Passengers are set to benefit from a more pleasant travelling experience after network rail awarded a 20m contract to complete the refurbishment of paddington station s historic roof.
Paddington station roof refurbishment.
The glazing on the roof of the station will also be replaced with new clear windows to let in more natural daylight.
Morgan sindall infrastructure delivered a station refurbishment whilst maintaining a fully operational station serving 50 million passengers a year.
There has already been a blog about paddington station but this one concentrates on the original station roof.
The scheme began as an early contractor involvement project back in 2012.
In 1916 cover was needed for platforms 9 12.
A colas rail morgan sindall joint venture is to carry out a 20 million project to refurbish three more of the historic roof spans at paddington station.
Phase i redevelopment london uk one of britain s most important early victorian railway stations paddington station was designed by isambard kingdom brunel and matthew digby wyatt and is known for its striking victorian spans and cathedral like transepts.
The roof will also benefit from a much needed cleaning while pillars and steelwork be given a fresh lick of paint repainted to improve the station s appearance.
When the new station was opened in 1854 the roof consisted of three arches or spans making it the largest train shed roof in the world at the time.
Plans to transform paddington s bakerloo line and station have been revealed as part of a 775 million proposal which will transform the area.
There are two london termini with famous station roofs paddington station and st pancras station.
Neil barnes rail director at morgan sindall said.
Paddington station took four years to complete and opened on 29 may 1854 serving as the london terminus of the.
The contract which was awarded by network rail as part of a multi asset framework agreement mafa will include steelwork strengthening and repairs to the original wrought iron structure.
The onsite team will also undertake internal redecoration and make improvements to the roof drainage.
The scheme began as an early contractor involvement project back in 2012.
The lighting system will also be upgraded and the polycarbonate roof lights replaced.