The £3.5million programme also improved drainage between Croy and Dullatur
A multi-million-pound programme to improve the resilience of a stretch of railway in Lanarkshire has been successfully completed.
The free download features the latest breaking news and exclusive stories, and allows you to customise your page to the sections that matter most to you.Railway engineers cleared vegetation, upgraded drainage systems, and installed high-strength mesh, soil nails and rock bolts to help prevent wash-outs and rock falls and reduce the need to slow trains down.
“This crucial project will reduce the need to slow down trains during heavy rain, meaning more journeys are completed on time.Cuttings are where the tracks are cut deep into hillsides, while embankments were built to carry the tracks across valleys – reducing the gradients trains face on their journeys.
Skid rigs, large pneumatic drills which hammer in soil nails up to 20m to stabilise the slope or embankment, were used during the work.
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