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| West Coast rail works completed | West Coast rail works completed |
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| A decade-long project to rebuild Britain's busiest railway line, the West Coast line between London and Glasgow, has finally been completed. | |
| Passengers are set to see improved services with journey times cut by up to 30%. | Passengers are set to see improved services with journey times cut by up to 30%. |
| The engineering work has been highly controversial with the budget spiralling to £13bn. | The engineering work has been highly controversial with the budget spiralling to £13bn. |
| In January over-running engineering works caused several days of disruption for passengers. | In January over-running engineering works caused several days of disruption for passengers. |
| The West Coast Route modernisation has been one of the biggest civil engineering enterprises of the last decade. | The West Coast Route modernisation has been one of the biggest civil engineering enterprises of the last decade. |
| The ageing but heavily-used line was rebuilt to take tilting trains travelling at 125 miles an hour, with new junctions and signalling to ease the flow of services belonging to a number of train companies. | The ageing but heavily-used line was rebuilt to take tilting trains travelling at 125 miles an hour, with new junctions and signalling to ease the flow of services belonging to a number of train companies. |
| SCALE OF THE JOB 174 new or altered bridges Over 800 points replacedOver three million yards of rail and sleepers laid53 new or extended platforms | SCALE OF THE JOB 174 new or altered bridges Over 800 points replacedOver three million yards of rail and sleepers laid53 new or extended platforms |
| There will be an additional 1,000 extra trains running each week, a 50% increase in services to Manchester and Birmingham and services almost doubling at weekends. | There will be an additional 1,000 extra trains running each week, a 50% increase in services to Manchester and Birmingham and services almost doubling at weekends. |
| Few regular travellers between London, Birmingham, Manchester and Glasgow have escaped disruption from the work. | Few regular travellers between London, Birmingham, Manchester and Glasgow have escaped disruption from the work. |
| In January the work at Rugby overran by several days and Network Rail was fined a record £14m by the Office of Rail Regulation for the resulting chaos. | In January the work at Rugby overran by several days and Network Rail was fined a record £14m by the Office of Rail Regulation for the resulting chaos. |
| But that work, the last in a long list, is now complete, with new high specification rail laid through the area, enabling trains to pass through at full speed. | But that work, the last in a long list, is now complete, with new high specification rail laid through the area, enabling trains to pass through at full speed. |
| Virgin Trains is the biggest beneficiary, the completion will allow it to run a third more trains and the fastest London to Glasgow journey time from next month will take four hours 10 minutes. | Virgin Trains is the biggest beneficiary, the completion will allow it to run a third more trains and the fastest London to Glasgow journey time from next month will take four hours 10 minutes. |