Croy weather resilience work
Croy weather resilience work
A £3.5m programme to improve the resilience of the railway against adverse weather between Croy and Dullatur
The nine-month project will see Network Rail and contractor QTS carry out crucial work to help prevent speed restrictions having to be imposed during periods of heavy rainfall, meaning less disruption for passengers on the main Edinburgh-Glasgow line.
See our latest press release here.
Project Timeline
Possible Disruptions
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Services affected Sunday 16 April
Train services into Glasgow Queen Street will be affected on Sunday, April 16. Passengers can check their journey at ScotRail
Project Updates
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Important information
To carry out the work safely and to minimise disruption to services, engineers will complete some of the works at night.
In addition, here is some important information that station users may find useful.- A section of Croy station car park will be used as a compound throughout the project.
- Train services into Glasgow Queen Street will be affected on Sunday, April 16. Passengers can check their journey at ScotRail.
- Our teams will require access to the footpath/cycle from Dullatur to Croy station. This will result in closures of the route from early April until mid-July and then again from late September until late November due to the nature of the work being carried out at these times, including deconstructing the old boundary wall.
We appreciate this may cause an inconvenience to some passengers, neighbours, pedestrians and cyclists, we wish to reassure you that we will not disrupt public access for any longer than is necessary and we thank those affected for their patience and understanding during these times.
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Work underway
Our teams are busy on site, here's a look at some of our hard work so far.
We're working around-the-clock, making sure everything is nice and tidy line side by removing overgrown vegetation.
We've also started drilling to install the bottom anchors to secure the rock netting.
And some of old boundary wall has been removed along the embankment.
Why?
The work we are doing here will help prevent speed restrictions having to be imposed during periods of heavy rainfall, meaning less disruption for passengers on the main Edinburgh-Glasgow line.
What will change?
Engineers will be clearing vegetation and upgrading drainage systems.
The project will also include installing high-strength mesh, soil nails and rock bolts on embankments to help prevent wash-outs and rock falls.