Amey has secured two important projects to support Network Rail in their Eastern Routes Partnership Framework.
One project, called Lot 2a, sees Amey playing a major role in the maintenance of signalling and telecoms equipment, essential in helping Network Rail provide safe and smooth-running services across the Eastern region.
In addition, Amey will help maintain overhead line equipment for Lot 3a. Not only will this support existing services, but also help develop new electrification projects.
As well as maintaining safety and improving rail services in the East, Amey aim for their work to improve sustainability and decarbonisation of the industry.
Amey promise end-to-end delivery of these projects to Network Rail and will keep work in-house, using their own design, advisory and analytics teams, to ensure that things are efficient and joined-up.
They have worked in the Eastern region for over fifteen years and have substantial experience in the rail sector, winning awards for their operations.
This on-going partnership follows Amey being awarded Network Rail’s capital delivery frameworks for the North-West and Central region.
Other projects that they are also involved with include the Transpennine Route Upgrade. A multi-billion pound task to improve reliability, connectivity and sustainability to services in the North of England and speed up journey times between key cities like Manchester, Leeds and York.
Amey were also one of the first companies to sign up to the rail industry’s Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Charter and recently made news when they signed a partnership with Samaritans to help rail workers in Wales facing crisis situations.
We are delighted to be selected by Network Rail to deliver on the five-year Eastern Routes Partnership Framework, with a potential five-year extension. Through our extensive knowledge of the Eastern region, we will efficiently deliver client objectives, drive industry-leading safety performance, keeping people from harm, and accelerating our environmental and sustainability commitments to achieve Network Rail’s net zero carbon targets.
Peter Anderson, Managing Director at Amey
Responses
Perhaps Amey and Network Rail should continue on with the electrification from Huddersfield to Leeds and Leeds-Hull/York and to electrify other lines in North Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and electrification in Cumbria, Lancashire and Cheshire to allow more new and existing electric trains to operate on newly electrified lines. And to electrify from Didcot Parkway to Oxford and Cardiff Central-Swansea.