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Rail Passengers Have Been Urged To Plan Their Journeys Ahead Of A Major Programme Of Improvement Work Near Milton Keynes. The Work To Improve Hanslope Junction Is One Of A Number Of Important Projects Taking Place Across The West Coast Main Line This Christmas. Located 56 Miles North Of London Euston And Seven Miles From Milton Keynes, The Junction Is A Vital Section Of Railway Carrying More Than 3,300 Passenger And Freight Services A Week. But, In The Last Five Years, Faults On This Crucial Railway Junction Have Caused More Than 11,000 Minutes Of Delays - Equivalent To More Than A WeekS Worth Of Disruption - So This Upgrade Will Improve Reliability And Reduce Disruption For Passengers. From Christmas Eve, The Mile-Long Stretch Of Track Will Be Transformed With A Ps26M Improvement Programme. Engineers Will Be Replacing 130 Track Pieces Across The Junction. Work Also Includes Strengthening The Foundations Below The Track, As Well As Overhauling Points, Switches And Crossings. The Work Means That Journeys To And From London Euston Will Be Affected From Christmas Eve Until The Morning Of 5 January. 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: With London Euston Expected To Be Quieter During The 11-Day Railway Closure, Teams Will Also Take The Opportunity To Improve Wayfinding Signage, Repair Floor Tiles, Paint Railings On Platform Ramps, And Deep Clean The Concourse To Keep The Station Looking Its Best For Customers. Steve Hopkinson, Network RailS Operations Director For The West Coast South Route, Said: This Is A Much-Needed Upgrade Which Will Reduce The Number Of Delays Passengers Have To Experience On The Railway And Future-Proof The West Coast Main Line For Decades To Come. We Have Worked Hard With Our Train Operator Partners To Limit Disruption To People Travelling This Christmas, But Please Check Your Journey Before You Travel. 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 . For More Information On Our Work At Hanslope Junction, Visit Our Website Here: 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:
