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The document summarizes the design and installation of a new GSM-R/Fixed Telecom Network for Network Rail in North West UK between 2005-present. It involved replacing the life-expired cable and transmission network with new infrastructure like optic fibre cables, base station sites, cabinets, and tunnel repeaters to support secure voice and data communications. Copper cable was also installed and the works included new trough routes, boxes, crossings and fibre terminations to link the base stations and mitigate existing systems onto the new network.

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GSM R

The document summarizes the design and installation of a new GSM-R/Fixed Telecom Network for Network Rail in North West UK between 2005-present. It involved replacing the life-expired cable and transmission network with new infrastructure like optic fibre cables, base station sites, cabinets, and tunnel repeaters to support secure voice and data communications. Copper cable was also installed and the works included new trough routes, boxes, crossings and fibre terminations to link the base stations and mitigate existing systems onto the new network.

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Global System for Mobile Communications for

Railways Fixed Telecom Network [GSM-R / FTN]


Client :
Network Rail

Designers :
Capita, Richter Associates,
Screwfast, LARS
Communications

Location :
North West UK

Date :
2005 - Date

GSM-R involves the design and installation of Copper telecommunications cable was also
new infrastructure to support the provision of installed to mitigate existing communications
secure voice and data communications over and signalling systems from the life expired
Network Rail Controlled Infrastructure [NRCI]. network onto the new fibre network.

The Fixed Telecom Network [FTN] works The works also included the installation of new
Typical TEH Cabinet
involve the replacement of the existing life- trough routes, Stakka boxes, undertrack
expired cable and transmission network on crossings, under road crossings, fibre
NRCI to support GSM-R. terminations and joints leading to the testing
and commissioning of optic fibre systems.
Installation of GSM-R base station sites.
The base stations comprise steel tower masts Tunnel Repeaters.
- MONO or LATTIS - 15 / 29m high and REB Like every other cellular mobile telephone
Buildings. These where installed on concrete system, GSM-R occasionally suffers from
foundations or helical / concrete piles. “blind spots”. The most obvious and notable of
these is the rail tunnel.
The works also included the installation of
Typical REB / MONO mast installation
TEH cabinets, PES / metering cabinets, aqua Network Rail awarded the construction of 42
chambers / Stakka boxes, troughing and “Tunnel Repeater” systems to BAM Nuttall.
permanent access required for Network Rail The Tunnel Repeater is mounted on a 5m
maintenance. galvanised hollow pole along with either a pole
mounted or portal mounted antenna. An optic
Installation of the Fixed Telecom Network. fibre feed is taken from the main cable route
The GSM-R base station sites are linked to into the repeater where the light signal is
each other and to Core Nodes by optic fibre converted to radio frequency waves. These
cables. The cables were laid in trough route waves are then aimed via the antenna into the
or directly buried in the rail cess. tunnel, thereby eliminating the “blind spot”.
Typical permanent access to site for
Network Rail maintenance

BAM Nuttall Ltd


St James House, Knoll Road,
Camberley, Surrey. GU15 3XW
Tel: 01276 63484
E-mail: [email protected]
BAM Nuttall is a member of Royal BAM Group www.bamnuttall.co.uk

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