Ulverston engineering 2024

There will be no trains between Lancaster and Barrow-In-Furness between Tuesday and Thursday inclusive next week while essential repairs are carried out in Ulverston. 

Network Rail engineers have been working around the clock this week to repair damage to  caused by flooding during Storm Bert. 

Last weekend (23 – 24 November) Storm Bert brought strong winds, snow, and extreme rainfall to Cumbria. With a rise in temperature on Saturday morning, the snow melted and overwhelmed a watercourse which broke its bank and damaged the earth of the nearby railway cutting. 

The earth from the cutting collapsed onto the tracks, and about 300 tonnes of spoil had to be removed from the railway. 

Engineers reopened the line on Tuesday morning, and began work to carry out a permanent fix to the site. 

In recent days, the team have built an 130 metre long "water slide" to divert the watercourse's journey around the cutting.

With the water flowing nicely through its new channel, work to repair the cutting can now begin.