Eurostar

CUSTOMER:
Eurostar

LOCATION:
St Pancras

INDUSTRY:
Transport

REQUIREMENT:
Trailers

Eurostar is a high-speed railway passenger service in Western Europe connecting London with Paris and Brussels.

Following the change of service from Waterloo Station - Advanced Handling were proud to have been selected by Eurostar to design and build several different types of bespoke baggage trailers for use with their operational baggage trolleys at St Pancras International. The design team worked closely with Eurostar to determine the best solution and all trailers are now in use!

Eurostar have since approached Advanced Handling to manufacture 128 ‘Sand Capture’ stainless steel boxes.

To increase the friction between the locomotive traction wheels and the rail in adverse weather, sand is blasted onto the rail ahead of the driving wheels. At the end of the day once the train is back in the yard – all remaining sand in the tank was purged out which left a mess in the yard and resulted in a loss of unused sand.

Thanks to Advanced Handling’s bespoke solution – the remaining sand is now purged into the box and collected. Each box is fitted with a dispensing pipe through which the sand is filtered and can be re-used. Each box is approx 1metre long and can hold approx 15kilos of sand. Since introducing the boxes, Eurostar have reduced their outgoing costs.