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Engineering train delivering sleepers to a worksite in Whitstable

A major aspect of this work involves the use of an innovative eight-legged, self-contained walking jack-up barge, known as a ‘Wavewalker’. The ‘Wavewalker’ is only one of its kind in Europe and it will be the first time this type of barge has been used to maintain the UK rail network.

Whitstable track

A video montage of the Wavewalker arriving at Dawlish and walking ashore.