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Friday 18 Oct 2024

Weekend road diversions during vital Northallerton level crossing upgrade

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Eastern

| Eastern: East Coast

Road users, pedestrians and rail passengers in Northallerton are being warned of upcoming town centre road diversions due to essential railway upgrades.

Network Rail is investing £200,000 to overhaul Romanby Road level crossing next to Northallerton station from the early hours of Saturday 26 October to 5.00am on Monday 28 October.

For engineers to carry out the work safely the road and a small section of railway will be completely closed during that time.

The important upgrades will see the ‘deck’ which makes it level for traffic to cross over the tracks replaced, as well as road resurfacing and road markings being repainted on both sides of the crossing.

During the essential improvements diversionary routes for motorists, cyclists and pedestrians will be in place.

It means there will be no access to Northallerton station’s car park or onwards to the town centre from Ainderby Road.

Rail passengers are being advised to factor in extra time to make their train when using the longer diversionary route to get to the station.

• Road diversion: Temporary road signs will direct traffic down the B133 Ainderby Road to the A684 Lees Lane to pick up the A167 Boroughbridge Road back towards the station and town centre

• Pedestrian/cyclist diversion: Cyclists and pedestrians can use a route via Ainderby Gardens which links back onto the A167 Boroughbridge Road

East Coast Main Line rail services will run as normal during the work, but replacement coaches will be in operation between Northallerton, Yarm and Eaglescliffe due to additional railway upgrades at Eaglescliffe station.

Passengers are being advised to check www.nationalrail.co.uk to plan their journeys in advance.

Matthew Story, Network Rail Works Delivery supervisor, said: “We know there’s never an ideal time to close a road or railway, and we always try to carry out our work to cause the least disruption to people, which is usually overnight.

“Unfortunately, this time the scale of the improvements at Romanby Road means we need the whole weekend to complete our level crossing upgrade. This being a point where the road and railway interact means we have no choice but to fully close both. We thank people for their patience and urge people to familiarise themselves with the planned road diversions ahead of the work next weekend.”

For more information on how Network Rail maintains level crossings you can visit https://www.networkrail.co.uk/running-the-railway/looking-after-the-railway/level-crossings/