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Thursday 7 Nov 2024

Crucial four-day engineering programme for West Highland Line

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Scotland’s Railway: Scotland

Engineers will be working around-the-clock for four days from this Saturday at locations between Craigendoran and Crianlarich to renew track, refurbish structures and improve drainage on the railway.

On Saturday (November 9) and Sunday (November 10) track will be renewed at Craigendoran, near Helensburgh, where engineers will also replace switches and crossings – movable sections of rail that allow trains to swap between tracks.

At Helensburgh Upper and Glen Falloch further track renewal work will take place between Saturday and Tuesday (November 12) with over a mile of railway being replaced across these locations.

A bridge over the railway at Garelochhead will also be refurbished, with engineers blasting off old paint, carrying out steelwork repairs and repainting the structure.

Specialist geotechnical engineers will also undertake earthworks inspections between Helensburgh and Crianlarich over the four-day closure of the line.

To keep passengers on the move, replacement buses will run between Crianlarich and Glasgow Queen Street on Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday and also between Helensburgh Central and Dumbarton Central on Saturday and Sunday. Train services return to normal on Wednesday.

Ross Moran, Network Rail Scotland route director, said: “This vital work will help improve performance and reliability for our customers. Our engineers will work around-the-clock to complete these projects quickly, with as little disruption as possible, and we thank our passengers and freight customers for their understanding while this crucial investment takes place."

Passengers can also check their journey at ScotRail.co.uk or nationalrail.co.uk

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