Blackheath Tunnel Reopens After 10-Week Closure for 'Essential Repairs'

Blackheath tunnel reopens after 10-week closure for 'essential repairs'

Trains running along the Woolwich and Bexleyheath routes will run as normal from today

Rail services resume after pioneering repair work in Blackheath Tunnel

Rail services through the Blackheath tunnel in southeast London resumed earlier this week following a second 10-week closure for maintenance work. Blackheath Tunnel (c) Network Rail The tunnel between Blackheath and Charlton passes through ground that’s quite soft and filled with gravel, which has allowed water to seep through into the tunnel and has been damaging the bricks and railway tracks. To fix this, the tunnel has undergone a pioneering …

Blackheath rail tunnel reopens after 10-week closure - Murky Depths

A ten-week closure of the Blackheath rail tunnel between Charlton and Blackheath has finished with services now back underway. Trains between the two stations resumed this morning following work which is part of a £10 million project undertaken by Network Rail. Though given Southeastern and Network Rail are now merged with both under public ownership perhaps this may well be a Great British Railways project in all but name? I benefitted from the…

South London Line Reopens After Tunnel Work

Network Rail, over the past 10 weeks, has been making repairs to the Blackheath tunnel.

‘Pioneering’ 10-week maintenance of Blackheath tunnel completed

A 175-year-old Victorian rail tunnel in south-east London has undergone an intensive and innovative repair programme aimed at improving reliability and safety for hundreds of daily commuters. The post ‘Pioneering’ 10-week maintenance of Blackheath tunnel completed appeared first on New Civil Engineer.