Network Rail is reminding passengers to follow the advice and only use train services for essential journeys over Easter.
Over recent weeks, the rail industry’s priority has been to restrict the number of people travelling on the network to those who cannot work from home.
Passengers whose journeys are not essential are asked to please stay at home, help protect the NHS and help save lives.
Network Rail‘s regions will be providing more detail on which Coronavirus has impacted specific Easter projects over the next few days.
What did the officials say?
Andrew Haines, Network Rail chief executive, said:
“We are living and working in unprecedented times, throughout which our priority is to operate a safe and reliable railway so that people who can’t work from home can get to their jobs, and critical freight goods such as food and medicine can be distributed around the country.
“Please follow Government advice and only travel if your journey is absolutely essential. If you do need to travel, please check your journey ahead of time to see if it will be impacted by the work we’re doing on the railway this bank holiday. You can do this with your train operator or via National Rail Enquiries.
“Our rail workers are doing a vital job in keeping Britain connected, and their hard work will help to ensure the railway is at its best when the nation emerges from this Coronavirus pandemic.”
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They still would need to replace the ageing overhead wires at Stratford, East London as they have completed with replacing overhead wires on the GEML and to finish off the last section on the Southend Victoria line.