East coast main line upgrade

Client: Network Rail Project Delivery and the ECML Programme Management Team.

Services Provided

Since August 1999 Corus has provided a multi-functional Consultancy service to Network Rail Project Delivery and the ECML Programme Management Team, in its upgrading of the East Coast Main Line and Diversionary routes.

Working under Partnership Agreement, Corus has provided input on infrastructure changes on the East Coast mainline from Kings Cross to Berwick.

The initiatives Corus has worked on include:

• Main Line Gauging
• Permanent Way Schemes
• Freight Diversions
• Feasibility studies: gauging, route availability, earthworks surveillance

Corus has been asked to carry out further feasibility studies on the following key elements of the programme:

• GN/GE route - Werrington Jn. To Doncaster via Lincoln
• Northallerton to Ferryhill via Stockton
• Leamside branch reopening
• Kings Cross Platform 'O'
• Peterborough Remodelling