WATCH: West Yorkshire train services restart after landslip

Services resume after longer-than-expected suspension

Janine Booth - Contributor 1 comment 3 Min Read
Services run through Baildon following landslip repair.// Network Rail

has released footage of train services resuming through after it completed repairs at the site of a landslip near the West Yorkhire town.

No trains have run through the area since Friday 9 February.

Last week, Network Rail announced that train services would resume after successful work to make the landslip site safe.

Trains began running between and Ilkley yesterday (Sunday 30 June).

The resumption of train services has come much later than the original estimate of mid-March.

Network Rail blamed the delay on the amount of work that needed to be carried out to make the area safe. Rail replacement buses have operated along the route during the service suspension.

Credit: Network Rail

Network Rail will continue to monitor the landslip repair, in order to identify any potential problems or risks to train services.

Network Rail has thanked passengers for their “patience and understanding” during the four-and-a-half month period in which services have been suspended. It has also thanked local residents who have been impacted by the repair work.

Network Rail car
Credit: Janine Booth

Despite the resumption of train service, Network Rail is encouraging passengers to check their journey before travelling via the national rail website.

Landslips are an increasing problem for the railway, as climate change brings wetter weather. Recent incidents have occurred in Leicestershire, Shropshire and Derbyshire, among others.

Site of the Baildon landslip // Credit: Network Rail

 “I would like to reiterate my heartfelt thank you to all impacted local residents for their support and cooperation during what has been a difficult time for the community.

“While services have now restarted, I also want to say thank you to passengers who have faced to rail services for their patience and understanding of the situation.”

Jason Hamilton, Network Rail's route director for its North & East route

I'd like to thank our customers for their patience while this complicated and safety-critical work was carried out by Network Rail. We appreciate it has caused significant disruption to people's journeys over several weeks and we are very happy to be able to resume services along the line once again.”

Kerry Peters, regional director for Northern
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  • It’s not climate change at all it’s because every spare morsel of land is built upon so the rain has nowhere to drain the little land there is can’t cope . It’s been proven that there’s issues in York the outskirts fulford had a place called Germany beck that used to flood which helped control the flood water they built houses & flats on it & did flood improvement work which just push water further down stream . Logic fails to impress me , hopefully Network Rail have done a cracking job on sorting this one out

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