HDG Magazine Issue 1 2018
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01 | <strong>2018</strong><br />
HOT DIP GALVANIZING<br />
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Engineer | Mott MacDonald<br />
Photos | David Hopkinson,<br />
AHR (1), Mott MacDonald (2)<br />
by Iqbal Johal<br />
Grand<br />
entrance<br />
Leeds Station Southern Entrance<br />
Leeds Station is the second busiest railway station outside London and sits at the<br />
heart of the region’s economy. More than 100,000 passengers use it each day.<br />
Increasing passenger demand, congestion to the existing northern entrance and an<br />
aspiration to reduce journey times to the expanding south of the city resulted in<br />
the need for the new Leeds Station Southern Entrance (LSSE). The new entrance is<br />
expected to serve up to 20,000 passengers daily.<br />
1 | New southern entrance to Leeds<br />
railway station<br />
2 | Complex network of galvanized<br />
steel forms the ground floor concourse<br />
over the River Aire<br />
Innovative thinking<br />
The southern entrance is located over the River Aire, where residential towers, an electrified railway<br />
and a pedestrian bridge all constrained the site. This however was the ideal location to meet<br />
the project objectives of accessibility from the south and to create a landmark building.<br />
An innovative approach was adopted to deliver the required solutions, this included:<br />
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