📋 Tender Overview
One Of The Most-Anticipated Rail Projects In The South West Took A Major Step Forward This Morning, As Contracts Worth Ps200M Were Signed At Bristol Temple Meads To Deliver Two Brand New Stations And Reinstate The Portishead Railway Line Closed To Passengers Since 1964. Three Contracts Have Been Awarded To Deliver The Project. Morgan Sindall Infrastructure Will Lead Construction Of The Line And Highways Improvements At Portishead, Colas Rail Will Design And Install A New Digital Signalling System And Amcogiffen Has Been Appointed To Deliver Bridge Works And Associated Highways Work In Bristol. The Core Work Involves Building Two New Stations, Relaying Three Miles Of Track And Delivering The Infrastructure Needed To Run A Modern, Reliable Rail Service Along A Corridor That Has Been Dormant For Generations. This Project Is Funded By The Department For Transport (Dft), The West Of England Mayoral Combined Authority And North Somerset Council And Will Be Delivered By Network Rail. Construction Is Now Underway, And Once Opened In Winter 2028/29, The Line Will Reconnect More Than 50,000 People To The Railway For The First Time Since The Line Was Closed For Passenger Services In 1964, Improving Access To Jobs, Education And Services While Supporting More Sustainable Travel Options. Journeys To Bristol Temple Meads Will Take Around 25 Minutes From Portishead And 20 Minutes From Pill- Around Half The Time It Takes To Complete These Journeys By Road. To Mark The Signing Of These Contracts, Invited Guests Took Part In A Special Train Journey From Bristol Temple Meads Along The Line Towards Portishead And The Location Of The New Pill Station. Those On Board Included: The Mayor Of The West Of England, Helen Godwin, North Somerset Council Leader Mike Bell, Network Rail Western Route Managing Director Marcus Jones, Great Western Railway Managing Director Mark Hopwood, Karin Smith, Mp For Bristol South, Kerry Mccarthy, Mp For Bristol East And Sadik Al-Hassan, Mp For North Somerset. As Part Of GwrS Growing Places Research , Stations Across The South West Are Projected To Contribute Billions Of Pounds In Economic Value And Thousands Of New Jobs By 2036, And Portishead And Pill Will Play A Key Role. The Portishead Line Project Is Forecast To Generate An Estimated Ps43M In Economic Growth Each Year When Complete. Marcus Jones, Managing Director Of Network RailS Western Route, Said: Helen Godwin, Mayor Of The West Of England, Said: Mike Bell, Leader Of North Somerset Council, Said: Mark Hopwood, Managing Director Of Great Western Railway, Said: Ian Shuffleton, Operations Director Of Morgan Sindall Infrastructure, Said: Ondrej Roubicek, Deputy Ceo Of Colas Rail, Said: Patrick Rosborough, Regional Manager Of Amcogiffen, Said: In Portishead, Site Compounds Are Currently Being Set Up Off Harbour Road And Off The A369 Portbury Hundred. Work Will Soon Begin To Remove What Remains Of The Old Railway And Prepare The Line For New Track. In Pill, Site Compounds Are Being Constructed Off Monmouth Road And At Lodway, Near The Hammer And Spanner Sculpture. Station House Will Soon Be Demolished To Make Way For The New Station Forecourt. Garages Off Avon Road Will Then Be Demolished, Creating The Work Area To Renew The Railway Bridge And Reinforce The Embankment Alongside The Railway. Ends Passengers / Community Members Network Rail National Helpline 03457 11 41 41 Latest Travel Advice Please Visit National Rail Enquiries Journalists Network Rail Press Office - James Crook Senior Media Relations Manager Network Rail 07732 644202 James.Crook@Networkrail.Co.Uk We Own, Operate And Develop BritainS Railway Infrastructure; ThatS 20,000 Miles Of Track , 30,000 Bridges, Tunnels And Viaducts And The Thousands Of Signals , Level Crossings And Stations. We Run 20 Of The UkS Largest Stations While All The Others, Over 2,500, Are Run By The CountryS Train Operating Companies . 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 A Safe And Reliable Railway , So We Carefully Manage And Deliver Thousands Of Projects Every Year That Form Part Of The Multi-Billion Pound Railway Upgrade Plan , 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: @Networkrail Visit Our Online Newsroom: Www.Networkrailmediacentre.Co.Uk
