Tuesday 27 Mar 2018
Easter bank holiday signals changes for Scotland’s railway
- Region & Route:
- Scotland’s Railway: Scotland
Engineers will complete the latest phase in a £124m upgrade to signalling systems in North Lanarkshire this Easter weekend.
The Motherwell North Signalling Renewal project is renewing track side equipment and transferring control of signalling systems from Motherwell Signalling Centre to the West of Scotland Signalling Centre in Glasgow.
Delivered over several phases, the investment is replacing outdated signalling systems, improving reliability and safety for passengers as well as introducing greater capability into the network so more trains can run.
The first phase of work – covering the Newton, Hamilton and Uddingston areas – was completed last year and this Easter will see new signalling systems in Mossend, Coatbridge and Whifflet commissioned.
Steve Muirhead, route asset manager for signalling in Scotland, said: “Improved signalling technology means more reliable journeys with fewer delays, so more trains can run and more people are able to travel on the railway across Scotland.
“Over the Easter weekend, we’ll carry out the complex commissioning work needed to ‘re-control’ the signals, moving control from Motherwell Signalling Centre to our new, state-of-the-art signalling centre in Glasgow.
“We are delivering this work over the bank holiday to limit the impact of the project on passengers by taking advantage of what is a quieter time of year with fewer people travelling to work or school.”
Network Rail engineers will be working around-the-clock over the bank holiday to deliver more than £23m of improvements across Scotland’s railway.
Over 2,500 staff will work around 40,000 hours on projects across the central belt, in the south west and in the north east of Scotland.
Nationally, Network Rail will be delivering more than 400 projects over Easter as part of a £118m investment across Britain.
Due to the complexity of the work these projects can’t be delivered without the short-term disruption to some services and more information can be found at www.nationalrail.co.uk
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