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Timber Loading Gare Porrentruy, Ajoie

Impact Protection - Timber Loading Gare Porrentruy, Ajoie 2021

Passenger trains can now pass the site without danger; the mesh separates passing trains from the timber loading station

Impact Protection - Timber Loading Gare Porrentruy, Ajoie 2021

The transparent protective fence looks significantly lighter than, for example, a concrete wall

Impact Protection - Timber Loading Gare Porrentruy, Ajoie 2021

Railroad operation could be maintained during the assembly

Impact Protection - Timber Loading Gare Porrentruy, Ajoie 2021

The mesh is tensioned on supporting ropes at the bottom and top

Impact Protection - Timber Loading Gare Porrentruy, Ajoie 2021

Detail: connection of the mesh elements

 
 

Year of installation

2021

Initial situation

Among other things, the rail operator Chemins de Fer du Jura loads wood onto freight cars. There was a risk of tree trunks or small parts falling onto the passenger transport line during loading.

Description

Geobrugg was contracted to develop a solution to protect the danger zone.

In the first phase, one-meter-high concrete bases and steel girders dimensioned by Geobrugg were prefabricated and installed by the client. Geobrugg then installed the steel cables and tensioned the mesh (G80/4).

The distance between the supports is three meters; the total length is 39 meters.

Country/Region

Switzerland

Engineering

Protected object

Railway

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Saleh Feidi
 

Saleh Feidi

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Geobrugg North America, LLC,8921 Emperor Ave.,91775 San Gabriel, California / United States

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Bryant Jackson
 

Bryant Jackson

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Geobrugg North America, LLC,22 Centro Algodones,87001 Algadones / United States

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John Kalejta
 

John Kalejta

Regional Manager Rocky Mountains / Central USA

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Geobrugg North America, LLC,KS 67226 Wichita / United States Regional Manager Rocky Mountains / Central USA

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Robert Long
 

Robert Long

Regional Sales Manager Southeast

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Geobrugg North America, LLC,24905 Winterberry LN,60585 Plainfield / United States Regional Sales Manager Southeast

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Tim Shevlin
 

Tim Shevlin

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Geobrugg North America, LLC,2050 Timber St S,OR 97302 Salem / United States

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