DP World has issued a tender notice for construction of the London Gateway – Second Rail Terminal Phase 2.<\/p>\n
The \u00a318M project at London Gateway Port<\/a> in Stanford-le-Hope, includes the installation of an 850m long reinforced concrete crane rail beam with pre-cast concrete pile foundations and its associated mechanical chambers to allow Rail Mounted Gantry Crane (RMGC) operations within the new terminal.<\/p>\n London Gateway Port is the UK\u2019s only deep-water port, located on the Thames, 45km from the London.<\/p>\n The work will also require track drainage walkways, cable routes and under track crossings for the new signalling, telecommunications and electrical plant equipment.\u00a0The development represents a major development in increasing the port\u2019s rail freight capacity and enhancing its operational resilience.<\/p>\n The announcement, which was posted on 17 March, said: \u201c[The work includes] construction of new railway infrastructure to serve the second terminal including plain line track, and associated components in a phase installation sequence delivering five new sidings to compliment the two sidings already constructed during Phase 1\/1A of the works, which are currently in operation.<\/p>\n \u201cInstallation and integration of 21 new switches and crossings (S&C) required to connect the new terminal to the existing rail network corridor as well as providing more route paths for trains entering and exiting the existing eastern rail terminal.\u201d<\/p>\n