Over the New Year period the Central Rail Systems Alliance of Network Rail, Balfour Beatty, Atkins and TSO replaced 400 m of track through a narrow bore of the Northchurch Tunnel between Berkhamsted and Tring on the West Coast Main Line. ‘This track renewal was a bit of a Rubik’s Cube to complete as we had to do each stage in a predefined sequence and the job took nearly three years to plan’, said Network Rail Capital Delivery senior programme manager Neil O’Toole.
A joint venture of Siemens Mobility and Costain has been awarded the £300m HS2 High Voltage Rail Systems Power Supply design and build contract, covering connections from the National Grid to the route between London and the West Midlands. This will be followed by a separate seven-year maintenance contract worth £32m to the joint venture.
Alstom’s Widnes plant has completed a £25m refurbishment of 28 South Western Railway Class 458 Juniper EMUs, financed by leasing company Porterbrook. Additional work at Alstom’s Crewe works has seen the powered wheelsets overhauled to raise the fleet’s maximum speed from 120 to 160 km/h. The 28 four-car EMUs have been designated as Class 458/4, and the eight remaining five-car units as Class 458/5.
Rail, road and energy contractor Keltbray Infrastructure Services Ltd has been renamed Aureos. This follows its acquisition by EMK Capital in August 2024. The company said the new name is ‘an aspira…
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