Fast-tracking passengers into the future

• Modernised the Swindon to Bristol railway, offering millions of passengers faster, greener, quieter, and more reliable journeys. 
• Integrated modern infrastructure within historic areas, including Bath's World Heritage site, while reducing carbon emissions and noise pollution. 
• Saved £16 million through innovative solutions, such as modifying 115 bridges and lowering 1.83 miles of track inside Box Tunnel. 

As the appointed development and delivery partner for the electrification of the highly complex Great Western Main Line’s Bath Corridor, we drew on our expert knowledge to deliver this project on time and with significant cost savings. 

As the route crosses a World Heritage site in Bath and an area of outstanding natural beauty, we gave significant consideration to environmental affects and amended more than one hundred structures before the work could take place safely. 

To enable room for new trains and overhead electric equipment, we lowered the track under 115 bridges and parapets and along 1.83 miles inside the famous Box Tunnel. 

Using our expertise, we avoided long programme delays through careful planning and stakeholder negotiations, and have delivered the design programme ahead of schedule by developing alternative design solutions. 

This is the largest scale of works to take place on the Western route since Brunel built it.