The Hope Valley Line upgrade is due for completion on March 25 and will enable more trains to run between Sheffield and Manchester. As part of the work, a new bridge and a second platform are being created at Dore & Totley station in Sheffield.
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00:00 Hi, I'm Dominic Mills and I'm a Senior Project Engineer for the Hope Valley Railway Upgrade.
00:17 We're here at Doorantopley Station where we've just installed the new footbridge.
00:22 The work is part of a JV between Story Contracting and Volker Rail for Network Rail the Client.
00:28 On the weekend, during a 48-hour possession of the railway, we installed six staircase
00:33 sections and the main span using a 200-tonne road mobile crane.
00:37 The project has had its challenges, one of which has been building a new platform in
00:41 between two low railway tracks.
00:44 As well as the footbridge install, we have built a 153-metre long new platform and extended
00:50 the existing platform by 53 metres in readiness for the commissioning date on 25 March this
00:55 year.
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