📋 Tender Overview
While 90% Of The Railway Remains Open Over Easter, Network Rail Will Carry Out Essential Engineering Work On Parts Of The Network In The South East. While More Than 90% Of The Railway Will Remain Open Over The Easter Period, Network RailS Engineers Will Complete A Number Of Critical Upgrades For The Continued Safe And Reliable Running Of The Railway, Including: Once Complete, This Work Will Further Improve The Rail Network By Allowing More Trains To Run, Increase The Speed That Trains Can Travel At And Improve Reliability To Reduce Future Delays For Passengers. Speaking For The Southeastern-Network Rail Alliance, David Davidson, Network RailS Kent Route Director, Said: This Easter We Are Continuing To Upgrade The Railway For Passengers With Major Projects In The Battersea And Lewisham Areas, And Between Eastbourne And Hastings. While We Are Reminding People To Plan Ahead And Check Their Journey, More Than 90% Of The Network Is Open And Trains Are Running. If Your Route Is Affected, Bus Replacements Are Available, And Tickets Will Be Accepted On Alternative Services. Thank You To Customers For Your Patience While We Work To Modernise Track, Signalling, Stations, Structures And Earthworks, Keeping People Moving For Decades To Come. This Is The Least Worst Time To Complete These Works And Continue To Invest In Our Growing Railway As Part Of Our Continued Drive To Improve Performance. Jenny Saunders, Customer Service Director For Govia Thameslink Railway, Said : Engineers Will Be Working On The Tracks Across Our Network This Easter To Deliver More Reliable Journeys For Passengers. It Does Mean That, For These Works To Go Ahead, Some Of Our Services In London And Near Eastbourne Will Be Operating Differently To Usual - Either Being Diverted, On A Bus, Or Not Running. We Advise Passengers To Check A Journey Planner, Like The Southern Website, Before Travelling - And Again Before Leaving Home. WeLl Have Staff At Stations And Onboard Trains To Keep Passengers Moving. Travel Advice The Work Means Southeastern Trains From/To London Victoria Will Be Diverted To London Cannon Street, London Charing Cross Or London Blackfriars From Friday 18 To Monday 21 April . Brixton Station Will Also Be Closed. A Reduced Southern Service Will Run Between London Victoria And Clapham Junction/East Croydon With No Trains Calling At Battersea Park Towards London Victoria. Customers For London Victoria Should Travel To Clapham Junction, Then Change For A Train Towards London Victoria. Trains Which Usually Run Between London Victoria And London Bridge Will Also Not Run, Nor Trains Between London Bridge And Epsom. Trains Which Usually Run Between London Victoria And Littlehampton/Eastbourne Will Be Diverted To Run To And From London Bridge. Trains That Usually Run Between London Victoria And Reigate Will Be Amended To Run Between Redhill And Reigate Only With Passengers Asked To Use Alternative Southern Or Thameslink Trains To Travel Between London And Redhill. Passengers / Community Members Network Rail National Helpline 03457 11 41 41 Latest Travel Advice Please Journalists Paul Prentice Communications Manager 07354 529345 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:
