SIX contracts to deliver signalling and telecommunications worth an estimated £750million between 2019 and 2024 have been awarded by Network Rail.
Network Rail will spend an estimated £750million on renewing signalling and telecoms equipment over the next five years. On May 11, Locomotive Services Ltd’s Nos. 47810 and 47853 charge out of Saltwood Tunnel on the approach to Sandling in Kent with the return leg of a ‘Statesman’ charter from Shrewsbury to Canterbury. PAUL ISLES
The framework contracts are divided into geographical lots, with VolkerRail winning London North West, Atkins taking Anglia, and South East and Wessex and Linbrooke Services winning London North East.
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