🧊We’ve found somewhere cool to be during the bank holiday heat ☀️
🏗️ This weekend we're repairing brickwork inside the 1.7-mile long Dove Holes tunnel between Chapel-en-le-Frith and Buxton in the Peak District ⛰️
It’s a vital freight route 🪨 Shout out to the teams at work 👷🏼♂️
☀️ This bank holiday weekend will see temperatures above the average for this time of the year.
💬 Chris explains how this can affect the railway and how we’re keeping you moving during the hot weather.
ℹ️ Check your journey status at @nationalrailenq and stay hydrated!
👷Our engineers often find great crested newts around the railway
🦎We want to help these endangered amphibians, but sometimes it means weeks of delays to key projects
We're working on a new way to protect newts without the extra delay, find out more 👉 https://t.co/V8m3MxPguh
✅ Sough tunnel between #Blackburn and #Bolton has now reopened 🛤️
🚆Trains can run safely again and we’re working to get services back to normal as quickly as possible.
🙏 Thanks for bearing with us today
@nationalrailenq@northernassist
🚧 Sough tunnel between #Blackburn and #Bolton is closed today while our engineers carry out an inspection of the structure
🚍 Rail replacement buses are running to keep you moving.
🙏 Thanks for bearing with us
📲 Check before you travel @nationalrailenq@northernassist
⚠️ Due to a lineside fire at #Atherstone journeys between @NetworkRailEUS , Staffordshire & the North West may be disrupted
🙏 Please check @nationalrailenq, @AvantiWestCoast & @LNRailway for latest travel advice
👷🏽♀️👷🏻Our maintenance team & Fire Service are on site investigating
🛠️ An update on our repairs to overhead line equipment on the West Coast Main Line between Milton Keynes & Euston
📲 If you’re planning to travel on Saturday, please check before you travel at https://t.co/2HZYTawerI
@LNRailway@AvantiWestCoast ⚡️ Work is progressing near Berkhamsted to repair damaged overhead line equipment
🧵 Overnight our engineers will replace around 300m of wire
📲 We’re aiming to reopen the affected line tomorrow morning (Saturday), but urge passengers to check before travelling @nationalrailenq
⚠️ A reduced service will operate to and from London Euston today - Friday 8 May
👉 https://t.co/xGK04ItA60
📲 Please check before you travel @nationalrailenq@AvantiWestCoast
⚠️Due to damage to overhead power lines on Thursday (7 May) there will a reduction in some services to and from London Euston on Friday (8 May)
ℹ️Read more: https://t.co/PTsqGepKkO
📲Please check before you travel with @nationalrailenq and train operators
🦺 We’re responding to damaged overhead line equipment btwn Watford & Milton Keynes
❌ The railway is currently blocked between Euston & Milton Keynes
🙏 We’re sorry for the disruption - please check https://t.co/m0S5uRmTGP for the latest journey info
📸 Pics of damaged wires
⚠️ Major disruption between Preston & Wigan - the emergency services are responding to an incident
📲 Please check https://t.co/WL3WVEZG9r for the latest journey info
@AvantiWestCoast@TPEassist@northernassist
💛 Be safe 💛 Be patient 💛 Be kind
💡 Testing is underway for the new kit we’ve installed in Edge Hill as part of our #SpringRailWorks
🚦 We’re renewing signalling equipment to help make journeys to and from Lime Street more reliable
📲 Please check before you travel this evening - our work means journey changes
📶 Progress shots of our work to renew track at Primrose Hill on the approach to Euston station
🚆 Our #SpringRailWorks will help to make journeys more reliable
📲 Please check https://t.co/m0S5uRmTGP for journey information
🙏 Thanks for your patience
🧡 Tamping team at Willesden - machines used to compact ballast (stone)
🛤️ We’re renewing track at several sites on the @networkrailWCML this bank holiday weekend to help make journeys more reliable
🚆 An amended timetable is operating today, so please check before you travel
🏗️ Careful crane choreography in Edge Hill - we’re renewing signalling equipment as part of our #SpringRailWorks
🚆 This is to help make journeys in and out of #LiverpoolLimeStreet more reliable
📲 There are major changes to journeys today so please check before you travel
🎶 This is the tunnel of Dove (Holes)
🚇 As part of our #SpringRailWorks we’ve been carrying out strengthening work in the 1860s-built Dove Holes tunnel in the Peak District
👍 Our essential maintenance will help to keep the railway safe and reliable for years to come
🤔 Remember the platform we rebuilt at Milton Keynes Central last Christmas?
🆕 We’re back there this weekend laying a smooth surface to match the strengthened structure!
ℹ️ There’s reduced services in and out of London Euston, so check before you travel at @nationalrailenq.
🫡 Kirow cranes are on site as we continue £11m of upgrades outside London Euston, over the long weekend.
🚧 We’re laying new ballast stone, replacing track, and installing new switches and crossings.
ℹ️ Services are running but check before you travel at @nationalrailenq.
🗓️ This bank holiday, we’re upgrading signalling at Edge Hill station.
🚦By installing new and modern equipment, we can deliver more reliable and safer journeys for passengers.
⛔️ Liverpool Lime Street is closed until tomorrow, so check before you travel at @nationalrailenq.