£2.7 MILLION INVESTMENT POINTS THE WAY FOR SEAMER

Thursday 9 Dec 2004

£2.7 MILLION INVESTMENT POINTS THE WAY FOR SEAMER

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Preparation work for a £2.7 million project to renew a rail junction and improve the rail track alignment at Seamer, near Scarborough, will begin on 11 December, Network Rail announced today. The main work will be undertaken in February 2005, but contractors will be on site from 11 December to establish access and prepare the area. Graham Botham, Acting Route Director, Network Rail said: “Renewing the junction and realigning the track will ultimately allow a long standing speed restriction of 30mph to be removed and the linespeed of 70mph to be reinstated, making rail journeys smoother and quicker.”

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