Rail engineers working to repair a rail bridge in the Manea area to restore weekend services: Manea Bridge-5

Friday 1 Jun 2018

Rail engineers working to repair a rail bridge in the Manea area to restore weekend services

Region & Route:
Eastern: Anglia
| Eastern

Engineers are undertaking urgent repair work on a rail bridge in the Manea area to restore services as quickly as possible between Ely and Peterborough. Late last night, Network Rail, identified a fault following a regular survey of the bridge structure and in cooperation with our train operating partners, decided not to run passenger services between Ely and Peterborough to maintain the safety of passengers. This has allowed our engineers to carry out the urgent repair work which is expected to continue at least until the end of today. Engineers hope to be able to repair the fault in time for the weekend but further updates will be provided as work progresses.

Six bus replacement services per hour are operating between Ely and Peterborough to provide customers with connections to all affected stations with three direct bus services per hour operating non-stop between Ely and Peterborough. Passengers are advised to check their train provider websites and Twitter for the latest travel information.

Meliha Duymaz, Network Rail’s route managing director for Anglia, said; “I’d like to apologise to passengers for the closure of the Ely to Peterborough line today. Our engineers are on site and working hard to make repairs to the rail bridge in Manea to restore services as quickly as possible. We will carry out an investigation into what caused the fault and any further preventative measures to correct the problems.”

Jamie Burles, Greater Anglia Managing Director, said: "We apologise to customers who are inconvenienced by these emergency bridge repair works. We have arranged alternative transport, including rail replacement buses, so that customers are still able to complete their journeys. Anyone planning to travel between Peterborough and Ely should check before they travel using the Greater Anglia website, app or Twitter and allow extra time."

Notes to Editors

Passengers are advised to check their train provider websites, Twitter and National Rail Enquiries for the latest travel information.  

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