RAIL CAR DEPOT RELOCATION
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Contract Value
$155 MILLION
Construction Period
MARCH 2009 - JANUARY 2011
Client
DEPARTMENT FOR TRANSPORT, PLANNING AND INFRASTRUCTURE
The Rail Car Depot Relocation project consisted of the construction of a new railcar maintenance facility at Dry Creek, additional stabling works at Dry Creek North, a new Passenger Transport Services Storage Yard and the transitioning, decommissioning and demolition of the existing maintenance facility located on North Terrace in Adelaide.
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The project consisted of the construction of a new railcar maintenance facility at Dry Creek, additional stabling works at Dry Creek North, a new Passenger Transport Services Storage Yard and the transitioning, decommissioning and demolition of the existing maintenance facility located on North Terrace in Adelaide.
Works included the construction of 12 specialist rail maintenance facility structures, including a main maintenance facility, a diesel maintenance facility, a railcar hoist, an automated railcar wash, cleaning platforms, refuelling facilities and an undercarriage wash. These structures were linked by complex rail network comprising almost 11km of rail track, 42 manual and automatic turnouts, a full CBI signal control system, all including provision for future electrification. The line was closed for three months to facilitate the work which connects the depot with the main rail network. This included the installation, testing and commissioning of a new signalling system to facilitate exit and entry to the depot and safe passage of through-trains running between Adelaide and Gawler. Seven kilometres of the trackwork in the depot is ballasted and three kilometres is slabtrack - where rail assemblies are elevated on steel columns inside workshop buildings.
The Dry Creek Railcar Depot can stable around 70 railcars. The maintenance facility is set on an 8000 square metre section of the site. It houses railcar workshops, pits and train lifting machinery. Refuelling and eco-friendly waste disposal facilities have also been installed on the site. Baulderstone recognised that an important aspect of the overall design of the depot was that ecological considerations and opportunities be as environmentally sustainable as possible. For example, the City of Salisbury’s recycled water and aquifer storage will provide much of the site’s water, including for the washing of trains and the watering of landscaped areas.
One of the hi-tech features of this facility is the installation of a safe working system. In all, five buildings will be interconnected through dedicated systems, designed to keep workers safe from moving trains, maintenance equipment and high voltage. The system will prevent the movement of trains and other hazards where a pre-determined risk may be present.
