📋 Tender Overview
Network Rail Upgrades On The North Cotswolds Line Will Affect Passengers Between Moreton-In-Marsh And Worcester Later This Month. Work Takes Places In Several Areas Along The Line From Monday 18 To Sunday 24 August To Maintain A Safe And Reliable Railway. Near Honeybourne Station, Track ThatS Reached The End Of Its Working Life Will Be Replaced And A New Walkway Will Be Built For Train Drivers. Rail Will Also Be Replaced Near Evesham And Improvements Will Be Made To The Drainage. Maintenance Also Takes Place Inside Chipping Campden Tunnel, The 800M Long Tunnel That Opened In 1853. To Allow The Work To Be Completed Safely And Efficiently, The Railway Will Be Temporarily Closed Between Moreton-In-Marsh And Worcester Shrub Hill. Buses Will Replace Trains During This Time. Network Rail Programme Manager Jason Pankhurst Said: Our Work Will Ensure The Continued Safe And Reliable Running Of Trains Through The Cotswolds. WeRe Sorry To Temporarily Close The Railway But It Will Benefit Passengers Long Into The Future. Billy White, Gwr Station Manager For Oxford, Didcot And North Cotswolds Area, Said: This Forms Part Of An Ongoing Programme Of Maintenance, Helping To Ensure We Can Continue To Provide Consistent And Reliable Services. WeLl Provide Replacement Road Transport Between Moreton-In-Marsh, Honeybourne, Evesham, Pershore, Worcestershire Parkway And Worcester Shrub Hill. Trains Still Run Between Moreton-In Marsh And London Paddington, Via Oxford, Plus A Few Direct Trains Will Run Between Hereford And London Paddington, Via Cheltenham Spa. Other Train Services Will Be Operating Between Worcester Shrub Hill Or Worcester Foregate Street Stations And Hereford During This Period. As An Alternative, Transport For Wales Also Operate Trains Between Hereford And Newport For Connections To Didcot Parkway, Reading And London Paddington. Please Note That Only Crosscountry Trains Will Be Able To Stop At Worcestershire Parkway While This Engineering Work Is Taking Place. Customers Should Also Be Aware These Alternative Travel Arrangements Will Make Journey Times Much Longer, So Please Plan Ahead. Passengers / Community Members Network Rail National Helpline 03457 11 41 41 Latest Travel Advice Please Journalists Emily Maiden Network Rail 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:
