Easter engineering work on the railways

As is customary, engineering work will be carried out on many routes over the Easter weekend. Like Christmas, it is a time when there are fewer people using rail infrastructure.

Here are some of the headlines highlighting work taking place over the Easter holiday.

Rail improvements to impact journeys on the North Cotswolds

Track improvement work will see the railway line between Moreton-in-Marsh and Worcester Shrub Hill closed for four days over the Easter weekend.

Completion of the North Cotswolds work will ensure the continued use of the railway line for the years ahead by renewing infrastructure that is nearing the end of its design life.

From Friday 15 to Monday 18 April, buses will replace trains between Moreton-in-Marsh and Worcester Foregate Street. Buses will be timed to connect with trains which will continue to run between London Paddington and Moreton-in-Marsh.

Engineering works affect Stansted Express and West Anglia services

Replacement buses will run on some routes due to engineering works in the Bishop’s Stortford area and on the Hertford East line.

Greater Anglia’s Stansted Express Stansted Airport to London and Cambridge to London Liverpool Street services will be affected by Network Rail works to replace track at Bishop’s Stortford throughout the Easter weekend.

In addition, Greater Anglia is carrying out eight days of works on the Hertford East line starting on Monday 11 and continuing until Easter Monday to extend platforms at Hertford East and Ware to accommodate new longer trains.

Engineers to continue Tonbridge track upgrade

The project will see the railway junction just east of Tonbridge station, where lines to Hastings diverge from the Kent main line, completely replaced with new track and equipment, to improve reliability.

Network Rail engineers gear up for bank holiday work on London-Sussex main line

Network Rail’s £160m improvement project to improve signalling between London Victoria and East Croydon tales another step forward this Easter with new track and points being put in place at Clapham Junction.

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