£93m contract awarded to build Cambridge South station
A contract worth £93.4million has been awarded to build the new Cambridge South station, which will create a faster route to the city’s Biomedical Campus.
Following the rail minister’s commitment to fund the construction of Cambridge South in June this year, Network Rail has awarded the main works contract to build the new railway station to J Murphy & Sons Ltd.
Now work will begin on the main construction which will deliver a two-storey, four-platform station on the West Anglia Main adjacent to the fast-growing campus.
Cambridge South station will connect the site – home to Addenbrooke’s, the Rosie and Royal Papworth hospitals along with research sites and businesses including AstraZeneca and Abcam, with destinations such as central London, Stansted Airport, Ely, Birmingham and Europe.
Katie Frost, Network Rail’s route director for Anglia, said: “Awarding the delivery contract is a significant milestone for the Cambridge South project which will allow us to complete this exciting new station
for Cambridge.
“I’m looking forward to continuing to work with Murphy, as we move into the main work phase and build on the early enabling work that has already been delivered.”
Joe Kennedy, project director for Murphy, said: “We’re very excited to be continuing our work on Cambridge South station.
“Murphy has made significant progress over recent months completing the enabling works, commenced installation of all four platforms, station building piling and undertaken all groundworks to facilitate the track being realigned during a blockade in December 2023.
“We have forged a strong working relationship with Network Rail and our other delivery partners, SRSA and Alstom, on this major infrastructure project and look forward to completing this station for the people of Cambridge.”
The new station will support 300 new construction jobs and forms part of the proposed East West Rail route, which aims to unlock £103billion of economic growth.
The enabling works are already under way with the establishment of the worksite compound, installation of overhead line masts and the front walls of the platforms. Work will now continue to deliver the station through to completion, currently planned for 2025.
