A part of the London Overground and the Bakerloo line can be closed for almost per week in early August as a result of railway engineering works being carried out by Community Rail.
London Overground practice at Stonebridge Park station (c) Community Rail
From Saturday third August to Thursday eighth August 2024, Community Rail engineers will perform £2m price of enhancements to a 16-mile stretch of railway in north London.
Community Rail says the closure will have an effect on the Bakerloo line between Queen’s Park and Harrow & Wealdstone stations and the London Overground between Euston and Watford Junction stations. London Northwestern Railway (West Midlands Trains) companies between Euston and Watford Junction will function usually — however will solely name at Bushey and Harrow & Wealdstone.
The closure can even prohibit entry to the Queen’s Park practice depot, so there can be fewer trains on the remainder of the Bakerloo line by means of central London for the week.
Map displaying affected TfL companies
Throughout the closure, non permanent bus routes 718, 719 and 720 can be obtainable in the course of the closure intervals and can present connections to the Bakerloo, Jubilee or Metropolitan traces
- Route 718 will run between Queen’s Park and Harrow & Wealdstone
- Route 719 will run between Queen’s Park and Wembley Park (weekdays solely, 07:30 to twenty:30)
- Route 720 will run between Watford Junction and Harrow-on-the-Hill (through Harrow & Wealdstone)
Customary fares can be in operation on these routes. TfL’s Hopper fare offers prospects limitless bus journeys for £1.75, made inside one hour of touching in.
Throughout the six-day closure, the ability system that provides the signalling tools alongside these traces can be changed. This consists of 32.5km of recent cabling and a number of other lineside energy distribution cupboards.
They’re additionally upgrading 3km of conductor rail, the a part of the observe that gives energy to trains through a metal rail, and renewing the high-voltage energy system that gives energy to the trains by means of the conductor rails. This consists of changing 3km of ageing 11kv energy cables.
They can even be upgrading observe switches and crossings, that are moveable sections of observe that information trains from one observe to a different and permit them to cross paths.
Gary Walsh, Community Rail’s West Coast South route director, mentioned: “We all know there’s by no means a really perfect time to shut the railway, however engaged on consecutive days implies that we will maintain the railway open as a lot as doable all through the remainder of the yr. I’d prefer to thank passengers for his or her understanding and endurance prematurely whereas we stock out these vital enhancements to the Bakerloo line and London Overground.
“I recognize that doing this important work is disruptive for passengers so I’d urge individuals to bear in mind the road between Euston and Watford Junction can be closed and to test Nationwide Rail Enquiries and TfL for different public transport choices out and in of London.”
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