{"id":90844,"date":"2021-03-23T09:38:36","date_gmt":"2021-03-23T09:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=90844"},"modified":"2021-03-23T09:38:36","modified_gmt":"2021-03-23T09:38:36","slug":"northampton-railway-upgrades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/northampton-railway-upgrades\/90844\/","title":{"rendered":"Network Rail completes &#8216;super-fast&#8217; Northampton railway upgrades"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.networkrail.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Network Rail<\/a> has completed a year\u2019s worth of work to upgrade the railway in Northampton in five days, this included renewing track, removing scrap rail and upgrading drainage<\/h2>\n<p>The upgrades included <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/building-control-news\/sustainable-drainage-guidelines\/56264\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">improving drainage<\/a> in the Victorian-built Crick tunnel on the Northampton loop.<\/p>\n<p>Problem flooding inside the 140-year-old tunnel caused passengers and freight travelling between London Euston and the Midlands to be delayed for a total of 15,000 minutes (10 days) between 2012 and 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The full line closure on this part of the railway is very rare as it\u2019s a key spur of the West Coast mainline, one of Europe\u2019s busiest mixed-use lines for passengers and freight.<\/p>\n<p>Network Rail and train operators agreed to close the railway and fix the problem once and for all while passenger numbers are low during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/construction-sites-lockdown\/73725\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">coronavirus lockdown<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s estimated that doing the work in this way has saved the taxpayer \u00a37.5m.<\/p>\n<p>Because no trains at all were running \u2013 a 13 mile stretch of the 25,000-volt electric power lines could be turned off between Northampton and Rugby to allow for other essential repairs to be made.<\/p>\n<p>Now the work which can only occur during a full railway closure is complete, engineers with finish off any remaining work during night shifts over the next month, but this will not be disruptive for passengers or freight.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-90850 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/High-pressure-pumps-being-installed-at-Crick-tunnel-flooding-December-2020-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"637\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/High-pressure-pumps-being-installed-at-Crick-tunnel-flooding-December-2020-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/High-pressure-pumps-being-installed-at-Crick-tunnel-flooding-December-2020-768x432.jpg 768w, 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637px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Months of careful planning<\/h3>\n<p>James Dean, Network Rail\u2019s West Coast Mainline South route director, said:\u00a0\u201cI\u2019d like to thank passengers making essential journeys for their patience while we carried out this accelerated upgrade work on the vital route <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/bidders-sought-hs2-london-stations-construction-teams\/34706\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">between London Euston and the Midlands<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis speedy upgrade of Crick tunnel shows how the rail industry is coming together to get the railway in the best possible shape for passengers when they can return once coronavirus travel restrictions are eased.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is all part of our commitment to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/build-back-better-council\/87614\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">build back better<\/a> as the country emerges from the pandemic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gus Dunster, executive director of operations and safety at Avanti West Coast, said:\u00a0\u201cWe are proud to have played our part to facilitate this unique opportunity for Network Rail to access and upgrade Crick Tunnel, while protecting vital services for key workers and those making essential journeys.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis scale of work would usually take months of careful planning and take a year to complete but as a result of collaborating successfully with industry colleagues, we were able to do this in a matter of days.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a great achievement and we would like to thank all of those involved for making this happen, and for the patience of everyone who travelled with us over the five days as the work was completed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe work will help to make journeys more reliable for our customers when we look forward to welcoming them back in the near future.\u201d<\/p>\n<div 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