick method to design and install passenger platforms.
Corus's modular systems can be customised with all kinds of surfaces and finishes.
The use of lightweight components minimises foundation impact and avoids the need for costly and time-consuming ground-treatment measures.
Specific installation material is not required, traffic is not interrupted during erection and the structure has a 75-year life span.
During that period, the Corus modular system is also adjustable and can be relocated.
The modular platform-system allows a platform to be designed and installed within a few weeks.
Corus has developed specific software that allows a quick customised design, starting from standard modules, whatever the width, length or curvature (convex, concave or reverse).
Structural resistance, shape and weight are automatically computed.
Thanks to the low weight of the individual components, the platform can be manually assembled.
Each component requires only a one or two-person lift.
Pre-surfaced modular deck panels can also be proposed or a bespoke finish can be used to enable extensions to aesthetically fit in with existing structures.
Modular design and low weight allow the platform to be dismantled and placed in another location.
The height can be changed by altering the adjustable feet.
This allows for variation in foundation levels to be readily accommodated within certain tolerances.
Thanks to a cantilevered design, the platform can be installed in the green zone while the line is still open.
In that security area, workers can operate while trains are running.
Possessions are therefore only required to gauge the platform and lay the final surfacing.
The modular system can also be used on existing platforms to increase the height, making it suitable for the handicapped or elderly.
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