Tuesday 3 Jan 2006
NEW YEAR – NEW TRACK AT NEW STREET STATION
- Region & Route:
Passengers are set to benefit after £9.5 million worth of new track was successfully installed at Birmingham New Street station over the Christmas holiday period. Network Rail began nine days of essential engineering work on Christmas Day replacing the existing 40-year-old track on platforms 7a to 12 at the east side of the station. Hundreds of engineers and track workers working in sub-zero temperatures, passed up their Christmas dinners and New Year’s celebrations to make sure the work was completed on time for the return to work this morning. Peter Strachan, Route Director for Network Rail, said: “The successful completion of this project is a testimony to the forwarding planning and hard work of the team. A big thank you has to go to all the track workers who gave up their Christmas holidays to get this job done. This major investment will make the track more reliable, providing a better service for passengers who use New Street station”.
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