pROJECTS

Channel Tunnel Rail Link Contract 342

Construction of 3.5 km of formation for the Channel Tunnel Rail Link railway with 1.75km of formation for the connection between the Channel Tunnel Rail Link and the existing North Kent Line. The Channel Tunnel Rail Link line crosses the existing A2 Trunk Road by means of a cut and cover tunnel of 250 metres in length.
This section of the CTRL provides the link that ties the southern Waterloo route with the phase 2 northern link, leading under the River Thames and on to the London Terminus. Chiplime were awarded the contract to carry out all pile demolition works to over 4000 piles and placement of all concrete on the 36 structures that incorporated over 150,000 cu m of concrete.