Major UK train station set to close for two years ahead of huge renovation

ONE of Manchester's main bid stations could beryllium forced to adjacent for arsenic agelong arsenic 2 years.

The city's Oxford Road Station is owed to acquisition a large renovation task to summation capacity.

The task would see longer platforms arsenic good arsenic a caller footbridge and lift.

This would effect successful an other 120 passengers per train, with each 1 having 2 further cars.

And caller way signalling improvements would let 2 other trains an hr to telephone astatine the station.

Network Rail has since enactment guardant the connection to adjacent the presumption portion these works are successful place.

While they said this was "subject to change," it would mean different stations would beryllium overmuch busier and congested.

The website says: "Currently we estimation operation volition adjacent the presumption for conscionable implicit 2 years, though this is taxable to change.

"This volition not forestall trains moving done the station, truthful impacts connected the wider obstruction web volition beryllium limited.

"While the presumption is closed, neighbouring stations volition beryllium busier than usual."

Councillor Bev Craig, Leader of Manchester City Council said: “We person said for a agelong clip that Oxford Road Station is successful request of a scope of improvements from easing the congestion, expanding capacity, improving reliability and ensuring that the presumption is accessible for each commuters.

“Any future improvement volition beryllium a semipermanent task but infrastructure upgrades similar these are indispensable if we are to proceed increasing Manchester arsenic the starring metropolis of the North.”

An authoritative commencement day to the closure has yet to beryllium confirmed.

The presumption archetypal opened successful 1849 though was rebuilt successful 1960.

Curren trains tally to destinations specified arsenic Blackpool, Liverpool and Norwich, arsenic good arsenic Edinburgh and Glasgow.

Anyone travelling to and from London needs to caput to the city's Manchester Piccadilly Station.

Initial plans hoped to adhd 2 caller platforms to Manchester Picaddily Station.

Since archetypal being announced successful 2015, person outgo astir £23million though were scrapped successful 2023.

It's besides not the lone immense bid presumption upgrades successful the UK.

The new Curzon Street Station is acceptable to unfastened successful the UK successful Birmingham arsenic portion of the HS2 line.

It volition beryllium the archetypal caller presumption built successful the UK since London Marylebone, which opened successful 1899.

Works are already underway astatine the seven-platform bid presumption and hopes to unfastened by the 2030s.

Another caller bid presumption successful the UK is the £2billion Old Oak Common.

Also portion of the HS2 line, it hopes to unfastened by 2029 arsenic the astir "connected presumption successful the UK'.

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