Search results

At a meeting I attended, we were told that the signalling at Watford was so old and unreliable it was basically on 'life support' to keep it going.

I was told today it looks like there may well be 'lots' of weekend blocks to get the work done. Whether that's what actually happens, only time will tell.

Big objections from the freight operators due to the severely limited paths they'd end up with for the duration. I presume if some of their customers had to use road transport for 2.5 weeks, they might not all return to rail?

Tomorrow apparently

Don't think there's any major work around Watford at Easter, there is at May Day. All I know of at Easter is the Trent Valley being shut from Rugby to Stafford on the Sunday and blocks between Stoke and Stafford on the Saturday and Stockport and Stafford on the Sunday.

Was told late last week that the 17 day August blockade is now highly likely to be cancelled, with an alternative possession strategy to be used to undertake the work.