Gatwick Airport Station – United Kingdom

Gatwick Airport (LGW) is London’s second busiest airport with over 45 million passengers a year. The airport has two terminals where 90 airlines serve over 200 destinations.

In 2016, SYSTRA was appointed by construction company Costain to lead the architecture, design, and engineering of the much-needed improvements for Gatwick Airport Station. SYSTRA’s architecture team managed the station design from early concept through its formal planning approval and final detailed design. Construction on the new concourse began in November 2020. The refurbished station opened in 2023.

MEETING CLIENT EXPECTATIONS

Our SYSTRA experts spearheaded the project’s success, ultimately achieving the three key requirements for the transformed station requested by Network Rail, the company that owns and develops Britain’s railway infrastructure:

• Improving safety
• Increasing capacity
• Improving the passenger experience

SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCING CARBON FOOTPRINT

With rigorous environmental consideration from the design stage, we made sure that materials used in the construction would reduce the projects carbon impact. LED lighting was used throughout the station including in lifts and permanent installations. The escalators were fitted with reduced speed technology and high efficiency gearless lifts were installed. A hybrid heating and cooling system was installed too. By 2023 the project had used almost 3,000m3 of low-carbon concrete for construction, saving 517 tonnes of CO2 emissions.

CONSULTATION: A KEY PROJECT COMPONENT

A rigorous stakeholder engagement process, including a series of stakeholder workshops, was established alongside the development of the concept design, ensuring each were aligned and continuously challenged. This guaranteed that the proposal would meet all the client’s aspirations and requirements, and most importantly allowed plenty of opportunity to discuss and continually review the design.