Technical details
Client
Costain
Dates
2014 – 2017
Missions
Design studies
Location
Scotland
Activity
Railways

A few years ago, the Edinburgh-Glasgow railway line in Scotland underwent a major improvement programme known as the Edinburgh-Glasgow Improvement Project (EGIP). The line comprises two tracks linked at several points to the rest of the Scottish rail network. It carries mostly passengers and is the main artery between the two major cities.

A MAJOR CONTRIBUTION BY SYSTRA

In 2014, SYSTRA was appointed to carry out design studies for the modernisation of this line. The challenge? That the 80km separating the two cities should be covered in just 42 minutes.

The project included work to electrify the line with a 25kV catenary, improve the track layout and signalling, as well as some civil engineering work on viaducts and bridges.

ESSENTIAL STRUCTURES

The platforms at the stations were lengthened to accommodate the new 8-car trains, compared with 6 cars before. This has increased the line’s capacity by 30%. With a total of 75,000 hours of work, SYSTRA engineers designed more than 3,000 foundations and more than 2,600 structures essential to the EGIP project.

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