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Carillion PLC
06 October 2005


6 October 2005


Carillion wins £110 million contract for London-Glasgow rail electrification

Support services and construction company Carillion is pleased to announce that
GTBB, a 50:50 joint venture between Carillion and Balfour Beatty, has been
awarded a £110 million contract by Network Rail for the rail electrification on
the West Coast Mainline between London and Glasgow.

GTBB will be responsible for modernising the overhead line equipment and power
distribution infrastructure on the West Coast Mainline. The contract will
deliver 13 feeder stations and 620 miles of along-track high-voltage feeder to
support faster train speeds and heavier traffic on Britain's busiest rail route.

This contract follows the successful completion by the GTBB joint venture,
working in partnership with Network Rail, of the first phase of the West Coast
Mainline Overhead Line Electrification and Distribution upgrade.

Commenting on the appointment, John McDonough, Carillion's chief executive said:

'Rail infrastructure continues to be an important and successful market for
Carillion. We are therefore delighted with the award of this new contract, which
reflects Carillion's absolute focus on safety, quality and performance and
reinforces our position as one of the UK's leading suppliers of rail
infrastructure services.'



For further information

John Denning Director Group Corporate Affairs 01902 316426

Notes to editors

Carillion is one of the UK's leading business and construction services
companies and a major supplier of rail infrastructure services. As a FTSE 250
company with a turnover of around £2 billion and over 19,000 employees, the
Group delivers high-quality, cost effective and sustainable solutions using its
wide range of skills and resources. Carillion's key target markets are health,
transport (road and rail infrastructure), building, facilities management and
support services for public and private sector customers. In the rail market,
Carillion is one of the UK's leading suppliers of infrastructure services and
carries out a range of enhancement and renewal projects for Network Rail.
Carillion also maintains Phase I of the high-speed Channel Tunnel Rail Link and
is constructing Phase II of the Link. Overseas, Carillion is developing its
presence in the growing Scandinavian rail infrastructure market through Swedish
Rail Systems, which it acquired in June 2003.

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