Network Rail has selected SSE Enterprise Rail to upgrade electrical equipment at Liverpool Street Station.

The 'Liverpool Street Switch Panels and Distribution Board Project' will replace 25-year-old equipment at the station.

SSE will design and deliver a solution to replace the mechanical and electrical assets, while also improving electrical safety to help prevent major equipment failure.

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In addition, it will develop a dedicated back-up electricity supply for the station and train shed lighting which will further improve reliability.

Overall, electrical distribution capacity at the station will be expanded by 25%.

Raj Sinha, MD for SSE Enterprise Rail, said: "We are very pleased to have been awarded this contract. It will be very challenging but we have the right people with the right skills at every level to deliver this type of specialist work."

(LM)