TRU East | Transpennine Route Upgrade
Project Savings
Carbon Savings (kg of CO2e)
Fuel Savings (litres)
Cost Savings
Background
The Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) will improve connectivity in the North and support economic growth as works enable faster, more frequent, and more reliable services. The TRU East Alliance team is responsible for delivering essential upgrades between Leeds and York, as part of this transformative railway programme.
TRU East needed a compact lighting unit to provide powerful lighting on site. The tower lights also needed to be sustainable and save on costs and carbon emissions.
Challenge
TRU East found they were having issues regarding spacing on site and needed a compact tower light unit that delivered powerful lighting. Together with this the light needed to save on costs and carbon emissions in comparison to diesel alternative machines which were not suitable. As they weren’t initially certain of the rental or purchase route, they wanted to opt for a trial period allowing them time and data to make a more informed decision.
![Prolectric ProRXM Solar Tower Light Rail [Night]](https://staging.prolectric.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Pro-RXM-Rail-Night-scaled.jpg)
The Solution
TRU East contacted Prolectric, as they wanted to initially rent, we provided our ProLight and ProRXM for a 4-week trial period for one of their sites. Following the trial, they purchased 10x ProRXM tower lights for their sites.
This decision was based on the great performance they’d experienced from the trial, the flexibility of the product in other site areas that offered unique challenges and, on the savings information, received from our lighting portal, highlighting the carbon and cost savings generated during the trial period. This further assisted their decision and helped them move away from using diesel tower lights. The team at TRU East also received ProRXM product and lighting portal training, with regular site visits for ongoing support.
The team felt the lighting portal was really user friendly, helpful for fleet management, easy-to-use and allowed flexibility for scheduling changes of lighting, which could be done remotely.
ProRXM Solar Lighting Tower
The Result
With the success of the trial and subsequent purchase, our relationship with TRU East is ongoing, looking at future fleet growth and working alongside them to help reduce their carbon footprint through our lighting and power solutions.
The below results were taken from 1 January – 26 June 2024, showing the significant savings made by TRU East across their fleet of tower lights.
What our clients
have to say
A 97% diesel reduction at the first attempt is a great achievement. Saving close to 6,000 litres of diesel is the same as driving a family car at 40 mpg twice around the circumference of the world. It’s also clear where we have learnt the lessons from Llanwern so we can aim to close that small gap. We really want to get to that 100% fuel-free figure by the time of our next challenge, planned for a rail renewal project later in the summer. There’s no doubt these technologies are going to be a complete game-changer and we need to push on to get to a place where using this type of technology is just business as usual.
Ryan BallingerProduction Manager
We have approximately 50 Prolectric Solar Tower Lighting Units in use. We have a high level of confidence in both Prolectric as a business and the products they produce as well as the after sales service and support they provide. As an Approved Vendor, the growing number of units across the business has had the added benefit of removing a large amount of Diesel powered equivalents from the site. I would recommend Prolectric as I have found them to be both amenable and professional to deal with and look forward to doing further business with them in the future.
Richard ThompsonReliability Engineer – Infrastructure Utilities
The JV welcomed the opportunity to participate in the trial of this new sustainable power solution from Prolectric, confirming it as a viable and more sustainable alternative to traditional generators, and look forward to working with Prolectric again in the future.
Jon MuffProject Manager
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