Cost Efficient Electrification:  Enhanced Construction Assurance using High-Resolution As-Fitted Static Wire Profiles to Identify Allocation and Construction Errors

Nikolaos Baimpas; Tulay Ercan; Simon Skinner; Ashley Johnson; Nick Pekridis; Alexander J.G. Lunt

doi:10.1177/09544097251409845

Cost Efficient Electrification: Enhanced Construction Assurance using High-Resolution As-Fitted Static Wire Profiles to Identify Allocation and Construction Errors

Nikolaos Baimpas, Tulay Ercan, Simon Skinner, Ashley Johnson, Nick Pekridis, Alexander J.G. Lunt

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Abstract

A novel construction assurance methodology was developed and tested on the Overhead Line Equipment (OLE) as part of the Midland Mainline Electrification (MMLE) Kettering to Wigston (K2W) project in the UK. Implemented alongside the National Technical Specification Notices (NTSN) Energy (ENE) standard (section 6.2.4.5), this approach ensures compliance while reducing project duration, minimising interface complexities, and lowering costs by quantifying pantograph-OLE dynamic performance to as-fitted OLE.

Original language	English
Journal	Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit
Early online date	22 Dec 2025
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/09544097251409845
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 22 Dec 2025

Keywords

cost-efficient electrification
OLE interoperability
overhead line electrification
pantograph to overhead contact system dynamic interface
static overhead wire profile analysis

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Mechanical Engineering

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Baimpas, N., Ercan, T., Skinner, S., Johnson, A., Pekridis, N., & Lunt, A. J. G. (2025). Cost Efficient Electrification: Enhanced Construction Assurance using High-Resolution As-Fitted Static Wire Profiles to Identify Allocation and Construction Errors. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/09544097251409845

Cost Efficient Electrification: Enhanced Construction Assurance using High-Resolution As-Fitted Static Wire Profiles to Identify Allocation and Construction Errors. / Baimpas, Nikolaos; Ercan, Tulay; Skinner, Simon et al.
In: Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit, 22.12.2025.

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Baimpas, N, Ercan, T, Skinner, S, Johnson, A, Pekridis, N & Lunt, AJG 2025, 'Cost Efficient Electrification: Enhanced Construction Assurance using High-Resolution As-Fitted Static Wire Profiles to Identify Allocation and Construction Errors', Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit. https://doi.org/10.1177/09544097251409845

Baimpas N, Ercan T, Skinner S, Johnson A, Pekridis N, Lunt AJG. Cost Efficient Electrification: Enhanced Construction Assurance using High-Resolution As-Fitted Static Wire Profiles to Identify Allocation and Construction Errors. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit. 2025 Dec 22. Epub 2025 Dec 22. doi: 10.1177/09544097251409845

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