| Northamptonshire, Long Buckby: Christmas disruption as railway bridge replaced Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 19:41, 13th November 2026 |     |
From the BBC:
Christmas disruption as railway bridge replaced
Services on London Northwestern Railway and Avanti West Coast will be affected by the works between 24 December and 1 January - Image © London Northwestern Railway
Train passengers on the West Coast Main Line are being warned of significant disruption over the Christmas period.
Network Rail engineers will replace the deck of the bridge that runs over the River Nene at Long Buckby in Northamptonshire at a cost of £9.3m.
It means no trains will run between Northampton and Rugby via Long Buckby between Sunday 27 December and Friday 1 January, with replacement buses in place.
Other major works include upgrades to power lines around Birmingham New Street, with no trains serving the station between Christmas Eve and Monday 28 December.
Overhead wiring and cabling will also be installed between North Wembley and Bourne End in Buckinghamshire, while track drainage in Crick Tunnel, Northamptonshire, will be improved.
Andy Johnson, project manager at Network Rail, said the organisation had worked with train operators to "minimise disruption".
"[The bridge replacement] will make the structure more resilient, improve safety and help make journeys more reliable," Johnson added.
(BBC article continues, with more details)
Services on London Northwestern Railway and Avanti West Coast will be affected by the works between 24 December and 1 January - Image © London Northwestern Railway
Train passengers on the West Coast Main Line are being warned of significant disruption over the Christmas period.
Network Rail engineers will replace the deck of the bridge that runs over the River Nene at Long Buckby in Northamptonshire at a cost of £9.3m.
It means no trains will run between Northampton and Rugby via Long Buckby between Sunday 27 December and Friday 1 January, with replacement buses in place.
Other major works include upgrades to power lines around Birmingham New Street, with no trains serving the station between Christmas Eve and Monday 28 December.
Overhead wiring and cabling will also be installed between North Wembley and Bourne End in Buckinghamshire, while track drainage in Crick Tunnel, Northamptonshire, will be improved.
Andy Johnson, project manager at Network Rail, said the organisation had worked with train operators to "minimise disruption".
"[The bridge replacement] will make the structure more resilient, improve safety and help make journeys more reliable," Johnson added.
(BBC article continues, with more details)
