Balfour/Carillion jv wins West Coast Main Line deal

A joint venture of Balfour Beatty and Carillion has been awarded the £110m contract to deliver 13 feeder stations and 998km of high voltage feeder for the West Coast Main Line rail electrification project for Network Rail.

The work involves modernising the overhead line equipment and enhancing the proven distribution infrastructure. It follows the successful completion of the first phase of the West Coast Main LIne overhead line electrification and distribution upgrade.

Balfour chief executive Ian Tyler said: "This new award, which will substantially complete the overhead electrification component of the West Coast Main Line modernisation programme, further underpins Balfour's position as the UK's pre-eminent fixed rail infrastructure contractor."