Thameslink Project Case Study
Introduction:
Linbrooke Services has specified and installed a flexible conduit system from Flexicon to protect power and data cabling for a new passenger signage system as part of the Thameslink high capacity infrastructure improvements. The company installed the new signage system in St Pancras, City Thameslink, London Blackfriars and Farringdon. With the Thameslink route having 117 millions passengers per year, including several travelling to Gatwick or Luton airport with heavy luggage, maintaining throughput through the stations is vital for the service to meet its 24 trains per hour target.
Description:
The aim of the new system is to facilitate swift movement of passengers off and onto trains to minimise dwell time. It is vital in ensuring that people are on the right platform, at the right time and are standing in the right position. Any hesitancy by passengers can cause a backup leading to a bottleneck.
Typically there will be signage in every area of the station to direct passengers to the correct platform and then screens right along the length of the platform to help spread passengers out for a 12 carriage train. It is part of a real time prediction system that uses data from a number of sources to accurately predict the arrival of trains, which is used to analyse what this means to the overall train service at a station and then communicate this to passengers so that they can plan their journey.
Key Features:
LFHUBRD has extra low fire hazard coating
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LFHUBRD has high tensile strength, crush and abrasion resistance
LFHUBRD has LUL approval
Introduction:
Linbrooke Services has specified and installed a flexible conduit system from Flexicon to protect power and data cabling for a new passenger signage system as part of the Thameslink high capacity infrastructure improvements. The company installed the new signage system in St Pancras, City Thameslink, London Blackfriars and Farringdon. With the Thameslink route having 117 millions passengers per year, including several travelling to Gatwick or Luton airport with heavy luggage, maintaining throughput through the stations is vital for the service to meet its 24 trains per hour target.
Description:
The aim of the new system is to facilitate swift movement of passengers off and onto trains to minimise dwell time. It is vital in ensuring that people are on the right platform, at the right time and are standing in the right position. Any hesitancy by passengers can cause a backup leading to a bottleneck.
