Jacobs wins West Edinburgh rail work

Network Rail has appointed consultant Jacobs to provide design services for the Edinburgh Waverley Western Approaches project, which is exploring three ways of increasing rail capacity. Each option involves building the Almond chord, a piece of track that would allow trains to/from the Falkirk lines to join the Edinburgh-Fife lines south of Dalmeny. The variations between the three options are: flat junctions at both Winchburgh and Almond; a flat Winchburgh Junction and a grade separated Almond Junction; grade separated junctions at both Winchburgh and Almond.