Crossrail track upgrade contract for Balfour Beatty

Listen to this article

Balfour Beatty has won a contract to upgrade a 12-mile section of the Great Western Main Line as part of the Crossrail programme of works.

Balfour Beatty Rail will design and install upgraded tracks between West Drayton and Maidenhead, as well as carry out track lowering under a number of bridges to allow for the new overhead lines, bridge strengthening and drainage, and minor line equipment and electrical upgrade works.

The contract was awarded by Network Rail, who is responsible for the design, development and delivery of the parts of Crossrail that are on the existing network.

Network Rail has to upgrade 43 miles of track, as well as renovate 27 stations from Maidenhead in the west to Abbey Wood and Shenfield in the east.

Jorge Mendonça, Network Rail’s Crossrail programme director, said: “Network Rail is undertaking a major upgrade of the existing rail network for Crossrail, including a significant programme of track renewals as well as station improvements.

“Crossrail will transform public transport, making it quicker and easier for people to get to destinations across London and the south east.”

The staged programme of works will start in summer 2013, with completion by summer 2017.

LEAVE A REPLY

Please enter your comment!
Please enter your name here

Latest Rail News

ORR review leads to 50% reduction in maximum fees for ticket refunds

New rules will mean that from 2 April the maximum fee that train operators and ticket retailers can charge...

More like this...