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<p>Network Rail is carrying out the work to improve the Walsall to Rugeley Trent Valley
Line. They have advised that £27.3m has been incurred so far on the project to electrify
the line. Work carried out to date has included the structures clearance work, detailed
design of the electrification system, and the contract award to ABC Electrification,
the main contractor.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The route clearance work is substantially
complete and has gone well. This has involved 5 bridges being reconstructed, and 11
track lowerings being undertaken. The remaining significant civil engineering work
is to lift the headroom in Park St Tunnel, Walsall, which is scheduled to be carried
out from October 2015 to May 2016.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>An interfacing scheme
(journey time improvement between Ryecroft and Rugeley) is currently in the detailed
design phase.</p><p> </p>
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