Derby Station Remodelling (Derby Resignalling Project)
Derby, UK · 2018 (79-day partial closure, completed October 2018) · £200m
The judgement call
Account-gated at launch* The project was a "once in a generation" opportunity to upgrade infrastructure. * Simplified track layout and segregated services (London services on east side, NE-SW on west side) to improve efficiency. * Close cooperation between Network Rail and contractors (hub and spoke model, co-location) was critical to success. * The project aimed to deliver a layout ready for future electrification.
Key engineering challenges
* Remodelling a complex track layout at a major operational station to reduce congestion and enable faster, more reliable journeys. * Executing a 79-day continuous partial closure, the longest ever, requiring meticulous planning and coordination. * Replacing life-expired signalling and track infrastructure. * Maintaining train services through complex bus substitutions during the closure.
Project facts
- Client / owner
- Network Rail
- Lead contractor
- Galliford Try (station work); Amey Sersa (track); Siemens (signalling and telecoms)
- Lead designers
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- Project type
- upgrade
- Scale
- 15 km of new track; new 340-meter platform; extension of existing footbridge with new stairs and lifts; 240 engineering trains used; 150,000 tonnes of ballast.
- Disciplines
- Civil; structural; signalling; electrical; mechanical
- Standards & frameworks
- Network Rail standards
Sources: * Network Rail (2018), "How major Derby upgrade completion benefits passengers", https://www.networkrail.co.uk/stories/how-major-derby-upgrade-completion-benefits-passengers/ * Rail Engineer (2018), "Derby station: 79 days later", https://www.railengineer.co.uk/derby-station-79-days-later/ * Network Rail (2018), "Derby Resignalling Update", https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rr-tuF3Y-2I