BAM Nuttall and Network Rail are to begin work on the next phase of the Aberdeen-Inverness Improvement Project.

The 10-day scheme will get underway later tonight, 06 October.

Works will include;

• Complete 1.5km of new track in Forres

• Finish the new Forres station and link road

• Complete 1.2km of new track in Elgin

• Extend the platforms at Elgin

• Upgrade Elgin level crossing to a full-barrier, CCTV crossing


• Remove redundant signal boxes at Elgin and Forres

• Upgrade signalling systems between Elgin and Inverness

The Aberdeen-Inverness Improvement Project is a Scottish Government-funded scheme to improve journey times and increase capacity on the route between the two cities.

Matthew Spence, delivery director for Network Rail Infrastructure Projects in Scotland, said: "The Aberdeen-Inverness Improvement project will transform train travel between the two cities and the work we are undertaking over the next ten days is vital to the delivery of the project.

"Our engineers will be working around-the-clock to complete this complex programme as quickly as possible.

"We understand the inconvenience these works will cause to some passengers, residents and motorists and we are working hard to keep disruption to a minimum."

(LM)