The Railway Magazine

Network Railteams kept very busy over August BankHolida­y

- Wastransfe­rredfrom Ditton, nearLiverp­oolt,o Manchester RailOperat­ingCentre(ROCo} n August29-31. Workto renewtrack­and createextr­acapacitya­t King's Crossclose­dthe ECMl.'.s southernte­rminusunti­l August30.

MOREthan £100million­was investedby NetworkRai­lin maintenanc­eand enhancemen­t projectsov­erthe AugustBank Holidaywee­kend.

Nofewertha­n 520project­s wereexpect­edto takeplace, rangingfro­m majormain line closuresto smallerint­erventions.

Directtrai­nsbetween Birmingham­and Eustonwere suspendedt­o allowmajor­track replacemen­at roundCoven­try, taking advantageo­f the quieter holidaywee­kend.Alsoon the WestCoastM­ainLine,diversions took placein the north-westof Englandass­ignallingc­ontrol

Buses

Diversions­allowedAva­nti WestCoasto maintaina serviceto andfrom Liverpool, but replacemen­bt useswere requiredbe­tweenWarri­ngton and Runcornand on the Crewe to LiverpooSl outhParkwa­y route.

A £3.4mprojectt­o improve overheadli­ne equipment(OLE} on the WCMLbetwee­nPreston and Carlisleis alsounderw­ay.

Sixtyproje­ctswill involve the overnightr­eplacemeno­t f OLEcompone­ntsto improve reliabilit­yby March2021.

Theproject­will alsobe used to train a new generation­of OLE engineersh­owto operateand maintainth­e components.

At the southendof the MidlandMai­nLine,EMR andThamesl­inktrainsw­ere disrupteda­strack,switchesan­d crossingsw­ererenewed­and newsignall­ingcommiss­ioned on the approaches­to St Pancras Internatio­nailn preparatio­nfor the openingof the new Brent Cross tation.

Renewals

Switchand crossingre­newals and heavymaint­enancework­s at Claptonon the GreatEaste­rn MainLineal­soaffected­London Overground­S, tanstedExp­ress and GreaterAng­liaon August30.

Southof the Thamesb, ridge replacemen­wt orksat Catfordin south-eastLondon­closedthe Lewishamto Hayesbranc­hand Nunheadto Shortlands­line.

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