West Coast Main Line reopens two days early following landslip repairs
1/3 3/3 Network Rail has released time-lapse footage of the 17 day project to repair a failed embankment on the West Coast Main Line to the south of Rugby. Ground movement was first spotted at the 10m high Hillmorton Junction on 27 January and engineers worked around the clock to repair the slope failure and reopen the railway two days ahead of schedule. The landslip affected a 40m section of the embankment and repairs called for 10,000t of new aggregate to be placed after soil nailing was carried out to secure the slope. Investigations into the slope failure have suggested that heavy rainfal...
Source: newcivilengineer.com