Network Rail has announced that passengers travelling between Barrow-in-Furness and Lancaster will soon have more reliable journeys.

£500,000 is being invested to reinforce a railway embankment at Holmrock on the Furness Line to the south of the Kent Viaduct.

The work is part of The Great North Rail Project and will see the strengthening of a slope and a new piled retaining wall to protect the track from future movement.

Phase one of the work to stabilise the embankment starts today, Monday 6th January, and will last until the end of January.

Phase two begins on 2 February and will last until March, with work taking place overnight at weekends while trains aren’t running.

What did the officials say?

Tony Butler, route asset manager for earthworks at Network Rail, said:

“This vital upgrade as part of the Great North Rail Project will keep important Northern passenger services running safe and reliably on this section of the Furness line.

“The first phase involves making the embankment shallower and the second involves keeping the track in place. The work has been designed to put passengers first as it will be carried out without closing the railway.”

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