A complex track renewal through a narrow Victorian tunnel has been completed to enhance journeys for passengers and freight on the UK’s West Coast Main Line. Network Rail and its contractors ...
The Victorian signal box is a relic of an age when levers, cables and bells guaranteed safe movement of trains. It was built by the London & North Western Railway at Crewe, possibly in the 1870s, and ...
The project was completed in the railway’s 200th anniversary year. Credit: Network Rail. A complex track renewal through a narrow Victorian tunnel has been completed to enhance journeys for passengers ...
The walls stretch 25 metres over the railway line on the north and south side of the Victorian train shed. The building is listed, so the timber frames were replaced to match its original design.