Bakerloo Line/Overground closures 2023-2024

[wirewiper]

Following a week-long closure in December 2022, Transport for London will once again be closing sections of the Bakerloo Line and the Euston-Watford Overground route during the Summer Holiday period. 

During the closures Network Rail will install 18,000 concrete sleepers, replacing wooden sleepers dating from the 1950s. 48km of signalling cable will also be replaced and 1km of railway drainage will be replaced between Harlesden and Stonebridge Park. 

Six stations will have improvement work: Kensal Green, Harlesden, North Wembley, South Kenton, Headstone Lane and Watford High Street. 


Phase one: Sunday 23rd July to Sunday 30th July

- Euston-Watford services suspended throughout.
- Bakerloo Line suspended between Queens Park and Harrow & Wealdstone. A reduced service will operate over the rest of the line as trains will not be able to access Stonebridge Park Depot.

Phase two: Monday 31st July to Thursday 10th August

- Euston-Watford services suspended between Willesden Junction and Watford Junction.
- Bakerloo Line suspended between Stonebridge Park and Harrow & Wealdstone.

Phase three: Friday 11th August to Friday 18th August (same as Phase one)

- Euston-Watford services suspended throughout. 
- Bakerloo Line suspended between Queens Park and Harrow & Wealdstone. A reduced service will operate over the rest of the line as trains will not be able to access Stonebridge Park Depot.

Phase four: Saturday 19th August to Friday 28th August

- Euston-Watford services suspended between Willesden Junction and Watford Junction.
- Bakerloo Line open through to Harrow & Wealdstone. 

Passengers can use London Northewestern Railway services which will call at London Euston, Wembley Central, Harrow & Wealdstone, Bushey and Watford Junction. Temporary bus routes  718, 719 and 720 will also operate.  

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Information on the rail replacement bus routes 718, 719 and 720 can be found on the link below. Assume only route 720 will operate during Phase 4.

tangytango.proboards.com/thread/12705/temporary-routes-718-719-720

[northlondon83]

Jul 3, 2023 17:50:02 GMT wirewiper said:

Following a week-long closure in December 2022, Transport for London will once again be closing sections of the Bakerloo Line and the Euston-Watford Overground route during the Summer Holiday period. 

During the closures Network Rail will install 18,000 concrete sleepers, replacing wooden sleepers dating from the 1950s. 48km of signalling cable will also be replaced and 1km of railway drainage will be replaced between Harlesden and Stonebridge Park. 

Six stations will have improvement work: Kensal Green, Harlesden, North Wembley, South Kenton, Headstone Lane and Watford High Street. 


Phase one: Sunday 23rd July to Sunday 30th July

- Euston-Watford services suspended throughout.
- Bakerloo Line suspended between Queens Park and Harrow & Wealdstone. A reduced service will operate over the rest of the line as trains will not be able to access Stonebridge Park Depot.

Phase two: Monday 31st July to Thursday 10th August

- Euston-Watford services suspended between Willesden Junction and Watford Junction.
- Bakerloo Line suspended between Stonebridge Park and Harrow & Wealdstone.

Phase three: Friday 11th August to Friday 18th August (same as Phase one)

- Euston-Watford services suspended throughout. 
- Bakerloo Line suspended between Queens Park and Harrow & Wealdstone. A reduced service will operate over the rest of the line as trains will not be able to access Stonebridge Park Depot.

Phase four: Saturday 19th August to Friday 28th August

- Euston-Watford services suspended between Willesden Junction and Watford Junction.
- Bakerloo Line open through to Harrow & Wealdstone. 

Passengers can use London Northewestern Railway services which will call at London Euston, Wembley Central, Harrow & Wealdstone, Bushey and Watford Junction. Temporary bus routes  718, 719 and 720 will also operate.  

So basically if you live near the Bakerloo line your summer has been ruined/cancelled 

[Busboy105]

Jul 3, 2023 23:59:58 GMT northlondon83 said:

Jul 3, 2023 17:50:02 GMT wirewiper said:

Following a week-long closure in December 2022, Transport for London will once again be closing sections of the Bakerloo Line and the Euston-Watford Overground route during the Summer Holiday period. 

