High Speed 1
High-Speed 1, formally The Channel Tunnel Rail Link was one of the UK’s largest civil engineering projects. It won several awards, including Major Project Award at the British Construction Awards, in 2002.
Britain opened its first high-speed rail line, HS1 in November 2007 integrating Britain to the European HSR network with by trains travelling at speeds of over 300km per hour. Journey times from London to Paris have been slashed, connecting the cities in just over 2 hours.
SYSTRA was part of the Rail Link Engineering consortium asked by London & Continental Railways to design and project manage the delivery of High-Speed 1 on time and within a £5.8bn budget. We had over 250 staff based in London and Ashford supporting the design and construction engineering phases.
Our high-speed rail experts led the supervision of the works performance programme, overseeing and inspecting the track laying and cantenary installation, including advising the power supply specification.
Britain opened its first high-speed rail line, HS1 in November 2007 integrating Britain to the European HSR network with by trains travelling at speeds of over 300km per hour. Journey times from London to Paris have been slashed, connecting the cities in just over 2 hours.
SYSTRA was part of the Rail Link Engineering consortium asked by London & Continental Railways to design and project manage the delivery of High-Speed 1 on time and within a £5.8bn budget. We had over 250 staff based in London and Ashford supporting the design and construction engineering phases.
Our high-speed rail experts led the supervision of the works performance programme, overseeing and inspecting the track laying and cantenary installation, including advising the power supply specification.
Key facts
109km in length
Built in 2 sections, Section 1: Channel Tunnel to Southfleet 2: Southfleet to St Pancras.
3 viaducts over 1 km in length
150 bridges, including the Medway viaduct rail bridge, length 152m
32km of tunnels
3 international stations - St Pancras, Stratford and Ashford
The client
London and Continental Railways
Date
1996 - 2007
Project partners
A consortium of four engineer consultancies Arup, Bechtel, Halcrow and SYSTRA established Rail Link Engineering to lead the project.
109km in length
Built in 2 sections, Section 1: Channel Tunnel to Southfleet 2: Southfleet to St Pancras.
3 viaducts over 1 km in length
150 bridges, including the Medway viaduct rail bridge, length 152m
32km of tunnels
3 international stations - St Pancras, Stratford and Ashford
The client
London and Continental Railways
Date
1996 - 2007
Project partners
A consortium of four engineer consultancies Arup, Bechtel, Halcrow and SYSTRA established Rail Link Engineering to lead the project.
Our signalling engineers led the installation and testing of the signalling technology and equipment.
Our high-speed railway systems engineers designed and project manages the train operation timetable and its performance criteria.
Our structural engineers defined the criteria for all the rail bridges, including the longest high-speed rail bridge in the world, the Medway viaduct spanning 152m.
At St Pancras Railway Station our engineers designed the track alignment to include international and domestic high-speed services and project manage the station redevelopment.
SYSTRA designed and led the testing and maintenance programme for High-speed 1.
Our high-speed railway systems engineers designed and project manages the train operation timetable and its performance criteria.
Our structural engineers defined the criteria for all the rail bridges, including the longest high-speed rail bridge in the world, the Medway viaduct spanning 152m.
At St Pancras Railway Station our engineers designed the track alignment to include international and domestic high-speed services and project manage the station redevelopment.
SYSTRA designed and led the testing and maintenance programme for High-speed 1.
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