Network Rail has announced that railway embankment work at Holmrock is now complete to make journeys make more reliable on the line between Barrow-in-Furness and Lancaster.

£500,000 has been invested in strengthening the land near the railway at Holmrock on the Furness Line.

The Great North Rail Project saw the slope strengthened and a new piled retaining wall built to protect the track from future movement.

The work began in January and was completed by the end of March.

The project took place overnight at weekends while trains were not running so passenger services were not affected.

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 work involved making the embankment shallower and the building of a retaining wall to keep the track in place. The work was all carried out without closing the railway.”

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