
Over the course of a 9 day blockade in January 2022, Murphy, in collaboration with Network Rail, successfully delivered essential drainage works on the West Coast Mainline at Kilsby, Northampton. The site itself has been a high risk location for flooding for a number of years, and was seen as an area critical to the infrastructure.
The works included over 1700m new Cess drainage, 90m of 6ft drainage, 4 UTX and full renewal of S&T troughing throughout and was delivered utilising 8 engineering trains, 2 tampers and RRV plant, working 24/7 for the duration of the blockade. Through effective teamwork between Network Rail and Murphy, a number of significant challenges were overcome.