Case Study: Abercynon Station Client: Consulting Engineer: Services Provided: Location: Value: Year: www.van-elle.co.uk 01773 304056 Divisionalcontact@van-elle.co.uk Abercynon station serves the village of Abercynon and the Cynon Valley and is located on the Merthyr Line 15 miles north of Cardiff Central. Van Elle’s role was to install a contiguous piled retaining wall al- lowing the station to be lengthened to accommodate longer pas- senger trains since the closure of its sister station, Abercynon North in 2008. At the same time a pedestrian subway was being installed be- neath the lines allowing pedestrians to move between platforms without using the old bridge which was to be removed. Due to the nature of the work and the restricte

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