Kemble Station
Client: Network Rail, with Sisk Rail
Project Overview
Kemble Station
Two nights
Service: Reactive
Sector: Rail
- Approved Contractor: MLG UK Ltd
- Client: Network Rail, with Sisk Rail
- Duration: Two consecutive nights over the Christmas period
- Work Carried Out: Emergency fencing, temporary propping, out-of-hours rail response
Scope of Work
An emergency call-out over the Christmas period to prop a structure at Kemble Station so that the station entrances did not have to close. The call came on a Friday night. MLG teams attended that same night to make the area safe with fencing, and returned the following night with propping and timbers to install the permanent temporary support.
- Emergency call-out received on a Friday night over the Christmas period
- Teams attended the same night and installed protective fencing to make the area safe
- Returned the following night with propping and timbers and installed the full propping
- Station entrances stayed open throughout: no closure
Systems installed
- Propping: Temporary propping and timbers
- Fencing: Temporary protective fencing
Challenges & Constraints
A Friday night call-out
The call came on a Friday night over the Christmas period, when a structure at the station needed support.
Entrances at risk
Without temporary support the station entrances would have had to close.
Short notice, holiday period
Getting rail-competent labour and the right materials to a rail site at no notice over a holiday is the hard part, not the propping itself.
Project Execution & Techniques
On site that night
MLG attended the night the call came in rather than the next working day.
Fencing first
Protective fencing went in on the first night to make the area safe while the propping was mobilised.
Propping the second night
Teams returned the following night with propping and timbers and installed the full temporary support.
Two out-of-hours nights
Both visits were worked out of hours, so the station entrances could stay open through the day.
Outcome & Long-Term Benefits
No closure
The station entrances stayed open throughout, they never had to shut.
Made safe immediately
The area was fenced and made safe on the night the call was received, not days later.
Support in two nights
The full propping was designed around what could be mobilised and installed inside two consecutive nights.
Evidence of reactive cover
Kemble sits alongside Cholsey, Langley and the Paddington lineside building as one of a set of emergency rail responses MLG has delivered.
Conclusion
A Friday night in the Christmas period is the worst time to need an emergency response on the railway, and it is exactly when this one came in. A structure at Kemble needed propping or the station entrances would have to close.
MLG attended that same night with fencing to make the area safe, and returned the following night with propping and timbers to install the full temporary support. Two nights, both out of hours, and the station never shut. Being able to answer at that notice comes from having rail-competent people and materials already in place rather than sourcing them once the call has come in.
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