Westoning Embankment, on the line between St Pancras and Chesterfield, carries four tracks each served by Overhead Line Equipment.
Westoning Embankment, on the line between St Pancras and Chesterfield, carries four tracks each served by Overhead Line Equipment.
2 PagesWestoning Embankment, on the line between St Pancras and Chesterfield, carries four tracks each served by Overhead Line Equipment. Summary of the Works Client: Network Rail / Donaldson Associates Duration: 2008 – 2011 Monitoring System: Cable free tilt sensors, ARGUS Monitoring Software Historically, slope stability issues on the embankment caused loss of ballast, resulting in a ‘rough ride’, which was routinely managed by tamping and re- ballasting the site. Throughout the course of this maintenance it was observed that the clearance between the contact wire on the catenary and the pantograph was dropping below tolerance. To evaluate whether this was caused by embankment failure undermining the OLE masts, Donaldson Associates called in ITM Monitoring, now SOCOTEC Monitoring UK Ltd, to
