Earthworks track 2

During the first half of August, work at Bauche station resumed. This important phase of the project involved preparing part of the future roadbed for track 2 to, among other things, enable access to the Bauche-Yvoir quarries section with construction vehicles.

Historically, Bauche station was reverted to a single track and later the former owner of the restaurant built a terrace on the old tracks.

In order to prepare the track bed, we had to remove and move a very large quantity of excess cubic meters of fill (earth, concrete, iron and metal). It was a surprise to see what had been deposited in this area.

The future Bauche station will have a different appearance than it originally did. The presence of a Fluxys gas pipeline prevents us from building two adjacent tracks with two external platforms. We must therefore build a central platform and place the future platform 2 on the site of the old platform. This obligation results in the removal of the old platform edges.

This work is complex and, in addition to the construction aspect, requires the intervention or advice of several parties, including Fluxys. We therefore work in accordance with the required safety regulations and under their supervision.

Despite this amount of work, the goal was reached during the day of August 13, just before the festival.

We still need to properly arrange access for construction machinery and continue the work towards Yvoir.