Hull to Doncaster railway repairs 'will cost tens of millions'
Repairing a damaged section of the Hull to Doncaster railway line could cost tens of millions of pounds.
Train passengers are facing months of disruption after a landslip destroyed part of the tracks near Hatfield Colliery.
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The ruined tracks outside Hatfield Colliery. Picture: Carl Gac.
Buses are replacing services between Goole and Doncaster and other trains are being diverted.
Network Rail announced this morning it will be 16 to 18 weeks before the line is reopened.
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Now, the firm's managing director has revealed the cost of engineering work on the tracks will run into millions.
Phil Verster, route managing director for Network Rail, said: "We are committed to recovery and will incur the cost to recover the railway.
"We are not allowing finances to stop us.
"I think it may cost tens of millions to sort out and it is by far the biggest operation we have seen in recent years."
Engineers will need to move about one million cubic metres of material from the spoil heap that caused the damage.
7 Comments
by Hully
Monday, March 04 2013, 5:52AM
“@whitey1978
Well done on leaning how to copy and paste
Next lesson, Colouring in”
by Whitey1978
Monday, March 04 2013, 5:16AM
“I like his accent, maybe the first test train he runs a test of the new lines with, will have several taxi drivers tied to the back dragging them along.
However on a serious note. Build near a mine and take the consequences.
As for the cost. TOUGH. You're a private company who tendered for the contract, take your hit and get the job done without moaning about cost, you charge the rail companies enough and then obviously they have to charge extortionate fares to us. I'm sure we will be paying for this very soon.”
by Hully
Friday, March 01 2013, 10:10PM
“I like his accent, maybe the first test train he runs a test of the new lines with, will have several taxi drivers tied to the back dragging them along.
However on a serious note. Build near a mine and take the consequence's.
As for the cost. TOUGH. Your a private company he tendered for the contract, take your hit and get the job done without moaning about cost, you charge the rail companies enough and then obviously they have to charge extortionate fares to us. I'm sure we will be paying for this very soon.”
by AdPotentia
Friday, March 01 2013, 9:28PM
“Hull to Doncaster railway repairs 'will cost tens of millions'
Well it isn't going to cost a tenner is it?
Lets have some journalism please...
Why did it happen, what is being put in place to stop it happening again and who is reimbursing Network Rail -ie the UK taxpayer and fare payers?”
by Strangley
Friday, March 01 2013, 2:45PM
“It would seem that the culprit is not a **** heap, it's a spoil heap!”
by unified
Friday, March 01 2013, 2:29PM
“The old coal board will eventually pay the cost the same as the continue to pay for house subsidence in the mining villages”
by Strangley
Friday, March 01 2013, 2:19PM
“"We are committed to recovery and will incur the cost to recover the railway."
Don't you mean that Hatfield's insurers will? It is their **** heap after all”