Tuesday 11 Dec 2007
LIVERPOOL ST STATION CLOSED FOR WORKS OVER CHRISTMAS
- Region & Route:
- Eastern: Anglia
- | Eastern
Notes to editors
The bridge, known as GE19, is 120 years old and has been out of use for decades. This means that unlike many other great Victorian engineering structures it is no longer safe to use. It is also in the wrong position for the new East London Line tracks. Demolition of the current bridge means removing some 12,000 tonnes of brickwork. The new bridge is the length of three Wimbledon Centre Courts. It will be put into place in Spring 2008. When Christmas Eve falls on a Monday, train operators carry 40 per cent less passengers because many people have already left London during the weekend. During working days in the Christmas/New Year period passenger numbers are down 80 per cent on a normal working day. The timing of this work will also mean that people returning to work on January 2 after the holiday break, would not be disrupted. Demolition of the bridge by Network Rail will cost £2m. Network Rail is also carrying out a further £7m of upgrade work. Alternative routes - Train operator ‘one’ will be putting alternative travel arrangements in place and is notifying passengers by leaflets being distributed at stations and information on its website. - West Anglia and Stansted Express will start/terminate at Tottenham Hale, Seven Sisters and Walthamstow Central stations to allow interchange with the London Underground. Some trains will terminate at Hackney Central with passengers being passed onto Transport for London buses to Liverpool Street station; - Metro Services will terminate at Stratford with London Underground connections to London, which will include an enhanced service on the Central Line. A shuttle train service will operate to Brentwood, with a bus operating between Brentwood and Shenfield; - Southend Services will run as a train shuttle between Southend and Billericay with connecting buses to c2c services to Fenchurch Street; - Mainline services will operate to Ingatestone where buses will run to and from Liverpool Street, with the exception of 27th and 28th December where a limited service to Stratford will operate. London Underground alternative routes: - Victoria Line to Tottenham Hale to meet Stansted Express services. The Victoria Line will easily handle the increase in passenger numbers during this period. - As a precaution, Central Line services will be increased from 24 trains per hour to 30 trains per hour during the closure. - Jubilee Line services to Stratford will run as usual - the line easily has the capacity to handle the extra passengers. - There will be no engineering closures on these lines during the closure.Contact information
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