Alliancing contracts awarded for £650m EGIP programme

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Network Rail has awarded alliancing contracts with Costain and Morgan Sindall to plan the delivery of the £650m Edinburgh-Glasgow Improvement Programme (EGIP).

The £5 million agreement will see Network Rail  working with the companies over the next five months to plan major portions of the scheme, including the electrification of the Glasgow Queen Street-Edinburgh Waverley line.

Network Rail said it was on course to deliver the electrification scheme by 2016 and is planning to award the main £250 million contract this summer.

David Dickson, Network Rail’s acting route managing director for Scotland, said the alliancing contracts would allow Network Rail to “work more closely with contractors and stakeholders to plan the project in the most efficient, cost-effective way for passengers and tax-payers alike”.

Transport Minister Keith Brown added: “This announcement represents another hugely important milestone in the delivery of EGIP and shows that we are pressing ahead with the improvements which will give Scotland a railway fit for the future.

“I was delighted only last month to open the new £25m station building at Haymarket which was completed on time and on budget and has transformed facilities at one of our most iconic stations. We are charging ahead with the electrification of the Cumbernauld line and I look forward to the introduction of electric services on this important route in time for the Commonwealth Games.

The programme has already delivered a new £25m station at Haymarket in Edinburgh and completed work at 42 bridges on EGIP routes to create the correct clearances for electrification while work to electrify the Glasgow-Cumbernauld line and provide a new station for the town will be completed in summer 2014.

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