Railways

Southdowns is recognised as one of the UK’s leading firms in railway noise and vibration consultancy, with unrivalled experience and understanding of acoustical issues and inter-disciplinary interfaces relating to major railway project delivery. Staff have extensive experience in the planning, design, construction, asset management and expert testimony on a number of key UK and international railway projects including:

• Crossrail
• Hitchin Junction
• Channel Tunnel Rail Link
• West Coast Route Modernisation
• East London Line
• Thameslink Programme
• St Pancras International Station
• Washington Metro, USA
• DLR City Airport Extension
• DLR Woolwich Extension
• High Speed Railway, Taiwan
• London Underground’s Cooling the Tube Programme
• LU Tottenham Court Road Station Upgrade
• Croydon Tramlink
• Dublin LRT, Rep. Ireland
• Speedrail, Australia

Senior staff were also seconded to Rail Link Engineering for a number of years during the detailed design and construction stages of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link, managing the in-house team of specialists.

Southdowns extensive services to the railway sector cover construction and operational aspects for both underground and overground railways and include:

• feasibility studies
• route optioneering
• baseline noise and vibration studies
• development of calculation procedures and design aims
• impact assessments
• Section 61 (Control of Pollution Act 1974) Consent Applications
• groundborne noise & vibration
• ventilation shaft design
• noise barrier design and testing
• identification and specification of mitigation measures
• permanent way detailed design
• asset management and maintenance strategies
• commissioning / compliance studies
• expert witness

The company is accredited under both the Achilles Link-up and Constructionline schemes and is retained to provide services on a framework agreement to Network Rail.

Related projects

Croydon Tramlink Extension
Crossrail - Parliamentary Select Committee
Channel Tunnel Rail Link Contractors
West Coast Route Modernisation - Electrification Equipment
Southern Railway Train Operating Company
Thameslink Programme - CTRL Enabling Works
Southern Region Power Upgrade
Docklands Light Railway - City Airport Extension
Westminster City Council Rail Schemes Advice
Channel Tunnel Rail Link - Rail Link Engineering
West Coast Route Modernisation - Contractor
DLR Woolwich-Arsenal Extension
Lincoln Station Re-modelling
DLR Langdon Park Station
St Pancras International Station
High Speed 1 - Tunnel Ventilation Shafts
Tottenham Court Road Station Upgrade
London Underground - Cooling the Tube Programme
East London Line Extension
Crossrail
Temporary Construction Railway - DLR Woolwich Ext.
Cambridge Junction, Hitchin

Related news

Network Rail Framework
Crossrail Bill
DLR Woolwich Extension Unveiled
Railway Procurement Agency - Rep. of Ireland
Bond Street Station Upgrade

Related downloads

southdowns_general.pdf
southdowns_highspeed.pdf
southdowns_crossrail_contractors_Oct2010.pdf
southdowns_railways.pdf