Trains have started running on the Cumbrian Coast line again after three consecutive storms forced the railway to close earlier this year.
北部的火车s在6月1日星期一恢复服务后，我们完全取代了一座铁路桥，损坏了Parton的修理风暴Ciara, Dennis and Jorge in March.
In just 11 weeks, we completed repairs between Whitehaven and Workington, including replacing the bridge and the damaged underpass beneath the railway, strengthening the sea wall and re-laying the track.
这是我们沿途遇到的七件事......
1 – Reopening the line was a challenge from the start
这是一个紧急项目，所以没有时间预先计划。要将其放入上下文中，我们计划许多大型工程项目 - 就像我们在银行假期开展的那样 - 最多五年。
2 - 损坏比我们第一次想到更糟糕
暴风雨后，Parton的检查发现巨大的波浪和大谷导致裂缝出现在铁路桥中。
Repair work had already started when we discovered the damage to the bridge – and the sea wall – was worse than we had thought. This meant we had to completely replace the bridge to make the railway safe again.
Inspecting the bridge at Parton… and completely replacing it
3 – Quick turnaround
Reopening the line after just 11 weeks despite the unique challenges involved makes this project one of our most impressive repair jobs in recent years. Thehuge repairs to Dawlish in Devon in 2014只有三周时间。
4 – Below budget… while minimising disruption to passengers
We completed the Cumbrian Coast line project below budget while also reducing disruption to passengers. How? Largely by wrapping two projects into one.
我们已经计划在3月份袭击风暴之前加强了保护这一铁路的岩石盔甲。当严重的天气出乎意料地关闭了这条线时，我们提出了今年晚些时候计划的计划，以与维修一致。
我们的团队安装了36,000多吨摇滚甲，以保护沿海铁路的暴露部分，并帮助未来提供更可靠的旅程。我们还同意将海防延长200米，而无需额外成本或延长计划。
6月晚些时候，我们将在Eskmeals附近的Eskdale站在Ravenglass附近的eSkmeals，进一步改善铁路延期。
5 – It was a difficult site:
The weather was kind to us during the repairs but we still had to consider the tide. To work safely, we imported about 6,000 tons of rock armour and protected the area by building a breaker. This would protect the railway and our people, and leave enough room for us to work.
6 - 冠状病毒强迫我们回到绘图板：
Changing our usual working patterns to ensure social distancing for our team wasn’t the only issue thrown up by the coronavirus pandemic.
突然的供应问题意味着我们必须改变重要的设计。我们旨在安装一个预铸造盒涵洞（耗尽水）和预铸造模块化墙，以充当重力墙闸（保护我们从后面的草稿保护），同时我们重建海墙。
It was a great idea but we soon found suppliers of the precast components had limited stock and then had to close when the lockdown began. Instead, our in-house engineers made changes, including moving the culvert 1.5m to the north to align it better with the road.
7 - 与社区合作
Having a good relationship with residents is especially important during a big project like this; we needed to speak with several people living near the railway to agree access to the structure.
我们通过访问路径找到了一个冉冉升起的水主和下水道，并获得了与包括混凝土泵在内的重型设备一起旅行的允许。