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Monday 8 Jun 2009

WEEKEND WORKS SIGNAL FIFE RAIL IMPROVEMENTS

Region & Route:

Scotland’s Railway: Scotland

- Cross Forth services affected 4/5, 11/12, and 25/26 July - Fife Circle services affected 13/14 and 20/21 June

Network Rail will carry out track and signalling upgrades in Fife during June and July, with weekends the focus for the main engineering activity.

The main focus will be on signalling and structural works between North Queensferry and Inverkeithing which will affect all cross-Forth services to Edinburgh over three weekends in July (4/5, 11/12, and 25/26 July).

Services to and from Fife will start and terminate at Dalgety Bay for a bus connection, calling all stops to Waverley.

In addition, track renewals will be carried out in Kinghorn over two weekends in June (12/13 and 19/20 June), affecting Fife Circle services.

David Simpson, Network Rail Route Director, Scotland commented:

“We are committed to upgrading the rail infrastructure in Fife for the long term benefit of passengers in the area. We have chosen weekends to carry out this work to minimise disruption at the busiest times.”

Jacqueline Dey, ScotRail’s Operations Director, added:

“We have done everything possible to keep inconvenience to an absolute minimum. Full plans are in place to provide alternative transport arrangements where required.”

Trains between Edinburgh and Aberdeen or Inverness will be diverted during the July works and some services retimed. Passengers traveling on these routes should allow more time to complete their journeys.

For further replacement timetable information, customers should check the ScotRail website on www. scotrail.co.uk or call National Rail Enquiries on 08457 48 49 50

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