Network Rail has announced that work to secure an embankment on the West Coast Mainline, near Watford, has been completed.

This is after a landslip causing a derailment back in September 2016. This caused no injuries but the work needed to be done was massive.

The orange army has worked to make sure that no repeat slips happen in the future.

£3.954m has been spent to stabilise the cutting. 1km of vegetation was removed so rock netting could be installed on top of over 500 rock anchors.

What did the officials say?

Gavin Evans, the scheme project manager at Network Rail, said: “Passengers will have more reliable journeys through the Watford area thanks to this investment. The challenge was to work safely around the operational railway without impacting on journeys. A large proportion of the work took overnight and at weekends and the work we have done will protect the cutting for more than 60 years.”

Steve Helfet, London Midland’s head of West Coast Services said: “ This is a great example of one railway working together to make much-needed repairs and improvements. The work was done with minimal impact to our customers on one of the busiest stretches of railway in Europe.”

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