Visit to Lydney rail repair works with the Network Rail Chief Executive

Mark Harper visits Lydney railway line

Today, with the Network Rail Chief Executive, I visited the repair works near Lydney. I was briefed by the engineering team about the work they’ve done both in the short term to fix the problem and the longer term plan to improve the resilience of the line.

Here is a short video from my visit 👇

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