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Thursday 10 Feb 2022

£4m Leuchars junction upgrade to keep passengers connected

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Scotland’s Railway: Scotland

Network Rail is investing £4m to renew a key junction on the line between Edinburgh and Dundee.

Over two weekends in February, the junction near Leuchars station will undergo a major upgrade where our engineers will work around-the-clock to renew points (rails which move to transfer trains from one line to another) and replace track.

Leuchars is the closest station to St Andrew’s and the junction is vital for connecting train passengers between Scotland’s capital city and Dundee and Aberdeen.  This work will help improve the reliability of the track and means the junction won’t need to be renewed again for decades.

Due to the complexity of the engineering work, the project cannot be delivered without some short-term closures of the line

On the weekend of Saturday 19 Sunday 20 February and Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 February, replacement bus services will operate between Edinburgh and Dundee/Aberdeen.

Passengers are being urged to check their journey before travelling and more information on the changes to services over these weekends can be found on www.nationalrail.co.uk, or individual operators’ websites.

Liam Sumpter, Network Rail route director for Scotland, said: “The work we are doing is part of a five-year, £4bn investment in our railway.

“We understand the inconvenience this work will cause to some passengers but renewing such a complex piece of our railway cannot be accomplished without a short-term closure of the line.

“Our engineers have carefully planned this project to be completed as quickly as possible and we are working hard alongside our train operators to keep passengers informed of the changes to services during this important investment in the railway.”