The client
The York Station Third Line Project represents a pivotal phase in a £54 million investment endeavour aimed at augmenting and improving capacity at York Station between 2023 and 2027, ultimately facilitating a third line upgrade. Akona Concepts currently deploy retained delivery teams tasked with executing an £11 million portfolio of overhead line enhancement works.
Under our construction management leadership, the project entails the installation of foundations, main steel structures, SPS (Small Part Steel), wire transfers, and associated wiring activities. Our dedicated teams are committed to delivering these critical enhancements over the course of the next few years, ensuring seamless integration and operational effectiveness for the upgraded third line at York Station.
The task
To upgrade the station area as part of the York Station capacity upgrade between York and Skelton Junction.
118 trial holes
152 OLE structures
300+ OLE registrations
4000(m) catenary and contact wiring
The solution
Provision of construction management, supervisors, linesman engineers to install new OLE equipment across 3km of complex existing railway alignment.
The result
Current project delivery running live to-date and will continue until 2026 commissioning date.
Summary
Akona Concepts have provided skilled resource which currently meeting project timescales and programme.
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