📋 Tender Overview
Rail Passengers Have Been Warned To Expect Disruption On Sunday In Cumbria And Lancashire As Extreme Weather Is Expected. The Met Office Has Issued A Yellow Warning For Wind And Rain In Cumbria From 18:00 Gmt On Saturday Until 18:00 On Monday. It Will Turn Into An Amber Warning For Parts Of The County From 06:00 Until 18:00 On Sunday. The Rain Is Expected To Ease Off Overnight But The Alert Is In Place Again For The Same Times On Monday. To Keep Passengers And Railway Staff Safe, Trains Will Run At Reduced Speeds In Some Areas On Sunday And Monday. As A Further Precaution, No Passenger Trains Will Operate From Start Of Service On Sunday Through To 1800 On Monday On The Following Lines And No Rail Replacement Services Will Be Provided: Safety Measures Will Continue To Be Reviewed And Updated As Necessary. Phil James North West Route Director Said: We Are Expecting Extremely Heavy Rain And Winds In Cumbria And Parts Of Lancashire, Which Could Disrupt The Railway. Our Top Priority Is Keeping Passengers And Staff Safe, And WeRe Working Hard Behind The Scenes To Prepare. Teams Are Carrying Out Extra Inspections And Putting Contingency Plans In Place, With Staff Ready To Respond Quickly To Flooding. WeLl Be Monitoring Conditions Closely And Doing Everything We Can To Keep People Moving Safely. Andy Mcclements, Customer Experience And Transformation Director At Transpennine Express, Said: With Poor Weather Forecast, We Are Asking All Customers Planning To Travel Through Cumbria To Check Carefully Before Heading To The Station, As We Will Be Running An Amended Timetable. We Also Expect That Many Of Our Services We Are Able To Run In The Area Will Be Disrupted - Often At Short Notice. Trains That Do Run Are Likely To Extremely Busy Given The Time Of Year And The Reduced Number Of Services In Operation. For Up-To-Date Travel Information Please Check With The Relevant Operator Or At . To Find Out More About How Flooding Impacts The Railway Please 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:
