Network Rail has awarded 拢10m-worth of contracts to improve infrastructure in Scotland鈥檚 central belt.
Carillion will begin work on the electrification of Edinburgh鈥檚 Haymarket north tunnel in September in what will be the first physical element of the Edinburgh-Glasgow Improvements Programme (EGIP) to be delivered.
The 拢6m works at Haymarket north will involve track alignment and tunnel wall repairs to provide the correct clearances for the installation of overhead power lines through the tunnel. The project will commence in September and continue until December of this year.
Amey Infrastructure, Atkins and Delta Rail have also been awarded separate design and development contracts for other EGIP projects.
EGIP which is being funded by Transport Scotland on behalf of the Scottish Government, is a 拢1bn programme to improve the rail infrastructure linking Scotland鈥檚 two main cities.
It includes the electrification of 350km of the existing rail network in the central belt, centring on the main Edinburgh Waverley-Glasgow Queen Street line.
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