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Train Services Have Resumed Between Yeovil Pen Mill And Castle Cary After A Week-Long Closure Where Network Rail Carried Out Essential Improvements To The Railway. Over The Past Seven Days, Network RailS Team Of Engineers Replaced 850 Tonnes Of Ballast, The Stone Supporting A 250-Metre Stretch Of Track.
This Work Will Help Prevent The Track Bed From Becoming Flooded, Which Can Lead To Failures And Rough Rides For Passengers. Engineers Took Advantage Of The Closure To Complete A Range Of Other Important Work, Which Included: Mark Goodall, Wessex Route Director For Network Rail, Said: I Would Like To Thank Passengers For Their Patience And Understanding While We Carried Out This Essential Engineering Works On The Heart Of Wessex Line. We Apologise For Disrupting Passengers Who Travel Between Somerset And The Dorset Coast And Know That These Week-Long Closures Are Frustrating For All Concerned. This Closure Is Part Of Our Commitment To Preserve The Line And Provide A More Reliable Service For Our Passengers.
Jordan Welsby, GwrS Station Manager For Westbury, Wiltshire And Dorset, Said: WeRe Grateful This Engineering Work Has Been Completed And Our Train Services Are Now Running Once Again Between Castle Cary, Yeovil Pen Mill And Weymouth. The Rail Improvement Work That Has Been Taking Place Forms Part Of An Ongoing Programme Of Investment By Network Rail, Helping To Ensure We Can Continue To Provide Consistent And Reliable Services. Passengers / Community Members Network Rail National Helpline 03457 11 41 41 Latest Travel Advice Please Journalists Tom Moore Communications Manager Network Rail 07354531500 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.
