我们经常被问到为什么我们安排大根据合同ring projects for bank holiday weekends.
We plan these large-scale works for certain times so they cause the least disruption to your journeys. These include bank holidays, Sundays and overnight.
火车每天24小时运行，每年365天，所以从来没有一个方便的时间关闭铁路进行维护和升级，工程可能会导致服务的一些干扰。但更多的人通常需要在正常的工作日前往火车。
We appreciate delays and line closures are frustrating and we do everything we can to reduce the impact of our works on your services. Thank you for bearing with us.
Watch this video to find out more:
Planning in fine detail
我们在某些情况下预先计划许多工程项目 - 在某些情况下，大额银行假日工作最多五年。
我们这样做是这样的，因为我们需要......
- Agree access to the railway with passenger train and freight train operating companies – and give them ample time to plan their services and minimise disruption to passengers and freight. For example, we must ensure there’s always a route up to Scotland and across to Wales.
- 确保我们在全国各地的数百个网站上提供合适的人员。
- Allocate equipment such as cranes and wagons, which are always in high demand. Our Route Services department, which organises materials and certain services for our separate routes, makes sure our equipment is used efficiently across Britain.
- 确保单独的工程项目彼此不冲突，因为这可能会对您或运费造成太大的干扰。
- 安排足够的时间来完成大量工作，包括我们项目末尾的应急时间，以防我们陷入延误。
How we’re reducing the time planned works take
We’re always investing in new machinery and processes to speed up our planned works while maintaining high levels of工人安全and乘客在我们的铁路上。
例如，我们的高输出团队更换轨道使用过夜高效轨道中继系统。显着减少工作的时间减少了对旅程中断的影响。
In addition, engineering innovations mean在跟踪更新工作之后，火车通常可以在全速直线上运行。这意味着慢火车造成的时间表的延迟较少，以及更好的旅程时间。轨道更新通常需要在工作完成后一周内的临时速度限制，因此镇流器 - 轨道下方的石头 - 可以定居。现在，技术的改进立即创建强大的基础，所以这不是必需的。