Murphy has landed a £93.4m contract to build the new Cambridge South station.
The firm, which is already carrying out preparatory work on the site, has been chosen by National Rail to deliver the station through to completion, which is expected to be in 2025.
The two-storey, four-platform facility will improve access to the Cambridge Biomedical Campus – Europe’s largest centre of medical research and health science – as well as supporting rapid growth in the area south of Cambridge’s city centre.
Enabling work already undertaken on the site includes establishment of the worksite compound, installation of overhead line masts and the front walls of the platforms.
As well as delivering the new station with accessible facilities, Murphy will work with delivery partners Alstom and South Rail Systems Alliance to improve rail infrastructure in the area.
That work will include the remodelling of the existing track layout, the installation of two additional track loops, modification to the railway on the southern approach to Cambridge station, provision for overhead line electrification infrastructure and the modification of existing signalling equipment.
The new facility, expected to serve 1.8 million passengers a year, will be Cambridge’s third station, acting as a key transport link between the biomedical campus and international gateways such as Stansted Airport and the Eurostar.
It will also form part of the proposed route of the future East West Rail line connecting Oxford and Cambridge.
Katie Frost, Network Rail’s route director for Anglia, said the award of the delivery contract was a significant milestone for the Cambridge South project.
“I’m looking forward to continuing to work with Murphy, as we move into the main work phase and build on the early enabling work that has already been delivered,” she said.
Murphy project director Joe Kennedy said: “[We have] made significant progress over recent months completing the enabling works, commenced installation of all four platforms, station-building piling and undertaken all groundworks to facilitate the track being realigned during a blockade in December 2023.”
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