📋 Tender Overview
Network Rail Teams Across The North West Are Actively Preparing For Snow And Ice By Treating Tracks And Station Surfaces And Applying De-Icer To Points Ahead Of Storm Goretti. The Met Office Has Issued Amber Weather Warnings For Snow, Which Begin From This Evening (Thursday 8 January) And Cover Large Areas Of The North West And The Midlands. These Conditions Are Expected To Continue Into Friday 9 January. Passengers Across The North West Have Been Advised To Check Before They Travel Over The Coming Days As Storm Goretti Is Expected To Bring Heavy Snow And Strong Winds. Anyone Planning To Travel In High Peak, Where The Worst Of The Weather Is Expected, Should Take Extra Care And Plan Their Journey In Advance As Some Routes Will Be Closed. Passengers Travelling North From London Euston Should Also Be Aware That Avanti West Coast Is Operating Fewer Services From London To Manchester, Birmingham And Liverpool. Ross Davies, Network RailS North West Operations Director, Said: We Are Doing Everything We Can To Prepare The Railway For The Impacts From Storm Goretti. ID Urge Passengers To Check Before They Travel As There Is Likely To Be Disruption To Services During The Extreme Weather. The Safety Of Passengers And Colleagues Will Be At The Heart Of Everything We Do As We Respond To This Storm. Northern Has Warned That It Will Not Be Running Services From Around 5Pm On Thursday Until Saturday 10 January Between The Following Locations: Tricia Williams, Managing Director At Northern, Said: We Have Issued Do Not Travel Warnings On These Three Routes And Are Advising Customers To Check Before They Travel On Other Routes Across Our Network And Allow Extra Time For Their Journeys. We Never Do This Without Careful Consideration And Are Working Closely With Network Rail To Prepare For The Storm. We Will Be Running Services Where It Is Safe To Do So. For Up-To-Date Travel Information And Detail On Alternative Travel Please Check Www.Nationalrail.Co.Uk . 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
