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Crewe Basford Hall and Independent Lines Drainage

Event organised by ICE

Date
19 June 2025
Time

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Overview

The Crewe Basford Hall scheme consists of 7.34km of track drainage. Common approaches to track drainage design and construction proved unfeasible and inefficient to construct and maintain due to large depths, proximity to railway infrastructure, and the far-reaching extents of the site.

This webinar will first cover the history of the Crewe area and how hydrology, topology and past construction led to modern engineering constraints and problems.

It will then discuss how the project overcame:

  • Jetting and surveys
  • Buried services
  • Railway infrastructure constraints like track and foundations
  • Temporary works
  • Water tables
  • Geology
  • Historic drainage systems

Lastly, this talk will present the benefits and solutions brought to the Basford Hall Independent Lines, the new signalling system, and the environment and recommendations for future projects on the railway.

This event is held in celebration of Railway 200. 2025 marks the 200th anniversary of the modern railway.

Programme

18:00 - 18:05

Welcome

18:05 - 18:50

Presentation

18:50 - 19:00

Q&A

19:00

End

Speaker

David Chubb

David Chubb

Network Rail

senior project engineer (civils) - Crewe programme

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David Chubb

David started on the railway in summer 2015. He has worked across multiple civils disciplines (track, drainage, structures) in many roles (asset management, project engineering and technical authority). In more recent years he has worked on major enhancements projects in Network Rail assurance across the North West and central UK, with a specialism in temporary works and drainage. He achieved chartership with the ICE in July 2024.

For more information please contact:

Lauren Moczulski

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