Contractor on track with station improvement

BUILDING contractor Strategic Team Group has completed a £1.8m refurbishment programme of Ormskirk’s eco-friendly station in Lancashire, on behalf of Merseyrail. 

The grade two-listed station, which is owned by Network Rail and managed by Merseyrail, was refurbished in a project led by Lancashire County Council that also involved the Railway Heritage Trust, Merseytravel, West Lancashire Borough Council, the Department for Transport (DfT) and the North West Development Agency

Merseyrail managed the refurbishment programme on behalf of Network Rail and Strategic Team Group delivered it on time and to budget.

Ormskirk is the first station in the country to be completed with funding from the DfT’s National Stations Improvement Programme.

Keeping as close as possible to its original architecture, the station gets its green credentials by using a system that harvests rainwater.

The station also saves energy by using LED lighting, having improved levels of thermal insulation and utilising under floor heating.

Existing materials have been reused or repaired where possible, including the environmentally friendly insulation boarding.

Charles Tweed, Strategic Team Group’s business development director, added: “Modernising such a historical building has been particularly rewarding and we are confident that it now provides a more attractive and welcoming gateway into the market town for a growing number of business and leisure passengers.”