88 million pound Easter extravaganza for Network Rail

Express passenger train passing engineering works
Not the Seven o'clock news. An Avanti West Coast express passes works on the busy West Coast Main Line. Image: © Network Rail

The UK infrastructure agancy Network Rail has been splashing the cash this Easter weekend, carrying out a programme of more than 600 planned projects to improve performance and reliability across Britain. Among the most prominent projects has been the closure of Euston Station in London, the terminus of the West Coast Main Line, Europe’s busiest mixed traffic route, and the site of works on the eventual terminal for HS2, the high speed rail project.

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Author: Simon Walton

Simon Walton is RailFreight's UK correspondent.

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