Temple Mills
The Temple Mills Depot is a £400M maintenance depot for the Eurostar rolling stock.It serves the new high speed route between St. Pancras and the Eurotunnel.
The high speed route (HS1) opened on 14th November 2007 taking passengers between St Pancras and Paris in 2 hours 15 minutes and Brussels in less than 2 hours at speeds of up to 186mph.
The 109 km high-speed rail link is the first major new railway to be built in this country in over a century.
Temple Mills is designed to house 8-train roads. The overall dimensions of the 8-road shed will be just under 450m long by 64m wide
The maintenance shed and all ancillary buildings were protection against lightning and were fitted with earthing systems where applicable.
New Standard - BSEN62305
After many years of preparation, the new European Standard for Lightning Protection takes over on the 1st September 2008
July 14th 2008
Serving an ace
Cuttings continue their ongoing works at the All England Lawn Tennis Club at Wimbledon
July 7th 2008
R C Cutting launches new website
New information portal for lightning protection.
July 5th 2008