VolkerRail, as part of an alliance with Network Rail, Atkins and Laing O’Rourke, has been awarded the design and construction of the East West Rail Phase 2 (EWR2) scheme.
Part of Network Rail’s Railway Upgrade Plan, this scheme will link Oxford to Bedford and Milton Keynes via Bletchley, and Milton Keynes to London Marylebone via Aylesbury.
The alliance is currently tasked with continuing the development of the outline design and the construction programme for the scheme, which will include a new station at Winslow, two new platforms at Bletchley, 18 new overbridges, 22 new footbridges or subways and changes to 97 railway crossings.
Split into two phases, the East West Rail scheme involves upgrading and reconstructing underused and mothballed sections of the railway linking the Great Western, Chiltern, West Coast and Midland main lines north of London and providing a strategic east-west route connecting key centres. It will deliver significant economic, social and environmental benefits to Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire.
Once complete, this work will enable increased capacity for freight services and train journeys from:
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The East West Rail (EWR) Alliance, comprised of Network Rail, Atkins, Laing O’Rourke and VolkerRail, has been...