Safety Message Clear As Leven Work Ramps Up
The title of this post, is the same as that if this press release from Network Rail.
The press release has a positive tone and indicates.
- Track is starting to be laid at the Thornton end and this track will be used to help build the Levenmouth Rail Link.
- The connection to the main line at Thornton is complete.
- Safety is emphasised.
- Planning permission for the two stations should be submitted this year.
- The programme is scheduled to complete in Spring 2024.
As it is not much larger than the Okehampton scheme, which Network Rail delivered so well, I would feel that date is feasible.
Rivalry With The Northumberland Line
The Wikipedia entry for the Northumberland Line says this about the line.
The Northumberland Line is a planned passenger rail route connecting the city of Newcastle upon Tyne with Ashington, Blyth and south-east Northumberland. The route of the line uses part of the larger Blyth and Tyne Railway, a network of lines that cover south-east Northumberland. Construction of stations is planned for the summer of 2022, with the opening of the line for passenger services planned for December 2023.
Note, that both projects are planned to be completed within a few months.
Will there be an Anglo-Scottish rivalry, perhaps with pipers on both sides?
The Anonymous Widower 
Ashington is an exiting railway that needs some fettling and new stations whereas Levenmouth needs rebuilding from the ground up with new structures. Personally Levenmouth without electrification should be deliverable for Dec 23
Comment by Nicholas Lewis | August 12, 2022 |