{"id":261799,"date":"2025-08-04T23:51:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T13:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/railuk.com\/?p=180862"},"modified":"2025-08-04T23:51:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T13:51:00","slug":"passengers-thanked-as-lichfield-to-birmingham-line-reopens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=261799","title":{"rendered":"Passengers thanked as Lichfield to Birmingham line reopens"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Cross City north line between Lichfield and Birmingham has fully reopened after a seven day closure for maintenance and improvement work.<\/p>\n

Network Rail teams worked round-the-clock to carry out earthwork repairs, complete track maintenance and improvements, and cut back vegetation, all of which will help make the railway and journeys through the area safer and more reliable.<\/p>\n

Birmingham City Council also continued its ongoing strengthening and refurbishment work on the A38(M) Tame Valley Viaduct which runs directly above the railway near Aston station.<\/p>\n

The original closure was needed to install an HS2 viaduct, with the other work planned to make the most of the line being closed. The HS2 viaduct will now be installed at a later date.<\/p>\n

As well as cutting back vegetation, Network Rail engineers also made essential repairs to a 10m high sandstone cutting near Lichfield. As part of the work, engineers removed loose ‘at risk’ blocks and trees to address \u2018root jacking\u2019 \u2013 a process where tree roots can destabilise the sandstone and increase the risk of rockfalls on to the track below.<\/p>\n

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