{"id":470903,"date":"2026-07-06T18:40:33","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T08:40:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/railuk.com\/?p=195805"},"modified":"2026-07-06T18:40:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T08:40:33","slug":"passengers-thanked-after-manchester-victoria-engineering-work-completed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=470903","title":{"rendered":"Passengers thanked after Manchester Victoria engineering work completed"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Rail passengers have been thanked for their patience after key engineering work was completed between Rochdale and Manchester Victoria.<\/p>\n

This week, teams from Network Rail and main contractor Kier have been\u202fworking to complete track renewals\u202fand signalling\u202fupgrades ahead of the construction of a major new turnback just east of Victoria station.<\/p>\n

Once completed next year, the new Brewery Junction turnback will mean\u202fspace can be freed up at Victoria, allowing more flexibility, especially in times of disruption.<\/p>\n

During the work, trains have not been running between Rochdale and Manchester, with replacement buses\u202foperating\u202finstead.<\/p>\n

Lorna Samways,\u202fsenior sponsor for Network Rail, said:\u202f\u201cWe would like to thank passengers for their patience during this week. There is never an ideal time to close the\u202frailway,\u202fbut this work\u202fis\u202fa really\u202fimportant step\u202fin the construction of the new turnback at Brewery Junction.\u202f<\/p>\n

\u201cOnce it is complete, it will give our teams more options at Manchester Victoria and improve reliability for passengers in the long term.\u201d<\/p>\n

Boguslaw Kozlowski, project manager for rail at Kier Infrastructure commented: \u201cOver the last week, our team successfully delivered key track, re-signalling and overhead line improvements that mark an important milestone in the delivery of this new turnback facility.<\/p>\n

\u201cExtensive planning went into this work alongside Network Rail and our supply chain partners, and we\u2019re pleased it has been delivered safely and on schedule.\u201d<\/p>\n

Image credit: Network Rail<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Rail passengers have been thanked for their patience after key engineering work was completed between Rochdale and Manchester Victoria. This week, teams from Network Rail and main contractor Kier have been\u202fworking to complete track renewals\u202fand signalling\u202fupgrades ahead of the construction of a major new turnback just east of Victoria station. Once completed next year, the [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[343,16015,47,16115,16092,913,85],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-470903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-infrastructure","category-permanent-way","category-rail-news","category-signalling-and-telecoms","category-stations","category-travel","category-uk"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t