15th February 2013

Group Chief Executive's Email: Rail Services to resume between Derry ~ Londonderry and Coleraine

"Engineering work completed ahead of schedule" 15th February 2013 Dear Colleagues, This week we announced that the railway line between Derry ~ Londonderry and Coleraine is to re-open and services will resume on Sunday 24th March 2013. Huge effort has gone into completing this project ahead of schedule and within budget and I want to thank our infrastructure team and the contractors for working towards the successful delivery of the project. We are now looking forward to getting services running again and welcoming back customers to and from the North West. Notably, the timetable we are introducing has a train arriving into Derry before 9am, in fact for the first time ever a train arrives before 8.30am; we made this decision following local consultation. You may be aware of on-going media coverage of the ‘Belfast on the Move’ traffic plan which we have been responding to, ...

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