Bespoke bogie bridge
Mechan has installed equipment at a fifth site associated with the Department for Transport’s flagship Intercity Express Programme (IEP).
The heavy lifting specialist received two orders from the Rail Innovation Development Centre near Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire, where the new high speed trains are being trialled.
Working with civil engineers, Construction Marine, Mechan designed and fitted a bespoke bogie bridge that spans the width of an existing bogie drop pit, improving vehicle access into the rail shed. This contract follows a similar project undertaken at the site in 2008, when a bridge was required to cover a redundant pit.
