Network Rail has announced that the essential upgrade work in Rhyl, North Wales, has been completed. They have also thanked North Wales Residents for their patience.
Normal Sunday service will resume for passengers travelling between Llandudno Junction and Chester following track and signalling upgrade work.
The work is part of Network Rails Railway Upgrade Plan. This aims to provide a bigger and better railway for passengers and businesses.
Engineers have been working at Rhyl since the end of October. They have replaced hundreds of metres of track as well as installing new signalling equipment.
Minor work will continue until January 2018 – this will be completed overnight.
The new signalling equipment is set to be operational in March 2018.
The North Wales Railway Upgrade Project started in January 2017 and is expected to be completed by Summer 2018.
What did the officials say?
Kevin Roberts, the senior project manager for Network Rail in Wales and Borders, said: “Our railway is vital to economic prosperity, linking people, businesses, and communities. We would like to thank the local community for their patience during this improvement work, which will improve the resilience and reliability of the railway for passengers in north Wales. We have been working closely with our partners Arriva Trains Wales to keep passengers moving during the major upgrade work, and will keep passengers and the local community informed of our upgrade work in north Wales continues”
Lynne Milligan, customer services director for Arriva Trains Wales, said:“We are passionate about giving our customers the best and most reliable service we possibly can. Investment in the railway in north Wales is excellent news. It demonstrates how working closely with our partners in Network Rail, we can deliver that to our customers. We would like to thank customers for their patience as we look forward to seeing the benefit of track investment in our services now and in the future.”
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