📋 Tender Overview
Trains Are Running Again Between Lancaster And Barrow-In-Furness Following Essential Repairs Carried Near Ulverston. Strong Winds And Heavy Rain Bought About By Storm Bert In November Caused A Nearby Watercourse To Break Its Banks, With 300 Tonnes Of Earth Spilling Onto The Tracks. A Temporary Fix, Including Diverting The Existing Watercourse Via A 130 Metre Long Water Slide, An Innovative Use Of Flood Barriers To Divert The Brook, Was Put In Place To Allow Engineers To Fully Repair The Earthwork.
Working Throughout The Day And Night, Our Teams Have Cleared The Track Of Debris, Installed 1600 Tonnes Of New Stone To Build Up The Earthwork, And Reinstated The Tracks And Ballast, Allowing Trains To Run Safely. Rowan Peters, Network RailS Lead Engineer For The Project, Said : WeRe Sorry For The Disruption Caused To Passengers While We Fixed This Problem. This Was A Major Piece Of Emergency Engineering Work Including Diverting A Brook Via A Temporary Water Slide. By Working Collaboratively With Our Partners, WeVe Been Able To Safely Fix The Problem And Get Trains Moving Again In A Short Space Of Time.
The Repair Work Was Put Through Its Paces By The Early Arrival Of Storm Darragh And IM Pleased To Say It Passed With Flying Colours. Gary Burnett, Regional Director For Principal Contractor, Qts Group Added : ItS A Testament To The Speed In Which Our Team Mobilised And The Hard Work They Have Put In, That We Have Been Able To Reopen The Line Quickly And Safely. By Utilising A Series Of Innovative Design Methods To Ensure That The Water Was Diverted, We Have Been Able To Stabilise And Repair The Groundwork In An Efficient Manner, Allowing Normal Services To Resume. Craig Harrop, Regional Director For Northern, Said: WeRe Grateful To Customers For Their Patience Whilst Network Rail Carried Out This Essential Safety Work To Strengthen The Embankment At Ulverston. Now That The Work Is Complete, We Can Resume Services Along The Line For Our Customers. Passengers / Community Members Network Rail National Helpline 03457 11 41 41 Latest Travel Advice Please Journalists Ben Fitzpatrick Senior Communications Manager Network Rail 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.
