Network Rail issues invitation for design tender

Crossrail works at Acton involves building a dive under at Acton Freight Yard.

Network Rail has issued an invitation to tender the design element for Crossrail works at Acton.

Work is needed to improve the reliability of passenger services and increased freight capacity as even more trains will travel along the Great Western main line (GWML) when Crossrail services start in 2017.

The work will involve building a dive under at the west end of Acton Freight Yard and modifications to Acton Yard. This will enable freight trains that head west along the GWML to leave the yard without affecting passenger trains and provide increased capacity for freight. The tender covers the design element of this work.

Network Rail is responsible for the design, development and delivery of the parts of Crossrail that are on the existing network.

Robbie Burns, programme director, Network Rail, said: "Network Rail is transforming the railway to make Crossrail a success and this work at Acton will give passengers a more reliable service."

"It also supports our vision to increase the use of rail freight by taking lorries off the roads, reducing traffic congestion as well as carbon emissions."

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