Bilston and Crescent Rail Replacement

Midland Metro runs from Wolverhampton to Birmingham city centre along 21km with 18km of segregated track. There are two areas of rail replacement to be undertaken on the system in the vicinity of the Crescent and Bilston central tram stops, the rail replacement in both areas requires the removal and replacement of the rail within the tram stop area 28 rails at the Crescent and 16 rails at Bilston. The tram stops are constructed on a concrete pad, the track is standard flat bottom 80lb rail R260 type 39E1 18.2 meter...