Walo completes work at Kesswil train station
The Dietiker construction company Walo Bertschinger has completed its work at the Kesswil TG train station. A track length of 595 meters was renovated for the SBB in just seven days.
Walo Bertschinger completed the renovation of a track section at Kesswil station in the short time available. According to a statement on Facebook and on the company’s dedicatedwebsite for this project, it has rehabilitated 595 meters of track for SBB in just seven days.
In order to meet the time challenge, the work steps had to be precisely interlinked. The close coordination between the various performance centers for transport and logistics, civil engineering, track construction and road construction was carried out by Raphael Reber, construction manager for track civil engineering, according to Walo.
In order not to endanger the increased volume of traffic with the replacement buses, a concept was worked out with the municipality and the SBB. A temporary bridge was used to calm the volume of traffic in the town of 1,000 inhabitants and to bring around 1,000 trucks to the construction site by a shorter route. In addition, a 600 meter long construction slope was built along the construction site.
First the rails were removed and then the old ballast was excavated. This was washed and processed. Due to the washed material and the resulting shorter transport routes, Walo was able to guarantee savings of around 65 tons of CO2. A new drainage system was installed for the substructure renovation.
After the provisional approval of the SBB for the use of the washed ballast, the laying of the tracks could begin. Around 1,000 new sleepers were used for the 595 meter stretch. A report of the construction work with comments from the construction management can be seen on YouTube.