📋 Tender Overview
Starting Tomorrow, Buses Will Replace Trains Between Guildford And Havant As Network Rail Engineers Complete The Final Stage Of The Portsmouth Direct Signalling Upgrade Between Farncombe And Petersfield. Starting Tomorrow, Buses Will Replace Trains Between Guildford And Havant As Network Rail Engineers Complete The Final Stage Of The Portsmouth Direct Signalling Upgrade Between Farncombe And Petersfield. Following The Upgrade, Signalling Control Will Be Transferred To The Basingstoke Railway Operating Centre (Roc) To Enable Faster And More Efficient Train Management. During The Line Closure, Testing Will Begin On The 90 New Signals And 17 New Signalling Equipment Buildings That Have Been Installed And Constructed. By The End Of November, Nine Level Crossings Will Have Been Upgraded To Make Them Safer For All Road Users, With New Technology Including Obstacle Detection (Od) And Cctv Control Being Installed. Cctv Means A Signaller Can Check The Crossing And Lower The Barriers When It Is Safe. Changes To Train Services Ahead Of The New Signals Being Commissioned, There Will Be A Nine-Day Line Closure Between Guildford And Havant, Starting Tomorrow, Saturday 25 October And Ending On Sunday 2 November. Passengers Should Check Before They Travel During These Periods As Services Will Be Revised, Taking Longer Than Normal. Once This Upgrade Has Been Completed, Passengers Will Benefit From More Reliable Railway Services. Road Closures Drivers Using Level Crossings Between Farncombe And Liss Should Be Aware Of Ongoing And Upcoming Road Closures As Engineers Carry Out Critical Upgrades At Nine Level Crossings To Improve Safety For Road Users And Support A More Efficient Train Service. The Improvements Include: To Complete These Improvements With As Little Disruption As Possible, Road Closures Will Be Carefully Staggered Across A Six-Week Period. Until The Level Crossings Are Fully Operational, The Safety Of Road And Rail Users Will Be Ensured By Dedicated Staff On Site 24/7. Details Of The Closures Are Below: Speaking On Behalf Of Network Rail And South Western Railway, Mark Goodall, Wessex Route Director, Said: We Appreciate That There Is Never A Good Time To Close The Railway And WeRe Sorry For The Disruption This Will Cause. However, These Closures Are Essential To Complete The Vital Upgrade Of The Portsmouth Direct Line. By Carrying Out The Majority Of Work During The Autumn Half-Term - When Fewer People Travel - We Can Minimise Disruption While Delivering Long-Term Benefits. Drivers In The Area Will Need To Plan Ahead And Will Need To Take Alternative Routes When The Roads Around Level Crossings Are Closed. These Upgrades May Result In Slightly Longer Barrier Downtimes But Will Significantly Reduce The Risk Of Accidents And Injuries For Pedestrians And Drivers. The Crossings That See Increased Barrier Downtimes Are: Passengers / Community Members Network Rail National Helpline 03457 11 41 41 Latest Travel Advice Please Journalists Paul Prentice Communications Manager 07354 529345 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:
