Thursday 25 Feb 2021
East Coast Upgrade - High quality footage available to download for use on websites
- Region & Route:
- Eastern
- | Eastern: East Coast
Network Rail and LNER have released broadcast quality footage for you to download and use ahead of the main stage of work on the £1.2billion East Coast Upgrade starting next week.
Between 1 March and early June, hundreds of Network Rail workers will work 24/7 to simplify the track layout just outside of London King’s Cross station.
The complex work will see the current layout, which was laid forty years ago, lifted, replaced and realigned, creating smoother, more punctual and more reliable services for passengers and transforming journeys between London, the North of England and Scotland.
Further to the press release which Network Rail issued on Tuesday 23 February, Network Rail and LNER have produced broadcast quality footage for you to use on your websites.
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, it's much harder for us to host media and site visits, but we still want to you to have the high quality assets which you need to keep your audiences informed.
The footage includes interviews with Ed Akers, Principal Programme Sponsor for Network Rail's East Coast Upgrade, Mark Bell, King's Cross Programme Manager for Network Rail, Kerry Arrowsmith, Project Manager for Network Rail and Ken Begol, Head of On Train for LNER.
Footage from King's Cross station
Ed Akers, Principal Programme Sponsor for Network Rail's East Coast Upgrade
Mark Bell, King's Cross Programme Manager for Network Rail
Kerry Arrowsmith, Project Manager for Network Rail
Ken Begol, Head of On Train for LNER
You can also download the videos from the two links below:
If you would prefer to speak to someone, this can still be arranged, either via Zoom, Teams or FaceTime or in person in some instances where social distancing measures can be followed. If this is of interest to you, please contact Kathryn Muffett on 01904 383 180 or by emailing kathryn.muffett@networkrail.co.uk
Thank you
Contact information
Passengers / community members
Network Rail national helpline
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Journalists
Kathryn Muffett
Media Relations Manager
Network Rail
01904 383180
kathryn.muffett@networkrail.co.uk
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