East Kilbride railway upgrade on-track for May reopening

East Kilbride railway upgrade on-track for May reopening

Over the next four weeks – ahead of the reopening of the line on May 18 – engineers will finish the installation of new signalling systems on the route and complete work on the new Hairmyres station.

East Kilbride-Glasgow line on track for May reopening

Overhead wire installation on the East Kilbride-Glasgow line(Network Rail) THE East Kilbride-Glasgow Central railway line is on track to reopen in May, Network Rail has announced. The news comes as the organisation works ‘around-the-clock’ during a 16-week closure of the line to install new infrastructure required to power electric trains as part of a £140 million investment by the Scottish Government. So far during the closure, Network Rail has…

East Kilbride engineering works on-track for May reopening

With just a month to go until the end of the 16-week closure of the East Kilbride-Glasgow Central line engineers have now completed laying new tracks and installing overhead power lines on the route.