Passengers are being warned of disruption due to a closure of the Cross City Line between Birmingham and Lichfield.
The route will be shut in both directions from tomorrow (7th April) until 11th April to replace a bridge at Sutton Coldfield.
The £4million project will see a 111-tonne mobile crane brought in to remove and replace the existing structure.
It means rail replacement buses will be in operation between Birmingham New Street and Lichfield Trent Valley during the closure.
Denise Wetton, Network Rail’s central route director, said:
“We know there’s never an ideal time to close the railway, so I’d like to thank people in advance for their patience ahead of this complex work to replace a bridge which carries freight trains over passenger services.”
Denise Wetton, Network Rail
People are being advised to allow more time for their journeys and to plan ahead using www.nationalrail.co.uk.
Jonny Wiseman, West Midlands Railway’s customer experience director, said:
“I’d like to thank our customers for their patience while Network Rail carries out these crucial upgrades.
“Rail replacement transport will be in operation on the north side of the Cross City Line between Birmingham and Lichfield across the entire Easter weekend, so we are urging passengers to allow more time and plan their journeys carefully.”
Jonny Wiseman, West Midlands Railway
So why can’t they just run the buses to and from Sutton instead of closing the whole line?, ludicrous
So you pick the Easter weekend to do this?
I swear that they are doing everything to be as awkward as possible.
Logistically backwards, zero forward planning or consideration.
Utter Muppetry.
Yeah TrickySubject stupid isn’t it. Should have closed the line for four days during a week shouldn’t they like Monday through Thursday when people are less likely to want to use the train for exciting leisure activities and more likely to want to use it boring things like getting to and from their jobs.
Carl – I’d bet it’s something to do with his trains have to be switched from one track to the other somewhere so they can go in the other direction.