NETWORK RAIL SCOOPS HERITAGE AWARDS

Monday 13 Dec 2004

NETWORK RAIL SCOOPS HERITAGE AWARDS

Region & Route:: National

Network Rail is celebrating after winning five National Railway Heritage awards for restoration projects around the country. The £41m refurbishment of Waterloo’s station roof picked up the First Engineering Craft Skills Award. The project involved replacing the 100-year-old 28,000 square metre train shed roof, the largest in Europe, without disrupting the 150 million passengers who travelled through the London station during the project. Restoration of offices at Newcastle Central station won the Ian Allan Publishing Award. The £3.7m project restored 80 rooms to their former 19th century glory using traditional methods including rebuilding decorative ceiling roses. Refurbishment of the historic Helsby Signal Box in Cheshire won the Westinghouse Signalling Award. Two 25th Anniversary Awards for past conservation projects went to the engineering programme on the five-span Moy Viaduct in the Scottish Highlands and work on Glasgow Central Station. Simon Kirby, Director, Major Projects and Investments, Network Rail, said: “We are delighted to receive these awards which recognise the importance of our heritage work.” The awards are given to organisations that have played a part in helping to maintain railway heritage and encourage high standards of structural restoration and environmental care. Judging was carried out by a panel of adjudicators from the Heritage Railway Association.

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