Adey Steel has helped boost accessibility for all at Chippenham Station with the manufacture, supply and install of a new lift shaft.
The lift shaft together with linkspan steelwork, cladding, double glazed windows and amendments to existing bridge support trestles formed part of a £1m scheme to provide step-free access to platforms from both sides of the railway. The scheme also involved turning the staircase on the northern side of the footbridge, which also acts as a public right of way.
Adey Steel, which has been family-owned-and-managed since 1925, supplied, manufactured, surface treated and installed a new third lift shaft and link bridge steelwork (some 11 tonnes of steel in total) connecting the existing station bridge deck to the North Car Park. The lift shaft was manufactured and delivered by Adey Steel in one piece to the Wiltshire station with the installation, in partnership with Ainscough Crane Hire, taking place during a Saturday night rail possession.
Also included within our scope of works were:
- On-site alterations and NDT to the bridge support trestle to aid its conversion into a platform to support the lift hydraulics
- Supply and install of a cladded roof, gutter and Rain Water Pipe (RWP)
- PPC Aluminium/Polycarbonate roof, gutter and RWP to the new link bridge
- Supply and install of double glazed windows to the new link bridge and main bridge parapet
- Supply and install of new aluminium threshold plates to the lift doors
- Onsite painting and surfacing
To find out more about the work Adey Steel did on Chippenham Station watch our video here.
Adey Steel has worked extensively within the rail infrastructure sector for a number of years. It has completed a new rail footbridge at Oakengates in Shropshire as well as designing, fabricating, painting and installation a new super span signal gantry as part of the Bristol East Junction Redvelopment to remove a major bottleneck into Bristol Temple Meads Station.
If you would like to discuss a future project with our team, please call Adey Steel on 01509 556677 or email [email protected].
