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Passengers Are Being Thanked For Their Patience After Preston Station Reopened This Morning Following A Major Signalling Upgrade. ItS Seen Specialist Teams Working Since New YearS Day To Replace 1960S Equipment With Three Modern Signalling Gantries At The North End Of The Station, Installing Five New Signal Posts And Seven New Led Signal Heads. The New Signals Will Be Clearer For Train Drivers To See Helping Services Run More Smoothly Through The Station. The Newer Technology Will Also Need Less Maintenance Than The Older Bulb Signals They Replace - Reducing The Need To Close The Railway For Repairs In Future. Network Rail And Its Principal Contractor Volkerrail Started Work On January 1 During A Rare Full 100-Hour Closure Of Preston Station. The Project Was Just One Of A Swathe Of Journey Improving Upgrades Between London And Cumbria Over The Festive Season. The Christmas And New Year Work Has Seen A Combined Investment Of Nearly Ps200M On The West Coast Main Line, Which Forms Part Of A Much Larger Ps400M Investment Over The Next Four Years. Also Today (Monday 5 January) A Major Railway Junction Between Northampton And Milton Keynes Reopened After A Ps26M Track Renewal. Meanwhile A 130-Metre-Long Railway Bridge Renewal Near Penrith In Cumbria Is Continuing, With Train Services Replaced By Rail Replacement Buses Between Oxenholme And Carlisle Until January 15. Passengers Using The Northern Stretch Of BritainS Busiest Rail Route Are Being Reminded To Check Www.Nationalrail.Co.Uk While That Work Is Ongoing. Christian Irwin Obe, Network Rail North West And Central Region Capital Delivery Director, Said: We Are Investing Hundreds Of Millions Of Pounds To Improve Future Journeys On The West Coast Main Line And These Latest Projects Will Make Real Differences To Passenger And Freight Journeys. We Would Like To Thank Passengers For Their Patience During Our Work In Preston And Also Across The Wider Network This Festive Season. With Our Major Bridge Renewal In Cumbria Continuing Until 15 January, WeD Like To Remind People To Check Before They Travel While We Make The Railway Fit For The Future. For Further Updates On All Our Our West Coast Main Line Improvement Work You Can Follow Us On X @Networkrailwcml . To Plan Rail Journeys In Advance Please Us Www.Nationalrail.Co.Uk For The Latest Travel Information. Passengers / Community Members Network Rail National Helpline 03457 11 41 41 Latest Travel Advice Please Visit National Rail Enquiries Journalists Network Rail Press Office - North West & Central Region 0330 854 0100 Nwcmediarelations@Networkrail.Co.Uk We Own, Operate And Develop BritainS Railway Infrastructure; ThatS 20,000 Miles Of Track , 30,000 Bridges, Tunnels And Viaducts And The Thousands Of Signals , Level Crossings And Stations. We Run 20 Of The UkS Largest Stations While All The Others, Over 2,500, Are Run By The CountryS Train Operating Companies . 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 A Safe And Reliable Railway , So We Carefully Manage And Deliver Thousands Of Projects Every Year That Form Part Of The Multi-Billion Pound Railway Upgrade Plan , 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: @Networkrail Visit Our Online Newsroom: Www.Networkrailmediacentre.Co.Uk
