📋 Tender Overview
Passengers Have Been Given Advance Notice Of A Major Programme Of Improvements On The West Coast Main Line. The Upgrades Will Take Place Near Milton Keynes Over Christmas And New Year, Making Journeys Smoother And More Reliable For Years To Come. Journeys To And From London Euston Will Be Affected From The Afternoon Of 24 December Until The Morning Of 5 January, While Engineers Work Around The Clock On A Ps26M Upgrade At Hanslope Junction. This Is A Vital Section Of Railway Located 56 Miles North Of London Euston And 7 Miles From Milton Keynes That Carries Over 3,300 Passenger And Freight Services Per Week. WhatS Happening At Hanslope Junction? This Work Will Remove Speed Restrictions, Improve Reliability And Reduce Maintenance Needs On A Critical Section Of The West Coast Main Line. To Make The Most Of The Closure, While Trains ArenT Running Between Milton Keynes And Rugby Or Milton Keynes And Northampton, Engineers Will Deliver Additional Improvements, Including: About The Other Upgrades Which Will Take Place In The North West On The West Coast Main Line Over New Year And Through To The Morning Of 15 January. Gary Walsh, Network RailS Route Director For The West Coast South Route, Said: This Christmas And New Year WeRe Investing In Major Upgrades To Keep The West Coast Main Line Safe, Reliable And Fit For The Future. The Work At Hanslope Junction Is One Of The Most Significant Projects, And By Carrying It Out During A Quieter Travel Period We Can Deliver Improvements That Will Benefit Passengers And Freight For Decades To Come. Our Advice For Anyone Planning To Travel Between London And Scotland This Christmas Is To Plan Your Journeys As Early As Possible By Visiting National Rail Enquiries. Travel Advice To Carry Out These Upgrades Safely, There Will Be No Trains Between Milton Keynes And Northampton/Rugby For Eleven Consecutive Days From The Evening Of 24 December Until The Morning Of 5 January. Follow Up Work Will Take Place On Sundays 11 And 25 January To Complete Essential Tamping (Compacting Of The Stones Beneath The New Track That Give Stability) And Drainage Work. On These Days There Will Be No Trains Between Milton Keynes And Northampton/Rugby. Passengers Are Advised To: For The Latest Travel Information, Visit . Passengers / Community Members Network Rail National Helpline 03457 11 41 41 Latest Travel Advice Please Journalists Network Rail Press Office - North West & Central Region 0330 854 0100 We Own, Operate And Develop BritainS Railway Infrastructure; ThatS 20,000 Miles Of , 30,000 And The Thousands Of , Level Crossings And Stations. We Run 20 Of The UkS Largest While All The Others, Over 2,500, Are Run By The CountryS . Usually, There Are Almost Five Million Journeys Made In The Uk And Over 600 Freight Trains Run On The Network. People Depend On BritainS Railway For Their Daily Commute, To Visit Friends And Loved Ones And To Get Them Home Safe Every Day. Our Role Is To Deliver , So We Carefully Manage And Deliver Thousands Of Projects Every Year That Form Part Of The , To Grow And Expand The NationS Railway Network To Respond To The Tremendous Growth And Demand The Railway Has Experienced - A Doubling Of Passenger Journeys Over The Past 20 Years. Follow Us On Twitter: Visit Our Online Newsroom:
