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Beaulieu Park: engineering challenges for the first new Great Eastern station in 100+ years

Event organised by ICE

Date
23 January 2025
Time
17:30 - 20:00 GMT
Location
Anglian Ruskin University - Chelmsford Campus
Room: Mab007 (Lord Ashcroft Building)
Anglia Ruskin University
Bishop Hall Lane
Chelmsford, CM1 1SQ
United Kingdom
Add to Calendar 23-01-2025 17:30 23-01-2025 20:00 false Europe/London Beaulieu Park: engineering challenges for the first new Great Eastern station in 100+ years https://www.ice.org.uk/events/upcoming-events/beaulieu-park-new-station-engineering-challenges Anglian Ruskin University - Chelmsford Campus, Chelmsford

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Overview

As part of the broader regeneration of Beaulieu Park estate in Chelmsford, Essex, including new road infrastructure and up to 14,000 homes, Essex County Council and Chelmsford City Council secured £218m from the Government’s Housing and Infrastructure Fund, along with £34m from the South East Local Enterprise Partnership and developers Countryside and L&Q, for the design and construction of Beaulieu Park Station.

The talk shall highlight and explain the engineering challenges that the design team (Arcadis) faced in designing the first station on the Great Eastern Main Line for over 100 years.

The new station has been designed to support the wider economic development of the area and its constructed will include:

  • Three platforms with a central loop line and new tracks to enable stopping services to call at the station while allowing fast trains to pass through unimpeded,
  • Step free access to all platforms via 2 lifts,
  • Accessible toilets, baby change facilities, waiting area and space for retail/catering,
  • Ticketing facilities, with ticket vending machines and a gate line,
  • Pedestrian and cycle access routes to the station,
  • 500 spaces for cycle parking and storage,
  • A bus interchange including bus stands for local services,
  • Pick up and drop off area with dedicated taxi bays and
  • Parking for over 700 cars, 5% of which to be designated Blue Badge bays, and motorcycle spaces, as well as dedicated parking for station staff, emergency services, and a dedicated space for service access.

Venue

Anglian Ruskin University - Chelmsford Campus,
Room: Mab007 (Lord Ashcroft Building),
Anglia Ruskin University,
Bishop Hall Lane,
Chelmsford,
CM1 1SQ.

Programme

17:30 - 18:00

Arrivals and networking

18:00 - 19:15

Lecture

19:15 - 20:00

Networking

20:00

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