An Atkins and CH2M team has been awarded a $1.85-million contract to deliver the Stage 1 On-Networks Systems program on the proposed Crossrail 2 project. The team will develop upgrade designs for the Network Rail-owned stations, tracks, and rail
infrastructure on either side of the proposed tunneled section, which will play a key role in Crossrail 2.
Crossrail 2 is a proposed new railway serving London and the wider South East. It could connect the National Rail networks, linking in with London Underground, London Overground, Crossrail 1, and national and international rail services. It will add capacity to the regional rail network, cutting journey times across the South East. It will also support economic regeneration by providing infrastructure that could support 200,000 new homes and 200,000 new jobs.
Atkins and CH2M are building on their previous engineering and program management experience, as part of the CAST (CH2M, Atkins, Supply Chain, and Transport for London) team working on Crossrail 2. Together, they have provided strategic transport modeling, route development, transport planning, and economic appraisal of the project. More recently, the two organizations were named, with SENER, as the engineering delivery partner for Phase One of UK’s High Speed Rail 2.