The UK’s Network Rail has awarded a design contract worth £900,000 to engineering company Mott MacDonald for the Edinburgh Waverley Masterplan.
The scope of work under the contract involves design work to assess and select the appropriate options for the various elements of the Masterplan, to allow them to be developed further.
The engineering company will also be responsible for the development of the concept designs, which were revealed in August, to transform the capital’s main station.
The Edinburgh Waverley Masterplan is a partnership between the Scottish Government (Transport Scotland), City of Edinburgh Council and Network Rail.
The work on the project will look at the future growth that is expected at the station, the impact of city centre developments, and urban planning trends.
It will also consider how Waverley station can be upgraded to encourage and contribute to the future development of Scotland’s capital city and support the wider economy.
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By GlobalDataScotland Railway managing director Alex Hynes said: “Our city stations, and the economies they support, will be key to how the country recovers from the impact of Covid-19 and nowhere more so than in our Capital.
“As restrictions ease and people begin to move around the country again, designing a station that works for the city, both now and in the future, is an important step to creating a modern, vibrant transport hub that will attract people to the railway and provide a distinctive and fitting gateway for people arriving into Edinburgh.”
Additionally, Network Rail stated that it had collaborated closely on previous projects with Mott MacDonald across the UK.
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Masterplan mezzanine from above. (Credit: Network Rail.)