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EMERGENCY RE-CONSTRUCTION OF THE CONWY VALLEY LINE EMBANKMENT Dr M J Raybould I M Shelley Scott Wilson Geotechnics Royal Court Basil Close Chesterfield, S41 7SL, UK matthew.raybould@, ian.shelley@ KEYWORDS : Railway Earthworks, Emergency Works, Flood Damage, Embankment Remediation, Climate Change. INTRODUCTION Heavy rainfall in the Conwy Valley on 3rd and 4th February 2004 caused very high discharges in the River Conwy and led to overtopping and breaching of existing Environment Agency flood defence banks. Significant damage occurred to sections of the railway embankment that carries the Conwy Valley Railway Line (a bi-directional line carrying mostly passenger trains) near to the town of Llanrwst. The damage was principally concentrated in two sections of 2.5 to 3.5 m high railway embankment approximately 1350 m and 1200 m long respectively, resulting in some areas of embankment being completely washed away, leaving the track suspended in mid-air. The repair strategy was to excavate the failed sections of earthwork and rebuild the embankment with well-graded locally sourced limestone granular fill and protect the re-built embankment with rip-rap scour protection comprising high quality Penmaenmawr diorite. The unsuitable excavated materials arising on site were reused to provide additional flood protection. Flood relief culverts (up to 1800 mm diameter) were installed to reduce the risk of future overtopping of the embankment. Site remedial works commenced within 1 week of the floodwaters receding. Full time site supervision enabled preliminary designs to be modified, as dictated by the actual condi