NETWORK Rail’s helicopter team captured images of the railway in Cheshire as flood waters receded after Storm Christoph. Initial signs show that railway lines left submerged in recent days in Cheshire, Lancashire, Merseyside and Cumbria have little or no lasting damage after the deluge.
Crewe Basford Hall depot after Storm Christoph The Network Rail Air Operations team carryied out its sky-high inspections of the track on the West Coast main line and other key rail routes around the north west yesterday (Friday). Back on the ground much of the railway network is now open to trains as normal. During the major storm Network Rail’s extreme weather action teams used high volume pumps to clear floodwater – minimising damage to track, signalling equipment, cuttings and embankments.