Friday 10 Feb 2006

TRENT VALLEY FOUR TRACKING NEWSLETTER AVAILABLE

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The current edition of the Trent Valley Four Tracking (TV4) project newsletter has been produced and has been distributed to local councils, libraries and information centres in the area. The TV4 project is part of the £8bn upgrade of the West Coast main line, and involves the doubling of the railway to four tracks along a 19km section between Armitage with Handsacre and Tamworth to remove a major bottleneck. The newsletter gives an overview of the project and work involved. It also tells people what Network Rail is doing to manage the project whilst minimising the impact on the environment and local communities. A copy of the newsletter can be downloaded from the Network Rail website, www.networkrail.co.uk under engineering and projects or requested from the National Enquiries Helpline on 08457 114141

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