Transport for Wales (TfW) has appointed L.B. Foster to its four-year £194m Station Modification Infrastructure Enhancements Framework (SMIEF).

L.B. Foster is a global solutions provider of products and services for the rail and infrastructure markets, and has been appointed to carry out Pan Wales Station Information and Security Systems (SISS) projects. The Station Modification Infrastructure Enhancements Framework (SMIEF) is divided into seven lots, and L.B. Foster was selected to carry out Lot 4.

Transport for Wales is in the process of the most comprehensive upgrade of rail infrastructure in Wales for a generation, to provide customers with a better experience through newer trains, faster and more frequent services, more capacity, and refurbished stations.

As part of this process, the Station Modification Infrastructure Enhancements Framework covers the provision across the Wales and Borders rail infrastructure of non-complex works at stations, remedial works to existing structures, major and complex works to stations and Infrastructure Owner works, including structures, fencing, civil works, and buildings and property.

The Station Modification Infrastructure Enhancements Framework is a four-year programme with the option of a two-year extension.

Further information about L.B. Foster can be found on the company’s website at https://lbfoster.eu/en/

Emma Boura, Head of Technology Services for L.B. Foster Europe, said: “We’re excited to be joining Transport for Wales on its mission to transform transport in Wales and make it fit for the future, inspiring a nation to change the way it travels and combating the climate emergency we all face.

“This is L.B. Foster’s first framework for Transport for Wales and reflects our growing reputation for excellence acquired on prestigious infrastructure projects, such as London’s Crossrail Project. The framework is all about delivering real, practical benefits for people who use railway stations on a day-to-day basis across Wales and its borders.

“Drawing on our long experience of installing Station Information and Security Systems, we will enable station managers to operate a station safely and securely, for the railway police to investigate incidents, to inform passengers of train departures, to help train operators maintain the timetable – and much more.”