Summary of engineering works supplied by June 14

Huyton blockade

• Northern Hub Capacity Enhancement Scheme to deliver four tracks, with looping opportunities, through Roby and Huyton

• Phase One, to be delivered in conjunction with electrification, provides a third line, and 90mph through line speeds to/from

• The fourth line requires a small amount of land take and associated consents issues, but is intended to be delivered during 2016

• 9 day blockade from Saturday 5th July through to Sunday 14th July 2014

• Amended train service and rail replacement buses

• – Wigan – Preston:

 Two trains per hour St Helens Central – Wigan North Western (one per hour extending to/from Blackpool North)

 Preston – Ormskirk service will run to normal timetable but formed of 3 coaches

 Wigan – Kirkby service will run to normal timetable

 Replacement buses to serve stations between Liverpool Lime Street and St Helens Central

 On Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th July work will take place in the St Helens Central area, so buses will run between Liverpool and Wigan

• Liverpool – – Manchester/Warrington:

 On Monday to Friday between 0600 and 2200 access is available to St Helens Junction (single line working from Earlestown)

 One train per hour will run St Helens Junction – Manchester Victoria, increasing to two per hour at peak times

 Step free interchange available between trains and buses at St Helens Junction

 Overnight and at weekends electrification work is taking place over Sankey Viaduct (west of Earlestown)

 On Saturdays trains will run between Earlestown (platforms 4 and 5) and Manchester Victoria

 On Sundays, trains between Liverpool and will divert via Warrington Central (non-stop Lime Street – Oxford Road)

 Replacement buses to service stations between Liverpool Lime Street and St Helens Junction (and beyond when required)

The only other significant engineering work this year is the Chorley Blockade • Slab tracking through Chorley Tunnel and Flying Arches to provide clearance for electrification requires a six week blockade between Chorley and Euxton Junction

• Other work is being optimised with this disruption

 Structures clearance ( lowering or bridge reconstructions) for electrification between Chorley and Lostock Junction

 Track renewals and drainage works between Chorley and Lostock Junction

• Continuous blockade between Chorley and Euxton Junction from Saturday 19th July through to Sunday 31st August

• Blocked throughout between Lostock Junction and Euxton Junction on Saturdays and Sundays from 5th/6th July through to 30th/31st August

• On Monday to Friday daytimes during the blockade, trains can run to/from Chorley using Single Line Working from Blackrod, between 0630 and 1930

• One train per hour will run between Chorley and Manchester Victoria on Mondays to Fridays, proposed to be formed of six coaches

 Trains will call at Horwich Parkway, Lostock, Bolton, Salford Crescent and Salford Central

 We are investigating options for serving Adlington and Blackrod, ideally by train, due to the short platforms at the stations

 Preston – Hazel Grove services will run between Bolton and Hazel Grove

• TPE Blackpool North – Manchester Airport services will be diverted via Wigan between Preston and Bolton

 As a result, there will be some retiming to services on the Manchester – Wigan – Southport/Kirkby route to accommodate the diverted trains

 TPE are looking at calling some services at Leyland and/or Euxton Balshaw Lane, subject to pathing constraints

• On Monday to Friday daytime, buses will run between Preston, Leyland, Euxton Balshaw Lane and Chorley

• On Saturdays and Sundays buses will run between Preston and Bolton, calling at intermediate stations via Chorley