Fenchurch Street Station is one of London's busiest rail stations; it is the start point and terminus for the main tracks from the South of the U.K. to London. The construction itself is a remarkable example
of Victorian 'railway' Architecture and was built at the height of rail travel era. The tracks carrying the service to the station travel over a Victorian Viaduct, comprising a series of arches. These arches support the cantilever system of
signalling that guide trains to and from the station. The structure is a large steel gallows extending out over the track, with the signalling system suspended from it. The engineer had to recognise that any work on the structure had to address the
problem of a live track running overhead.
The Problem
A system was required to secure the gallows to the bridge arches; in their preliminary planning, Railtrack anticipated a shut down of the tracks for 6 weeks. Such a closure would mean a chaotic time table, irate
passengers and a loss of revenue. The CINTEC Anchoring System proposal provided a solution that would require only 2 days of rail shut down.
The torqueing of the anchors
The assembling and installation of a compression anchor
