NETWORK Rail took advantage of the recent lockdown period to undertakeaprogramme of improvements to key routes used by Thameslink and other operators in London.
With low passenger numbers,the opportunity was taken to repair track and signalling faults,cut back vegetation and clear away unwanted materials and waste from the Thameslink core route between St Pancras and London Blackfriars in central London, and the Sydenham Corridor between New Cross Gate and Norwood Junction.
‘Birdproofing’
Work also included‘birdproofing’various structures, including the former King’s Cross Thameslink station, building extraresilience into the infrastructure by laying duplicate power cables to provide double redundancy in the system, improvements to impedance bonds in the power/signalling system and testing of signalling cables.