Level Crossing Installation Just Got Faster!

February 2005

Any rail staff who have been involved in a HoldFast crossing installation will know how fast this process can be. Indeed, take delivery of a crossing on site and three hours later a 40 metre crossing can be installed!

Installations and routine tamping exercises are now made even easier with the new HoldFast Safety Pin. HoldFast’s panels are designed to be long in length, so as to reduce the number of crossing joints (the weakest point of a crossing) and improve platform stability. This can make them cumbersome to handle. This issue has been solved with the Safety Pin.

This helpful accessory simply inserts into a panel to lift and then lower it into place. The panels tip down towards the rail for easy final positioning. It is available in two types: one for standard crossing panels and one for Track Access Panels (TAPs), which feature a slotted hole.

HoldFast’s Managing Director, jokes: “If there was a category in the Guiness Book of Records for removing and replacing level crossings at speed, I’m sure we’d win it!”