📋 Tender Overview
A Wide Range Of Rail Improvement Projects Will Affect Passenger Journeys On Three Consecutive Weekends. Network Rail Is Carrying Out Engineering Work At Various Sites, Closing Some Lines And Meaning Changes To Rail Services. The Work Being Carried Out While Lines Are Closed Includes: Other Work Taking Place Includes A Ps125,000 Investment In Nether Poppleton Level Crossing To Make It Smoother And Safer. The Surface Will Be Upgraded, And The Road Markings And Cill Beams (The Interface Between Road Surface And Railway) Will Be Renewed. The Road Will Be Closed To Vehicles On 25 And 26 October, With A Signed Diversion In Place. Pedestrians And Cyclists Will Still Be Able To Use The Crossing, With The Work Site Fenced Off And Marshals On Hand To Supervise. Further South, Between Selby And Doncaster, About 150 Colleagues Will Be Working On A Ps1.1M Investment At Heck Sidings, Where The Ground Frame Will Be Upgraded From A Manual To Mechanical Set-Up. The Apparatus, Which Controls The Points (Movable Sections Of Track Enabling Trains To Switch Lines) Has Reached The End Of Its Lifespan, And The Improved Mechanism Will Mean Safer And Smoother Journeys. The Nine-Day Line Closure Between Knaresborough And York Will Allow For Repairs To Cattal Signal Box And The Renewal Of Its Lever Frame, As Well As New Gates And Hinges At Cattal Level Crossing. Sam Macdougall, Network Rail Operations Director, Said: WeRe Investing In Vital Upgrades Across The Area To Deliver A More Reliable And Resilient Railway For Passengers. While We Understand That Changes To Services Can Be Disruptive, This Work Is Vital To Keep The Network Running Safely And Smoothly For Years To Come. WeRe Working Closely With Train Operators To Keep People Moving And Thank Everyone For Their Patience While We Carry Out These Improvements. A Spokesperson For The Train Operating Companies Said: WeRe Working Closely With Network Rail To Keep Passengers On The Move While This Essential Engineering Work Takes Place. Replacement Buses And Revised Timetables Will Be In Place To Help People Reach Their Destinations, And WeRe Encouraging Everyone To Check Before They Travel. Passengers Are Urged To Check Details Of Their Journeys Before Travelling Via Or With Their Train Operators. On 25 And 26 October: Crosscountry Will Have Buses Replacing Trains Between Leeds And Darlington. No Grand Central Trains Will Run Between London KingS Cross And Sunderland. No Lner Services Will Operate Between Doncaster And Northallerton. Trains From London KingS Cross Which Would Usually Call At York, Newcastle Or Scotland Will Terminate At Doncaster, And Trains From Newcastle And Scotland Will Terminate At Either Darlington Or Northallerton. Rail Replacement Coaches Will Operate Between Doncaster And Northallerton/Darlington. For York Only, Coaches Will Run Between York And Wakefield To Connect With Lner Trains To The South, And Between York And Northallerton To Connect With Lner Trains To The North. Lumo Will Have No Services Between London KingS Cross And Newcastle, And A Reduced Service Between Newcastle And Edinburgh. No Northern Trains Will Operate Between Blackpool North And York; Sheffield And York; Or Between Leeds And York Via Garforth. Buses Will Replace Trains Between York And Moorthorpe/Selby/Micklefield. Transpennine Express Will Have No Service Running Between Leeds And York Via Cross Gates. Replacement Bus Services Will Operate Between Leeds And York; Wakefield Kirkgate And York; York And Northallerton; And York And Redcar Central. On 1 And 2 November: Crosscountry Will Have Buses Replacing Trains Between Leeds And Darlington. No Grand Central Services Will Operate Between London KingS Cross And Sunderland. No Lner Services Will Operate Between Doncaster And Northallerton. Trains From London KingS Cross Which Would Usually Call At York, Newcastle Or Scotland Will Terminate At Doncaster, And Trains From Newcastle And Scotland Will Terminate At Either Darlington Or Northallerton. Rail Replacement Coaches Will Operate Between Doncaster And Northallerton/Darlington. For York Only, Coaches Will Operate Between York And Wakefield To Connect With Lner Trains To The South, And Between York And Northallerton To Connect With Lner Trains To The North. Lumo Will Operate A Reduced Timetable Between Newcastle And Edinburgh. Northern Will Have Buses Operating Between York And Moorthorpe/Selby/Micklefield. No Trains Will Run Between Blackpool North And York; Sheffield And York; And Between Leeds And York Via Garforth (Sunday Only). On Saturday, Trains Between Leeds And York Via Garforth Will Start/Terminate At Micklefield. Transpennine Express Will Have An Amended Service As Follows: Rail Replacement Buses Will Operate Between Leeds And York; Leeds And Darlington; York And Northallerton; York And Malton; And York And Redcar Central. On 8 And 9 November: Crosscountry Will Have Buses Running Between Leeds And York. Grand Central Will Have No Trains Between London KingS Cross And Sunderland. No Lner Services Will Operate Between Doncaster And York. Trains From London KingS Cross Which Would Usually Call At York, Newcastle Or Scotland Will Terminate At Doncaster, And Trains From Newcastle And Scotland Will Terminate At York. Rail Replacement Coaches Will Operate Between York And Wakefield Westgate, Connecting With Lner Trains To The North And South. Lner Services Between London KingS Cross And Hull Will Be Diverted And Will Not Call At Selby. Coaches Will Replace Trains Between Doncaster And Selby. Buses Will Replace Trains Between Doncaster And Selby, And Between Wakefield Westgate And York. Lumo Will Have A Reduced Service Between Newcastle And Edinburgh. No Northern Trains Will Run Between Blackpool North And York; Sheffield And York; And Between Leeds And York Via Garforth (Sunday Only). Trains Between Hull And York Will Be Diverted To Run Between Leeds And Hull. On Saturday, Trains Between Leeds And York Via Garforth Will Start/Terminate At Micklefield. Buses Will R
