A DIGEST OF THE MAIN CHANGES ON NETWORK RAIL, LONDON UNDERGROUND AND NORTHERN IRELAND RAILWAYS INFRASTRUCTURE DURING DECEMBER 2016; COMPILED BY MARTYN BRAILSFORD OF THE BRANCH LINE SOCIETY (WWW.BRANCHLINE.ORG.UK).
This month saw a number of large scale works taking advantage of the Christmas period. In London, further Crossrail work took place on both the lines out of Paddington and Liverpool Street, whilst at London Bridge the Thameslink Project continued apace. In Manchester, works associated with the Ordsall Chord took place along with the re-control of signalling to Manchester ROC, whilst in Cardiff, track alterations and re-control of the signalling to Cardiff ROC took place.
ANGLIA
Ilford Depot (2:5A)
