Published on : Monday, August 20, 2018
The West Coast main line fully reopened this morning on time, as planned, with services running to a normal timetable.
The junction, on Europe’s busiest mixed use section of railway, is old and replacing it will mean passenger and freight users will benefit from better, more reliable journeys in future.
Passengers are being reminded that, to complete the replacement, the line and London Euston station will be closed to trains this bank holiday weekend and on 1-2 September.
James Dean, chief operating officer for the London Northwestern route at Network Rail, said: “I would like to thank passengers for their understanding while we carry out his vital work. There is never an ideal time to shut the railway but these three summer weekends are the least disruptive times to do it as there are typically fewer passengers travelling.
“We have worked together for the past three years with train operators to carefully plan this closure of the railway in a way that minimises the impact on customers.
“It’s vital the track at North Wembley is replaced to continue to safely meet the huge demand of passenger and freight rail services on the West Coast main line.”A section of track and ballast has been completely replaced with further work set to continue this weekend and next.
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