Railways

Macrete design and manufacture reinforced and prestressed concrete units for railway infrastructure, and have supplied to numerous railway projects throughout the United Kingdom. These can be viewed in the projects section.

Macrete can provide a system of concrete match-cast beams for 48-hour bridge construction, particularly useful for railway bridges. Complete structures can be trial erected in the factory before delivery. Brick-faced or plain arches are produced to match existing bridgework, or for installation in new bridge structures.

An experienced design team is available to liase with customers from the earliest stage of an enquiry.

Macrete delivers to any location across the UK. For over 20 years Macrete have been supplying to railway possessions where the contractor's pre-agreed programme has always been achieved.

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Headbolt Lane - UB55

Macrete Ireland Ltd have recently been working with Buckingham Group Contracting Ltd on the ongoing improvements works on the Headbolt Lane line at Kirkby, Merseyside. Materials supplied to UB55 included abutment hollow blocks, wing walls, coping walls an

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Headbolt Lane - UB56

Macrete Ireland Ltd also manufactured black pigmented robust kerb units to UB56 on the Headbolt Lane line at Kirby, Merseyside on behalf of Buckingham Group Contracting Ltd.

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Salmons Brook Culvert

Macrete Ireland Ltd recently supplied PCC arched culvert units to Salmons Brook culvert, Edmonton, north London.The unit dimensions were 3.500m x 2.900m x 2.000m. The main contractor was Volker Stevin Ltd on behalf of Network Rail.As you can see from these pictures, the site team had to overcome significant weather and ground water conditions in order to install the units.

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Edinburgh to Glasgow Route Clearance - Carmuirs Tunnel Reconstruction

Macrete Ireland recently supplied 10nr cill beams, 36nr portal units and 33nr canal walls to the ongoing work on the EGIP package. The materials were supplied to BAM Nuttall Ltd on behalf of Network Rail.The deliveries took place over the Christmas and New Year period and the BAM site team overcame significant weather challenges to deliver the works on time.

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Wentloog & Rhosog Fawr Cardiff - 07 January 2008

Macrete Ireland Ltd supplied 6 Nr precast concrete standard cill beams and 16 Nr precast concrete composite deck beams for the reconstruction of Hoole Road bridge in Chester. The bridge is a 15 span Victorian era viaduct, the components manufactured by Macrete were for the replacement of spans 6 & 10.

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Station Road, Stechford - 12 October 2006

Macrete Ireland Limited recently supplied Bridge Beams to Galliford Try Water & Rail at Station Road, Stechford, Birmingham. The beams were enhanced with the addition of Staffordshire Smooth Blue Solid Brickwork to the parapets, before leaving the Macrete Works.

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Sutton Park, Underbridge 39 - 01 February 2006

Refurbishment works on Sutton Park Cattle Arch Bridge were carried out by Birse Rail Ltd. Macrete supplied Birse with 8Nr Precast Concrete Arch Units, designed with staggered joints. The arch units where trial erected in Macrete's yard in Toomebridge prior to going to site.

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Akeman Street Beam Collection

Our latest product takes its' first step on the long journey to site. This 130 tonne bridge deck channel beam is destined for delivery to Aylesbury Vale Buckinghamshire on behalf of Network Rail.

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Badminton Bridge, Acton Turville

Macrete have supplied a complete sectional pre-cast road-over-rail bridge using beams and cill units to AMCO Rail for installation at Luckington Road, Acton Turville in South Gloucestershire

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Stokesay Cattle Arch - 03 October 2008

Macrete Ireland supplied various precast concrete components to Stoksay cattle arch, in the picturesque valley of the River Onny, just north of Ludlow in Shropshire. The components were supplied on behalf of GWESPA (now Carillion Civils) for Network Rail.

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Hoole Road Bridge Reconstruction - 02 April 2008

Macrete Ireland supplied various precast concrete components to Stoksay cattle arch, in the picturesque valley of the River Onny, just north of Ludlow in Shropshire. The components were supplied on behalf of GWESPA (now Carillion Civils) for Network Rail.

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Derby Road Bridge Installation - 28 November 2007

The contract requirements were 25 Nr precast concrete culvert units c/w corresponding inlet and outlet units. The contract value was £210,000 approx. The work was done was behalf of the principle contractor Alfred McAlpine plc.

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Ladgate Lane - 11 March 2006

Macrete Ireland Ltd. supplied 2Nr Cill Beams, 2Nr Crash Protection Beams, 2Nr Ballast Wall Units, 2Nr Walkway Extension Units and 1Nr Run-On Slab to May Gurney for works at Ladgate Lane, Middlesborough.

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Leominister - 14 July 2005

Leominister Industrial Estate, Access Road, Southern Avenue, Leominister, Herefordshire. Supply of PCC Beams and Cast on Parapet units for John Mowlem & Co. Plc.

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O/B 36 HNR

This replacement deck for Birse Rail consisted of precast concrete bearing units, and prestressed concrete beams, with precast concrete parapet units, as shown below.

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Petts Hill Bridge

Macrete Ireland supplied the following components for the replacement of existing 100 year old Petts Hill bridge on the Ealing/South Harrow border in West London.

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