New bridge craned into position in Dartford as train disruption also affects Sittingbourne, Sheerness, Tunbridge Wells, Gravesend and London
10:46, 04 April 2021
updated: 10:58, 04 April 2021
A new rail bridge has been painstakingly winched into position overnight as part of a £1.25bn project - as operators warn of disruption to trains over today and tomorrow.
Network Rail engineers have replaced a bridge just outside of the station in Dartford, while there is also a warning no trains are running between Sittingbourne and Sheerness.
Work began in Dartford on Good Friday on the Hythe Road bridge and is scheduled to last until tomorrow. The new structure was winched into position early yesterday.
It is part of a project to make journeys smoother in Kent and south east London, which also features work to make journeys into the Capital smoother, via Lewisham station, with upgrades of track and signalling.
It means road diversions nearby are in place and no London-bound trains will be running from Dartford. Buses replace trains between Slade Green, Gravesend and Crayford and Dartford.
Elsewhere on Easter Sunday:
No trains run from Charing Cross and Waterloo East.
Buses replace trains between:
Tunbridge Wells and Battle
Sittingbourne and Sheerness-on-sea
Beckenham Junction and Orpington and Herne Hill and Swanley via Catford
On Easter Monday, April 5:
A Saturday service is running. Buses replace trains between
Slade Green and Gravesend & Crayford and Dartford
Sittingbourne and Sheerness-on-sea
Earlier this year, Network Rail began major engineering work between Hastings and Tonbridge after several landslips on the line, with the most severe ones happening at High Brooms and Bearhurst, near Stonegate station.
Work also began on Good Friday, but the line is scheduled to reopen on Monday.
This weekend's work has involved protecting the line from any future landslides.
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