Network Rail says the line along Ryde Pier on the Isle of Wight will reopen in May next year, following the latest nine-month closure.
The infrastructure owner says the £19 million work to secure the pier’s safety remains on schedule, despite recent bad weather.
Ryde Pier connects the 8.5-mile line from Shanklin with ferries to and from Portsmouth.
The entire Island Line closed for a month in September, when work to both track and trains was completed. But the section along the pier will remain closed all winter, while large parts of the rusting metal structure are replaced.
“We have delivered 23 of the 26 spans. Within each span, we are renewing the rail bearers, the sleepers and the rail,” said George Murrell, renewals director for Network Rail’s Wessex Region.…
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