About this event

By the time of the Olympics, Farringdon will be a modern, spacious station with a new National Rail ticket hall for Thameslink route and - in the future - Crossrail services. There will be two new entrances, a new concourse and platform footbridge, improved Tube access and longer, covered platforms that will be able to take 12-carriage Thameslink route trains. These longer trains will run between Bedford, London and Brighton from December 2011.

Chris will describe the fascinating engineering challenges that are involved. These are on many levels (literally) and across many engineering disciplines – civil engineering, electrical engineering, station information and control systems, electrical supply, construction logistics and so on.

It is a case where the functional requirement is really simple – to make two of the four platforms 80m longer. The reality of handling more passengers and the constraints of the site, which is the old Fleet River cutting with two main line and two London Underground lines is far from simple!

Programme

Tea/Coffee at 6:45pm for 7pm start.

Light buffet at the end of the presentation.