Carillion wins £43m Peterborough station revamp
Network Rail has awarded Carillion the job to deliver a £43m expansion of Peterborough station building extra platforms and new footbridges.
The project will start in April and see two new platforms constructed on the west side of the station for use by trains travelling on east-west routes, freeing up the existing platforms for north-south services.
Platform 3 will also be widened and a new platform added for future London-bound high-speed services from Peterborough.
The main station footbridge will be updated and extended to serve the new platforms, with lifts providing step-free access between the station entrance and all platforms for the first time.
A new goods loop will also be created to the west of the station to increase freight capacity on the key cross-country route from the port of Felixstowe to the Midlands and beyond.