Contractors using huge Kirow crane lower prefabricated rail to create new junction at Fawkham on the Channel Tunnel Rail Link.
The Channel Tunnel Rail Link was built in two phases. At the end of Phase One, the high-speed line ended at Fawkham and a junction was built to transfer Eurostar trains on domestic routes to its temporary terminus at Waterloo. At this point, Eurostar changed its power supply from 25000 volt delivered by overhead caternary to the traditional 750 volt third-rail UK system. With the completion of Phase Two, Eurostar was finally able to travel at high speed from the Channel Tunnel to its new Terminus at St Pancras Station in London. The prefabricated rail junction panels at Fawkham were installed using a Kirow mobile rail crane with a lift capacity of 125 tonnes. These huge rail cranes are the largest operating on the UK rail network.
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Location: Fawkham, North Kent, UK
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