Proving that not all railway projects take an age to be completed, Network Rail recently designed, planned and delivered platform extensions at three stations in Sussex in a little over three months.
The works undertaken during three 52-hour possessions at Goring-by-Sea, Lancing and Cooksbridge provide a perfect example of the benefits of close collaboration, involving Network Rail, Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR), principal contractor Dyer & Butler and platform specialist MegaTech Projects.
The investment will enable the stations to comfortably accommodate longer, eight-car trains and resolve a long-standing issue of trains blocking the adjacent level crossings at all three stations.
Network Rail contracted Dyer & Butler in January 2020 with the design only at GRIP 1 (Early Feasibility). With the first of the platforms needed by May, a timescale of just over three months, it was clear collaborative planning would be pivotal to the project’s success, and this began from the proj