Monday 1 Nov 2010
RUNNING ON IMPROVED LINES AT SCARBOROUGH
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Rail passengers in Scarborough are travelling on a railway fit for the future after Network Rail completed significant investment in the line.
Signals have been replaced with modern technology and the track layout improved to allow for greater flexibility and improved performance.
Warrick Dent, area general manager for Network Rail, said: “We have completed significant investment – not only at Scarborough itself but also at several sites further along the line. This modernisation will allow us to deliver the excellent service people rightly demand from the railway for many years to come.”
Notes to editors
Between January and October 2010 the signalling works, which are worth around £20m, were carried out overnight when trains do not run to minimise impact upon the travelling public.
The listed signalling gantry at Falsgrave has been removed and will be re-installed at the North Yorkshire Moors Railway following refurbishment. The signal box at Falsgrave has been closed and a new user for it is being actively sought.
The signalling work has transferred control of the system fully transferred to Seamer signalling box (previously split between Falsgrave and Seamer) and a new track layout has been installed to improve timetable flexibility and give better access for refuelling steam trains
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