Thursday 1 Aug 2024
Passengers urged to plan ahead as work begins on Glasgow, East Renfrewshire and Lanarkshire rail routes
- Region & Route:
- Scotland’s Railway: Scotland
Network Rail is urging passengers to plan ahead as vital improvement works begin on the railway at Neilston and Mossend this weekend.
Engineers will work between Neilston and Cathcart to replace the rails, and the sleepers which support and keep the rails the correct distance apart.
At Mossend, in Lanarkshire, the team will be carrying out scheduled maintenance and upgrading the overhead line equipment which powers electric freight and passenger trains, improving performance and resilience. .
They’ll also be removing overgrown trees and vegetation along the railway between Mossend and Whifflet.
No trains will run through Neilston or Mossend on Sunday 4 August, with services resuming on Monday morning.
Ross Moran, route director, Network Rail Scotland, said: “These works are being completed to keep the railway running safely and reliably for passengers and freight customers.
“We’re urging passengers to check their journey before travelling on Sunday and we thank them for their understanding during these works.”
Passengers travelling on Sunday are advised to check their journeys in advance at www.nationalrail.co.uk or with ScotRail.
Contact information
Passengers / community members
Network Rail national helpline
03457 11 41 41
Latest travel advice
Please visit National Rail Enquiries
Journalists
Eddie Harbinson
Media Manager
Network Rail
edward.harbinson@networkrail.co.uk
About Network Rail
We own, operate and develop Britain's railway infrastructure; that's 20,000 miles of track, 30,000 bridges, tunnels and viaducts and the thousands of signals, level crossings and stations. We run 20 of the UK's largest stations while all the others, over 2,500, are run by the country's train operating companies.
Usually, there are almost five million journeys made in the UK and over 600 freight trains run on the network. People depend on Britain's railway for their daily commute, to visit friends and loved ones and to get them home safe every day. Our role is to deliver a safe and reliable railway, so we carefully manage and deliver thousands of projects every year that form part of the multi-billion pound Railway Upgrade Plan, to grow and expand the nation's railway network to respond to the tremendous growth and demand the railway has experienced - a doubling of passenger journeys over the past 20 years.
Follow us on Twitter: @networkrail
Visit our online newsroom: www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk