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Balfour Beatty Rail Projects Limited
Temple Mills depot is a £400m maintenance facility situated in Leyton, East London for Eurostar rolling stock, it serves the high speed route between St Pancras and the Eurotunnel. The maintenance facility is designed to meet the specific requirements of up to 27 high speed trains with eight 400 metre tracks within the building.
Oleo was awarded the contract by Balfour Beatty for the supply of the hydraulic capsules utilised within the train end stop systems situated at the end of each track for the Temple Mills depot.
Utilising minimum space in the building for the train end stop systems was a major design factor so an arrangement of hydraulic capsules mounted on a concrete base was installed using a front buffing trolley to provide an interface for the rolling stock.
Oleo provided a bespoke design for the hydraulic capsules for this application which provided a specific mass range for the metering and a unique mounting system.
The reinforced concrete base supporting the hydraulic capsules was designed and built by the client.
A buffing trolley supported off the rails was recommended, this was to be positioned at the front to achieve correct alignment on a horizontal plane and no vertical loading thereby minimising excessive wear to the long stroke hydraulic capsules on impact.
