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£200 million Network Rail project to cause serious delays during Christmas period

Network Rail is performing upgrades on some of the busiest lines in the country as part of a £200 million investment programme that begins after the last train runs on Christmas Eve.

More than 11,000 engineers are expected to be working across the holidays.

The upgrades with involve the construction of new platforms, flyovers, junctions and station facilities with the hope of increasing reliability in the new year.

About 90% of services will run normally, with most of the work done on Christmas Day and Boxing Day.

As reported by the BBC, Network Rail says only four pieces of work will extend beyond Boxing Day:

• Work around Reading restricting services into and out of Paddington (until Monday 5 January)
• Work just outside King’s Cross restricts services on Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 (back to normal on Monday 29)
• Work around Watford impacting services into and out of Euston on Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 (back to normal for 29)
• Partial closure of London Bridge (until Monday 5 January).

They also point out that they have planned alternative train services and adjacent line opening to enable most services to run where the work extends beyond Boxing Day.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ellen Forster .