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Engineering joint venture wins £900 million rail electrification contract

An joint venture between engineering firms Costain, Alstom and Babcock has secured part of a £2 billion government national electricifaction programme.

The scheme will bring electrification to more than two thousand miles of track throughout the UK’s rail system.

The three firms have formed ABC Electrification Ltd to tackle the seven-year contract, which is extendable by a further three years.

Two of the six geographical areas in the programme have been awarded to the joint venture, including the London North West region and the Wales and West region.

Andrew Wyllie, chief executive of Costain, commented: “We are delighted to have been appointed to this major electrification programme by Network Rail, helping to upgrade and refresh the UK’s transport infrastructure.

“This repeat order is a consequence of our ‘Engineering Tomorrow’ strategy, whereby we form long-term, strategic partnerships with our customers to deliver a broad range of services across the full life cycle of their assets.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Tom Keighley .