📋 Tender Overview
Passengers Using The Cross City North Line Between Birmingham And Lichfield Are Being Reminded No Trains Will Run For Seven Days Later This Month. There Will Be No Services Between Birmingham New Street And Lichfield Trent Valley From Monday 28 July Until Sunday 3 August Inclusive, With The Line Reopening As Normal On Monday 4 August. To Help Keep Passengers Moving During The Seven-Day Closure: The Original Closure Was Needed To Install An Hs2 Viaduct, With Further Network Rail Work - Including Earthwork Repairs, Cutting Back Vegetation, Track Maintenance And Improvements - Planned To Make The Most Of The Line Being Closed. While The Viaduct Will Now Be Installed At A Later Date, The Other Work Will Continue, As Well As Birmingham City CouncilS Ongoing Strengthening And Refurbishment Work On The A38(M) Tame Valley Viaduct Which Runs Directly Above The Railway. Denise Wetton, Network RailS Central Route Director, Said : Everything Was Done To Plan This Work To Cause The Least Disruption To The Fewest Number Of People, While Completing The Most Amount Of Maintenance Work As Possible. There Is Never A Good Time For Closures Like This And I Am Sorry For The Inconvenience, But School Holidays And Summer Breaks Means Passenger Numbers Will Be Lower Than Normal. Passengers Should Check With West Midlands Railway And National Rail Enquiries For Travel Information, And I Want To Thank Passengers In Advance For Their Patience. Jonny Wiseman, Customer Experience Director For West Midlands Railway, Said: ID Like To Thank Our Customers For Their Patience While The Northern Section Of The Cross-City Line Is Closed. WeLl Be Running Replacement Buses Throughout The Work To Keep Our Customers Moving And ID Urge Passengers To Check Their Travel Before Setting Out And Allow Extra Time For Their Journeys. Passengers Can Plan Their Journey And Check Before They Travel At And With West Midlands Railway At . 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:
