Modular Railway Station Platforms

We welcome the opportunity to discuss your environmental sustainability objectives early in the procurement process and are happy to detail the significant embedded carbon savings that can be made by choosing our d² station platform and related products over other materials on the market.

Stop Repairing the Past. Start Building the Future. Sustainably.

Data released by the ORR shows passengers made 1.83 billion journeys on the Britain’s rail network last year, yet many of the platforms supporting those journeys were built decades ago and continue to be maintained well beyond their intended design life.

Across the network, ageing platforms consume maintenance budgets through an ongoing cycle of inspections, temporary works and patch repairs. While these interventions may keep stations operational, they rarely improve long-term asset condition and can increase cost, disruption and operational risk over time.

At the same time, every station project faces growing pressure to minimise possessions, reduce passenger disruption, lower embodied carbon and deliver greater value from every investment. The railway doesn’t simply need another repair. It needs a better approach to platform renewal.

The d² Dura Platform System replaces traditional heavy civil engineering with a lightweight, modular platform solution that is faster to install, lower in embodied carbon and designed for over 60 years of service.

In use on the UK rail network and proven across over 70 UK and global station projects, it enables asset owners to renew infrastructure rather than continually repairing it.

Proven Across the Rail Network

Choosing a new platform system requires confidence.

The d² Dura Platform System has been proven across a wide range of operational railway environments. At Needham Market Station, a major platform replacement was completed safely in under 36 hours during a single weekend possession. More than a decade later, the platform continues to provide reliable service, demonstrating that rapid modular construction need not come at the expense of long-term durability.

At Seven Sisters Station in London, platforms installed in 2019 were successfully re-gauged following track renewals in 2023, restoring compliance in just 24 hours without major reconstruction. Rather than replacing the asset, the modular platform was simply adjusted to meet the railway’s changing requirements.

These projects, together with more than 70 successful Dura Platform installations across the UK and internationally, demonstrate not only the speed of modular construction, but also the long-term resilience, adaptability and whole-life value of the d² Platform System.

Adaptable to Suit all Project Types

Every station presents different engineering challenges. That’s why d² offers two complementary platform systems built around the same proven Dura Platform surface.

More Than Platforms

Dura also supplies a complete range of complementary station infrastructure manufactured from advanced low-carbon composite materials. Together, they enable project teams to deliver safer, lower-maintenance stations using a consistent family of proven low carbon products.

Our Specialists

We’re helping to answer the major challenges facing Britain’s railway network such as capacity, reliability and efficiency. Talk to our experienced team about how you can tap into our specialist knowledge and engineering capability for your project.

We will clearly need more capacity in the future, and plan for consistently growing numbers of rail users, both passengers and freight. ….Let’s build and enhance the railway network so that rail customers – passengers and freight – get the connectivity they need to boost the country’s economic growth in the years ahead.

Darren Caplan

Chief Executive at Railway Industry Association (RIA)