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 | | MONO HINGE WINS RAIL CONTRACT | | | Medway Galvanising Company Ltd | | 28/05/2008 | | | The idea of having a gate that can be firmly closed against fresh air would seem impossible to achieve at first thought, but when a leading firm of consulting engineers involved in making essential safety modernisations to a railway station contacted Medway Galvanising Company, this was exactly the challenge which had to be overcome.
Mouchel has a long term involvement with Network Rail, concerned with capacity improvements and safety upgrades to the infrastructure and railway stations, including at Warrington Central where a modified version of the widely specified Mono Hinge gate has been installed to prevent unauthorised Public access onto the trackside at the end of the Station Platforms.
The contract was awarded to Medway Galvanising on the basis of the manufacturer being able produce a version mounted on a base plate to be bolted down to the platform, while the self-closing mechanism alone would be responsible for where the leading edge ‘parked’. The gate also needed to be robust, aesthetically acceptable and not present any finger trap points on the hinge side
The Engineer in charge of the work for Mouchel is Rob Stephens who comments: “We are novated to Trans Pennine Express by Network Rail for this contract at Warrington Central to pragmatically extend the platforms so that they can accommodate the new and much longer than previously operated Class 185 trains which the Train Operating company has recently brought into use. However, because space to conventionally extend the station platforms is very severely inhibited at this Station by a signal box and an underbridge we were tasked to devise a suitable form of modular emergency walkway at one end, with a self closing gate to allow for emergency egress from trains only, whilst preventing unauthorised Public access from the main Station Platforms during normal operating conditions.
“We had no previous dealings with Medway Galvanising but found the Mono Hinge gate via an Internet search for self-closing gates. Most companies we contacted were unable to supply a gate that did not have a post to close against, but Medway Galvanising was able to modify the Mono Hinge with a base plate. The Mono Hinge is now installed and the contract will be handed over soon.” | |
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