Footbridge Design Guidance for the Railway

<p>Following a 5-year period of developing 5 new footbridge designs Network Rail is proud to present its new guidance that explains the outcome of this programme. In addition to providing a varied range of footbridge designs that allow more choice for specific locations, the guidance also provides advice on the design of bespoke railway footbridges in locations where the use or adaption of the generic designs is preferable. For the first time this guide provides full capital cost and whole life carbon calculations which form part of the comparative assessments of the standard footbridges. The comparison of the footbridge types distinguishes between station and non-station environments for which Network Rail has different generic designs. The guidance also includes a section on subways that helps to identify situations where the preferred solution to crossing the tracks from a customer and visual point of view is not always a footbridge. Generally, the guidance offers a simple and communicative introduction of the relevant topics to consider when deciding how to integrate a new connection across a railway line.</p>