By Nigel Wordsworth, Rail Engineer; October 6, 2017
London Waterloo station was recently the subject of a 24-day partial blockade as significant upgrades were made to the station. Platform extensions, trackwork modifications and signalling upgrades were all undertaken as London’s busiest station underwent its first major upgrade since the arrival of Eurostar in 1994.
Scheduled to last from Saturday 5 August to Tuesday 29 August – Monday was a bank holiday – this was a major piece of work. The five organisations that make up the Wessex Capacity Alliance are well integrated and the planning and preparations had been meticulous. Nothing was left to chance.
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