Crossrail has announced that it intends to award the £25 million contract for the non-traction high voltage power supply contract to the AC Joint Venture (Alstom Transport and Costain Limited).
The system will provide a dedicated power supply for use at stations, shafts and portals.
The scope of works includes the provision of electrical power, distributed at 22kV or 11kV, within Crossrail’s central section extending from Royal Oak Portal in the west to Pudding Mill Lane in the east, splitting at Stepney Green Junction and running to Plumstead Portal in the southeast.
In line with European procurement rules the contract is subject to a ten-day standstill period.
Crossrail will operate a high-frequency metro service of up to 24 trains per hour during the peak between Whitechapel and Paddington through new tunnels under central London.
