21 JUNE 2021

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King’s Cross completes

A multi-million pound improvement scheme designed to radically improve services for passengers at King’s Cross station has been completed reports Andrew Sharp.

The scheme – known as ‘King’s Uncrossed’ – involved a major replacement of the 40-year-old tracks and track layout on the 1.5-mile approach into the station as part of the £1.2bn East Coast Upgrade. It also saw the reopening of a disused tunnel after 44 years to add two additional lines into the station from the north.

The complex and challenging programme has seen the replacement of over nearly four miles of track, 30 new sets of points, over 50 new signals, and 12 miles of overhead wires.

Some of the suburban platforms have been lengthened and one removed.

One early challenge was replacing a major sewer which ran just under the tracks immediately north of the station and complicated the work.

At the same time as the King’s Cross work, Network Rail engineers have been continuing work on a new tunnel and 1.9 miles of new line at Werrington, north of Peterborough, so that slower moving freight trains will no longer cut across the East Coast Main Line on the level, helping to increase capacity on the route. This new tunnel is due to open in the autumn.

Other engineering includes improving the power supply on the East Coast Main Line to enable faster, quieter and more environmentally friendly electric trains to run.

Taken together, these upgrades will deliver improved reliability and punctuality for passengers, as well as ensuring the route has the capacity to deal with future passenger volumes.

www.networkrail.co.uk/communities/passengers/our-stations/london-kings-cross

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