OpNetwork Rail Scotland are investing £4.5 million in plans to prevent infrastructure failures and to reduce the time needed to repair failures.
The investments also see more staff recruited across Network Rail's depots in Perth and Inverness and new machinery and equipment deployed to these locations.
The signalling systems will also be upgraded, additional track maintenance scheduled and new investment in remote monitoring systems to spot potential faults.
In the North East will also see the completion of the £330m Aberdeen-Inverness Improvement Project which will cut journey times and increase service reliability.
The benefits of the project include:
- Increase in services that call at Inverurie each weekday from 45 to 76, with a similar improvement on Saturdays.
- This will mean up to three trains per hour and includes two additional morning peak trains into Aberdeen and an additional evening peak train out of Aberdeen.
- An improved cross-city service, with 27 trains per day between Inverurie, Dyce, Stonehaven and Montrose. This includes an additional direct morning peak service from Montrose to Dyce and Inverurie.
- Additional early and late services between Elgin and Aberdeen.
What did the officials say?
Alex Hynes, managing director of Scotland's Railway, said:
“We are working hard across Scotland to drive up our performance and deliver the punctual, reliable railway our customers deserve.”
“Punctuality across the country is improving and our maintenance teams in the North East and Highlands are working hard to reduce disruption as much as possible.”
“This additional investment will be targeted at a range of initiatives which we believe will help to complement the extensive renewal and refurbishment work we already have planned – driving down delays and improving reliability.”
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