During the closures Network Rail will install 18,000 concrete sleepers, replacing wooden sleepers dating from the 1950s. 48km of signalling cable will also be replaced and 1km of railway drainage will be replaced between Harlesden and Stonebridge Park. 

Six stations will have improvement work: Kensal Green, Harlesden, North Wembley, South Kenton, Headstone Lane and Watford High Street. 


Phase one: Sunday 23rd July to Sunday 30th July

- Euston-Watford services suspended throughout.
- Bakerloo Line suspended between Queens Park and Harrow & Wealdstone. A reduced service will operate over the rest of the line as trains will not be able to access Stonebridge Park Depot.

Phase two: Monday 31st July to Thursday 10th August

- Euston-Watford services suspended between Willesden Junction and Watford Junction.
- Bakerloo Line suspended between Stonebridge Park and Harrow & Wealdstone.

Phase three: Friday 11th August to Friday 18th August (same as Phase one)

- Euston-Watford services suspended throughout. 
- Bakerloo Line suspended between Queens Park and Harrow & Wealdstone. A reduced service will operate over the rest of the line as trains will not be able to access Stonebridge Park Depot.

Phase four: Saturday 19th August to Friday 28th August

- Euston-Watford services suspended between Willesden Junction and Watford Junction.
- Bakerloo Line open through to Harrow & Wealdstone. 

Passengers can use London Northewestern Railway services which will call at London Euston, Wembley Central, Harrow & Wealdstone, Bushey and Watford Junction. Temporary bus routes  718, 719 and 720 will also operate.  

So basically if you live near the Bakerloo line your summer has been ruined/cancelled 

I was planning on going that side to complete a couple routes so looks like I'm going to have to postpone that for a while

[northlondon83]

Jul 4, 2023 17:54:00 GMT Busboy105 said:

Jul 3, 2023 23:59:58 GMT northlondon83 said:

So basically if you live near the Bakerloo line your summer has been ruined/cancelled 

I was planning on going that side to complete a couple routes so looks like I'm going to have to postpone that for a while

I'd imagine that there'd be a lot of turns in that area due to increase traffic. Only upside is that it's taking place during the school holidays

[wirewiper]

Jul 4, 2023 18:00:55 GMT northlondon83 said:

Jul 4, 2023 17:54:00 GMT Busboy105 said:

I was planning on going that side to complete a couple routes so looks like I'm going to have to postpone that for a while

I'd imagine that there'd be a lot of turns in that area due to increase traffic. Only upside is that it's taking place during the school holidays

School Holidays is precisely the reason it is being done then. There are fewer passengers affected by the closure and more capacity on alternative routes, plus the availability of spare buses and drivers that would otherwise be deployed on school work. 

The upside is that an intensive closure such as this allows big chunks of work to be done in one go. The sleeper replacements would otherwise be expected to take ariound seven years of overnight midweek closures to complete and the signal cable replacement around ten years. 

[M1104]

Jul 3, 2023 23:59:58 GMT northlondon83 said:

Jul 3, 2023 17:50:02 GMT wirewiper said:

So basically if you live near the Bakerloo line your summer has been ruined/cancelled 

The Elephant end may not be so bad as the Charing Cross branch of the Northern Line partially runs with it between the west end and Waterloo (Bank branch at Elephant).

[wirewiper]

There is a further closure of the Euston-Watford Junction route from Saturday 3rd August through to Thursday 8th August 2024. The Bakerloo Line will also be suspended between Queens Park and Harrow & Wealdstone, with a reduced service over the rest of the line as trains will not have access to and from Stonebridge Park Depot.

During the closure, the power system that supplies the signalling will be replaced, including 32.5kms of cable and several lineside power distribution cabinets. Also replaced will be 3km of conductor rail and associated power supply cabling, and several point switches and crossings.

Temporary bus routes 718 (Queens Park - Harrow & Wealdstone) and 720 (Harrow & Wealdstone - Watford Junction) will operate during the closure, with an additional route 719 between Queens Park & Wembley Park on weekdays except late evenings. Standard TfL bus fares will apply on these routes.

London Northwestern Railway services will operate normally between London Euston and Watford Junction but will only stop at Harrow & Wealdstone and Bushey. 


www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/warning-of-a-week-long-closure-of-the-bakerloo-and-overground-lines-in-north-london-73643/