WORKING TO IMPROVE THE RAILWAY IMPROVEMENTS TO DAWDYS LEVEL CROSSING

Monday 8 Mar 2004

WORKING TO IMPROVE THE RAILWAY IMPROVEMENTS TO DAWDYS LEVEL CROSSING

Region & Route:: | Southern

Network Rail will be carrying out work at Dawdys level crossing on Sunday 14 March 2004. The work will see the crossing closed to road traffic from 23.30 Saturday 13 March to 17.30 on Sunday 14 March. Local diversions will be in place during the crossing closure. Patrick Hallgate, Network Rail General Manager said: “Network Rail is committed to investing in the railway. Proactively renewing the road surface over Dawdys level crossing will ensure that our track is protected from heavy vehicles and remains reliable and safe.” Engineers will work throughout the night and all day Sunday to remove the old surface, renew sleepers underneath the track and lay a new surface. On Sunday we are able to work in between trains, so passenger services are unaffected.

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