VolkerFitpatrick has reached a milestone on its project to build the new £50 million Cambridge North railway station.

Engineers have finished installing a new footbridge to connect the ticket office with the station's platforms and the development is on schedule to open in May 2017.

The structure was installed in two sections and links all three platforms to the new ticket office, lift shafts and stairwells.

Cladding has also been installed on the lift shafts at the site of the new station, which will help alleviate pressure on the existing Cambridge station.

Further work includes building the track, points and structures to carry the overhead line and power supply. Once completed, the station will have three platforms, parking for 450 vehicles and 1,000 cycles, and solar panels will provide up to 10% of the station's power.

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The development is being carried out as part of Network Rail's £40 billion Railway Upgrade Plan.

Warren Devereux, Project Director at VolkerFitzpatrick, said: "We are excited to be working with Network Rail on this project, as part of the Anglia Route Collaboration. The VolkerFitzpatrick team worked safely and efficiently, within a 52 hour closure, to install the two bridge link spans, platform canopies and rail systems. We are delighted to have successfully delivered this key milestone for the project."

Helen Warnock, Network Rail's area director for west Anglia, added: "It's been all hands to the pump on site over the last few months to build the lift shafts and station buildings, and this bridge links all of those together so you can really see the station taking shape. All of our work here is gearing up to provide that vital link to the north of the city when the station opens next year, and to support the growth of the local economy as part of our Railway Upgrade Plan."

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