high speed rail

The brief

OVERVIEW

The campus of the National College for High Speed Rail at Doncaster is the largest of five new national colleges created by the Government to help British workers to learn world-class skills. There is a further NCHSR campus at Birmingham and, at full capacity, the college will train 1,200 students a year. This is necessary because there is already a shortfall of new engineers in Britain. The rail industry, in particular, needs young engineers; currently 1 in 5 rail engineers is over 55. 

This new National College for High Speed Rail is dedicated to providing the engineering, design, planning, manufacturing and construction skills that Britain needs for the future.

Challenge

THE TASKS WE HAD TO ACHIEVE

We tend to think of high speed rail as being a fairly new concept but trains which can exceed 300 kph have been in existence for over 30 years and are still running now. France and Japan have well established high speed rail networks. 

As a consequence, the lighting at the college had to incorporate the latest optical, electrical and control technology whilst being robust and long lasting. You cannot promote an ethos of quality engineering if some of the lights have failed! 

The Solution

HOW WE ACHIEVED THE RESULT

At this stage, it was decided that almost all the exterior lighting should be provided by Holophane. Since the company has been manufacturing high quality, long lasting products in the UK for over 120 years, it is an ideal example of the benefits of good engineering. 

Holophane amenity lighting, bulkheads and highbays were used in a variety of external areas. 

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