Date: 30/03/2017

Ahead of Glasgow Queen Street stations redevelopment, preparatory work will begin next week for the extension of platform 1. A £13m contract has been issued to Balfour Beatty who will deliver a package of enabling works including the construction of a new staff accommodation block, ahead of the platform being lengthened to accommodate four-carriage trains. To prepare for the platform extension, the staff accommodation currently located on platform 1 and 2 needs to be demolished. The staff facilities within this block will be relocated to a new staff building being built on the North Hanover Street (Car park) side of the station ahead of the demolition. Balfour Beatty will start work on this new staff building on Monday, April 3, with completion the facility due in spring 2018. Engineers will also strip out redundant structures within the station during this time and build a new electrical sub-station to serve Glasgow Queen Street station. The work is part of the Scottish Government-funded Edinburgh-Glasgow Improvement Programme and preparatory work ahead of the future redevelopment of the station.

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