Tuesday 29 May 2018
Services resume as normal following successful bank holiday bridge replacement
- Region & Route:
- Southern: Wessex
- | Southern
Services resumed as normal this morning between Guildford and Haslemere after Network Rail installed a new road bridge in Compton near Guildford as part of a £2 million investment.
Network Rail‘s ‘Team Orange’ worked round-the-clock over the late May bank holiday weekend to put the new bridge into place.
The previous bridge had reached the end of its design life and had to be replaced to continue to provide a safe and reliable railway for passengers.
Stuart Kistruck, director of route asset management for Network Rail, said:
“I’d like to thank passengers for their patience over the bank holiday weekend as we installed a new £2m road bridge near Guildford as part of our Railway Upgrade Plan.
“There is never a good time to carry out work that affects services but we worked closely with our colleagues at South Western Railway to keep passengers moving throughout the weekend.”
Road marking, surfacing and the diversion of utilities through the new bridge will take place in the coming weeks before it can open to traffic in July.
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