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| Ferrovial consortium to build London's Farringdon station Crossrail, a Transport for London subsidiary, has awarded a consortium comprising Ferrovial Agroman, BAM Nuttall and Kier Construction (BFK), all with equal stakes, the contract to build the new Farringdon station; the contract is worth more than 200 million pounds (more than 230 million euro). This project includes the construction of the station's building, accesses and caverns. This is the third Crossrail program contract to be awarded to the Ferrovial Agroman consortium. In December 2010, the consortium was awarded two other projects: the construction of two tunnels, connecting Royal Oak with both Paddington and Farringdon stations; and the construction of the accesses and caverns of the Bond Street and Tottenham Court Road stations, in London's city center. When Farringdon opens, it will become one of Britain's busiest train stations. Passengers will be able to reach Tottenham Court Road from Farringdon in 3 minutes, Paddington in 7 minutes and Heathrow in 31 minutes. Farringdon station will also provide a direct connection to Heathrow, Gatwick and Luton airports. As a result of this new contract, the consortium manages the largest business volume within the Crossrail program, which will increase London's railway transport capacity by 10% through the construction of 118 kilometers of infrastructure, connecting West and East London (Maidenhead with Heathrow, Shenfield and Abbey Wood). write your comments about the article :: © 2011 Construction News :: home page |