Costain has been awarded a £150 million contract to prepare a section of railway between East London and Essex for the start of Crossrail services in 2018.
Design work will begin immediately for the project, which will involve track renewals, the installation of overhead line equipment, extra train stabling capacity and turnback facilities.
The project will also include the delivery of station improvements at Romford, Ilford, Forest Gate, Goodmayes, Harold Wood, Gidea Park, Chadwell Heath and Brentwood.
The main works will take place between late 2014 and 2017.
Andrew Wyllie, chief executive of Costain, said: “We are delighted that Network Rail has awarded us this contract on Crossrail, currently Europe’s largest infrastructure programme and a vital component of the UK’s transport network.
“This award further demonstrates our ability to deliver multidisciplinary and integrated services in long-term, strategic collaboration with our customers.”
FINALLY!! About time to build a new tunnel from Whitechapel to Stratford to link with the Liverpool St-Shenfield metro line and to make that stretch part of Crossrail. Now I’m happy to see what changes would do once Class 345’s are built and in service in 2018. Passengers along the Shenfield metro route can now rely on Crossrail bringing a new era of reliable train service as Abellio Greater Anglia Class 315’s would be used elsewhere and FGW’s Networkers DMU’s to be used in Wales and or Scotland.