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(43) Date of publication: 05.03.2003 Bulletin 2003/10 (21) Application number: 01931918.5 (22) Date of filing: 22.05.2001

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: E02D 5/56, E02D 7/22, E02D 27/01 (86) International application number: PCT/GB0102/289 (87) International publication number: WO 0109/0489 (29.11.2001 Gazette 2001/48)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR Designated Extension States: AL LT LV MK RO SI (30) Priority: 22.05.2000 GB 0012367 (71) Applicants: Laing Rail Limited London NW7 2ER (GB) M40 Trains Limited London NW7 2ER (GB)	(72) Inventors: BRIXEY, Ian Alick Last Pinner,Middlesex HA5 2BS (GB) COAKLEY, Frederick Thomas Alan Harpenden,Hertfordshire AL5 3LE (GB) LONG, Gary Andrew Dunstable,Bedfordshire LU6 3JQ (GB) MILLER, Keith Stuart Hemel Hempstead,Hertfordshire HP2 5LX (GB) (74) Representative: Godwin, Edgar James  MARKS & CLERK,57-60 Lincoln's Inn Fields London WC2A 3LS London WC2A 3LS (GB)