📋 Tender Overview
With Just A Month To Go Until The End Of The 16-Week Closure Of The East Kilbride-Glasgow Central Line Engineers Have Now Completed Laying New Tracks And Installing Overhead Power Lines On The Route. Since January, Specialist Teams Have Been Working Around-The-Clock To Install The New Infrastructure Needed To Power Electric Trains As Part Of A Ps140M Investment By The Scottish Government. So Far During The Closure Network Rail Has: Over The Next Four Weeks - Ahead Of The Reopening Of The Line On May 18 - Engineers Will Finish The Installation Of New Signalling Systems On The Route And Complete Work On The New Hairmyres Station. A New Two-Platform Station With An Accessible Footbridge, The New Hairmyres Will Open For Passengers Next Month And Is Located Around 500M West Of The Old Station. Being Delivered In Partnership With South Lanarkshire Council, The New Ps7.2M Transport Interchange At Hairmyres Will Provide Park And Ride And Bus Interchange Facilities, Which Include Approximately 500 Spaces And Traffic Signal-Controlled Junctions To Access The Car Parks. In Addition, There Will Be New Active Travel Connections And Cycle Parking, As Well As An Upgraded Junction Nearby And A New Pedestrian Crossing On Eaglesham Road. The South Car Park And Approximately Half Of The North Car Park At The Station Will Be Ready By 18 May, With The Remaining North Car Parking Area To Finish Over The Summer. Paul Reilly, Network Rail Senior Programme Manager, Said: The Complex Engineering Work We Have Completed Over The Past Three Months Is Critical To The Successful Electrification Of The Line. Our Engineers Have Been Working Around-The-Clock To Deliver These Enhancements As Quickly As Possible And We Remain On Course To Welcome Passengers Back Onto The Railway In May. We Understand The Inconvenience The Closure Has Caused For Both Customers And Some Of Our Neighbours And We Thank Them For Their Patience While We Build A Better, Greener Railway For The Local Community. Colin Park, Head Of Roads, Transportation And Fleet Services At South Lanarkshire Council, Said: Travelling By Bus And Rail In East Kilbride Has Always Been Popular And With The Two New Stations And All The Other Associated Works, This Will Continue To Make Traveling By Public Transport Attractive For Residents Of East Kilbride. ItS Great To See The Speed At Which A Project Of This Scale Has Been Brought Forward And IM Sure Passengers Will Benefit Greatly As They Return To Use These New Facilities Next Month. Once The Overall Project Completes In December 2025, The Investment In The Line Will See: Throughout The 16-Weeks, No Train Services Are Running To East Kilbride Until 18 May, With A Replacement Bus Service Operating - Please Check Via . Members Of The Public With Questions About This Work Can Contact Network RailS 24-Hour National Helpline On 03457 11 41 41. For The Latest Information And Progress Updates, Follow Network Rail Scotland On X/Twitter: Passengers / Community Members Network Rail National Helpline 03457 11 41 41 Latest Travel Advice Please Journalists Network Rail Press Office - Nick King Media Relations Manager (Scotland) 0141 555 4108 / 07515 617073 We Own, Operate And Develop BritainS Railway Infrastructure; ThatS 20,000 Miles Of , 30,000 And The Thousands Of , Level Crossings And Stations. We Run 20 Of The UkS Largest While All The Others, Over 2,500, Are Run By The CountryS . Usually, There Are Almost Five Million Journeys Made In The Uk And Over 600 Freight Trains Run On The Network. People Depend On BritainS Railway For Their Daily Commute, To Visit Friends And Loved Ones And To Get Them Home Safe Every Day. Our Role Is To Deliver , So We Carefully Manage And Deliver Thousands Of Projects Every Year That Form Part Of The , To Grow And Expand The NationS Railway Network To Respond To The Tremendous Growth And Demand The Railway Has Experienced - A Doubling Of Passenger Journeys Over The Past 20 Years. Follow Us On Twitter: Visit Our Online Newsroom:
