Costain-Skanska JV Secures 150m Crossrail Contract

Engineering solutions provider Costain Group, in joint venture with Skanska, has secured a £150m contract to construct the Crossrail Paddington Station. Construction will start in 2011.

The Crossrail Paddington Station contract award is part of the £14.8 billion Crossrail programme to create a new railway link between Maidenhead to the west of London and Abbey Wood and Shenfield to the East.

Costain claims that Crossrail project will improve London's rail-based capacity by 10 percent by delivering faster journey times and up to 24 trains per hour between Paddington and Whitechapel during the peak.

The Crossrail Paddington Station is one of seven new underground stations to be constructed. It will be a key interchange with the existing Network Rail services at the Paddington Mainline station and with London Underground.

The new Crossrail station in Paddington will take the form of a 260m long, 25m wide and 23m deep underground box located directly under Departures Road and Eastbourne Terrace. Paddington will be just nine minutes to Liverpool Street, 16 minutes to Canary Wharf and 27 minutes to Abbey Wood.

Andrew Wyllie, CEO of Costain, said: “We are delighted to have secured our fourth Crossrail contract, reflecting our ability to consistently deliver valuable solutions in the rail sector utilising our broad range of capabilities and depth of expertise. We look forward to working with Crossrail to deliver this landmark station and to playing our part in enhancing London's transport infrastructure.”

From infogrok.com