Network Rail has delivered a £1.3 million investment of platform works at Giffnock and Pollokshaws West stations.
The five-month programme at Giffnock station in East Renfrewshire, on the East Kilbride to Glasgow line, replaced the 153-metre long section of Platform 1 that’s been in place for over 80 years.
Precast units were laid on top of the 85 concrete foundations which spanned the platform and 75 per cent of materials on site were processed and reused as a backfill.
Part of the work also involved engineers extending the section to the south end of the platform by 15-metres to improve future signalling in this location.
At Pollokshaws West station, on Glasgow’s southside, more than 65 tonnes of brickwork was removed and the wall rebuilt to improve the existing condition of the platform that serves both the Glasgow-Barrhead and East Kilbride to Glasgow lines.
For safety reasons, trains with only four carriages were in operation on both lines during the works but trains of up to six carriages have restarted.
Michelle McCaig, project manager for the works at Pollokshaws West station, said:
“The platforms works at each station were necessary to improve the railway so that it continues to remain fit for purpose for our passengers and freight customers.”
With the majority of work at Pollokshaws West station now complete, the final element will involve resurfacing Platform 2 and will be carried out later in the year.
Throughout the works at Giffnock, 33 parking spaces at the station were utilised to house the site compound – this will continue to remain in place to deliver the East Kilbride Enhancement project.
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