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BBC News
18-05-2025
- Business
- BBC News
£40m rail upgrades for Cambridge South station completed
A £40m project to upgrade the railway infrastructure around a city's new station has been South Rail Systems Alliance (SRSA) needed to upgrade sections of the West Anglia main line, as part of the building project for Cambridge South won the contract for the works in September 2023, which included remodelling a branch junction at Sullivan, a programme manager for Network Rail, said it was a "major milestone" towards completing the station, which is expected to open early next year. He said: "This brand new station [is] for the south of Cambridge, the neighbouring biomedical campus and Trumpington communities."Cambridge South will be the city's third railway station and is aimed at boosting links to the growing science and healthcare sector in the area around Addenbrooke's is made up of Network Rail, railway infrastructure company Colas Rail UK, and the infrastructure consulting firm AECOM. SRSA said 3.5 miles (5.7km) of track between Shepreth and Cambridge was renewed and some of it was realigned to accommodate the new four-platform new switches allowing trains to go from one track to another were also installed and overhead electrical lines were next step is to carry out signalling upgrades, which are expected to be completed by the end of the year, while contractors carry on fitting out the new station. Follow Cambridgeshire news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
Zawya
10-02-2025
- Business
- Zawya
France's Colas wins $443mln Morocco high speed rail deals
French construction giant Colas has secured three major contracts worth a combined 430 million euros ($443 million) to expand Morocco's high-speed rail network between Kenitra and Marrakech. The company said in a statement that its Moroccan subsidiary GTR (Les Grands Travaux Routiers) has been selected for lot no. 3 of the civil engineering works, worth nearly €180 million. In addition, Colas Rail will be responsible for the design and construction of the tracks, catenary systems and substations for a total of €200 million. The rail subsidiary will also carry out lot no. 1 of the superstructure and civil engineering works on tracks in operation, amounting to €50 million. These two contracts will be executed in consortium with fellow French firm SETEC. All three contracts were signed in January 2025. The GTR work, planned to cover almost 40 kilometres, includes earthworks, standard engineering works and the construction of five bridges. The project is scheduled for completion by the end of 2027. The work being carried out by Colas Rail-SETEC consortium covers tracks, catenary systems, work bases, electrical substations and civil engineering on a 346km single-track high-speed section and a112km single-track section on the regional network, and is scheduled for completion in 2028. The three contracts, which will be implemented between Kenitra and Casablanca, are a continuation of the LGV Nord, which links Tangiers to Kenitra, and aim to extend the rail network as far as Marrakech with world-class infrastructure, in preparation for hosting the 2030 World Cup. "We are proud to participate in the development of Morocco's railway infrastructure on behalf of ONCF. This project demonstrates our commitment to the Kingdom's economic development and our support for major initiatives such as the hosting of the 2030 World Cup", said Francis Grass, Executive Vice President EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) of Colas. "After carrying out the track and catenary work on Morocco's first high-speed line, the Tangier-Kenitra line, between 2014 and 2018, Colas Rail is proud to be continuing the development of high-speed lines in the Kingdom of Morocco", added Hervé Le Joliff, Executive Vice President of Colas Rail. (Writing by Nadim Kawach; Editing by Anoop Menon)
