Friday 16 Jun 2006
NEW BRIDGE SIGNALS PROGRESS FOR TRENT VALLEY
- Region & Route:
Local people are to benefit from a new bridge that will carry a local road over the railway in Lichfield. The project is part of Network Rail’s £350 million Trent Valley Four Tracking Project (TV4) which is doubling the West Coast Main Line from two tracks to four between Tamworth, Lichfield and Armitage with Handsacre.
Local people are to benefit from a new bridge that will carry a local road over the railway in Lichfield. The project is part of Network Rail’s £350 million Trent Valley Four Tracking Project (TV4) which is doubling the West Coast Main Line from two tracks to four between Tamworth, Lichfield and Armitage with Handsacre. Beams for the new bridge, which will carry the A513, Tewnals Lane over the widened West Coast Main Line, were lifted into place this week by a 1,000 tonne crane. Once the new bridge is complete early next year, the existing bridge will be demolished. Keith Riley, Network Rail’s Senior Programme Manager for TV4 said: “This has been a busy time for the project with a lot of major activity taking place. We’re really beginning to see progress on the project, with many new bridges being installed.”
Notes to editors
Built in the 1800s, the West Coast Main Line has developed into the UK’s busiest mixed traffic railway (responsible for 43% of Britain’s UK freight traffic) and is recognised as a leading European rail artery. Responsible for over 2,000 train movements each day, the route also caters for over 75 million passenger journeys per year The West Coast Main Line comprises some 1,660 track miles, 2,800 signals including 13 major junctions and 10,000 bridge spans The modernisation project is costing £8 billion and introduced a 125mph railway with tilting train operation between London and Glasgow in December 2005. The project is scheduled for completion 2008/2009 The Network Rail 24 Hour Helpline is on 08457 11 41 41, should local people have any questions or concerns The TV4 newsletter, which has information about the project and the work being carried out, can be downloaded from our website or requested from the Helpline For Trent Valley Project enquiries please call Rachel Cowlishaw on 01543 518863
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