The
Office
of
Rail
and
Road
has
approved
Castleford
station,
which
has
been
rebuilt
and
is
due
to
open
soon.
The
ORR
has
worked
with
Network
Rail
to
make
sure
that
the
station
meets
the
required
standards.
The
station’s
second
platform
has
been
rebuilt
and
will
be
reopened.
A
new
footbridge
with
lifts
has
also
been
installed.
Each
of
these
elements,
as
well
as
lighting
and
signage,
were
inspected.

Bridge
completed

HS2
has
completed
the
last
section
of
earthworks
that
will
carry
East
West
Rail
between
Oxford
and
Cambridge
over
the
new
high
speed
line
near
Calvert
in
Buckinghamshire.
Contractors
have
built
two
bridges,
one
underpass
and
3.4km
of
adjacent
earthworks
for
EWR
where
the
two
projects
intersect.

Contracts
awarded

Network
Rail
has
awarded
several
contracts
worth
a
total
of
£61.5
million
for
the
East
Kilbride
Enhancement
Project.
The
contractors
are
Story
Contracting,
AmcoGiffen,
SPL
Powerlines,
Siemens,
Rail
Systems
Alliance
Scotland
and
WSP.
Electrification
of
22.4
single
track
kilometres
can
now
go
ahead.