VolkerRail played an integral part in the opening of Werrington Tunnel, following extensive power supply upgrade work between Peterborough and Tallington, as part of the Werrington Grade Separation Project.
VolkerRail completed the work on behalf of Morgan Sindall Infrastructure, appointed by Network Rail as part of its £1.2billion East Coast Upgrade.
As part of the project, VolkerRail played a key part in the E&P design and delivery, and installed the signalling power supply along the new two-track railway line that dives under at Werrington, north of Peterborough.
Over the course of 24 months, VolkerRail undertook the following works:
Now complete, the new line will help to remove constraints to the timetable, caused by slower freight trains on the Great North Great Eastern route having to cross over the high-speed ECML.