Commercial railway depot painting in Machynlleth

The original brief: COVID-19 distancing

During the COVID-19 pandemic, I was brought in to paint divider lines at two-metre intervals on the maintenance platforms at Machynlleth. These gave depot staff a clear guide for adequate social distancing, supporting the Welsh legal requirement at the time for businesses to take all reasonable measures to keep people two metres apart at work.

Line markings and colour updates

The wider work included yellow hatched areas around access points and buildings, as well as updates to the depot’s company colours. One progress photograph shows blue paintwork being changed to grey beside a maintenance track.

Working across the depot

The line painting covered indoor maintenance platforms and outdoor routes. The photo record includes individual divider lines, larger hatched sections and the stencil used for the lettering.

Further work at Holyhead

Following the work at Machynlleth, I was also sent to Holyhead depot to carry out similar work there.

The depot work in photographs

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Two-metre COVID-19 distancing lines

Commercial railway depot painting in Machynlleth — Two-metre social-distancing divider lines along an indoor maintenance platform — Two-metre social-distancing divider lines along an indoor maintenance platform

Commercial railway depot painting in Machynlleth — COVID-19 social-distancing divider lines through the maintenance bay — COVID-19 social-distancing divider lines through the maintenance bay

Outdoor platforms and walkways

Commercial railway depot painting in Machynlleth — Two-metre social-distancing divider lines along the outdoor maintenance platforms — Two-metre social-distancing divider lines along the outdoor maintenance platforms

Commercial railway depot painting in Machynlleth — Social-distancing divider lines continuing along an outdoor walkway — Social-distancing divider lines continuing along an outdoor walkway

Hatched areas around the depot

Commercial railway depot painting in Machynlleth — Yellow hatched markings beside the depot entrance — Yellow hatched markings beside the depot entrance

Commercial railway depot painting in Machynlleth — Hatched line painting across the area outside the maintenance building — Hatched line painting across the area outside the maintenance building

Commercial railway depot painting in Machynlleth — Yellow hatched markings around the building entrances — Yellow hatched markings around the building entrances

COVID-19 social-distancing reminders

Commercial railway depot painting in Machynlleth — Painted COVID-19 social-distancing reminder beside a platform divider line — Painted COVID-19 social-distancing reminder beside a platform divider line

During the work

Commercial railway depot painting in Machynlleth — During — applying the COVID-19 social-distancing stencil — During — applying the COVID-19 social-distancing stencil

Commercial railway depot painting in Machynlleth — During — changing the blue paintwork to grey beside a maintenance track — During — changing the blue paintwork to grey beside a maintenance track

The result

The finished two-metre markings provided a clear visual guide for COVID-19 social distancing on the platforms. The commercial work grew to include further line painting and company-colour updates across the depot, followed by similar work at Holyhead.

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