Dear Neighbour
Harlington Railway Station Footbridge Upgrade – March 2026
Further to my previous letters, I’m writing to let you know about the work near to your home in Harlington during March to complete the station footbridge.
Construction work started in May 2025 and is planned to finish in May 2026. We will continue to maximise the use of daytime shifts to undertake the work, however some of our activities have to be carried out when trains aren’t running because we’ll need to have staff and equipment on the track.
During March we will install drainage to the platforms, guttering, platform copers, platform tactiles, fencing, concrete works, resurfacing works and further completion works on the new bridge.
Our team will be using a variety of equipment, including excavators, breakers, drills, circular saws, concrete pumps, generators, mixers, telehandlers and hand tools, and as a result some disturbance is unavoidable. However, every effort will be made to minimise any unnecessary noise, and those working on site are briefed on working responsibly in the local community.
As far as possible the noisy activities will take place during day shifts. Where this is not possible because the work requires no trains to be running to be carried out safely, we will use measures such as acoustic noise barriers and will use hand tools for the breaking out of material on night shifts wherever possible.
Day shifts will continue to be undertaken between 07:00 and 17:00.
Please see the table below for details of nightshifts:
| Night shift dates and times | Details of work |
| 22:00 Monday 2 March – 09:00 Sunday 8 March – 6 x nightshifts | Removal of hoarding to platform 4
Installation of drainage to platforms 3 & 4 New footbridge completion works inc new guttering Installation of copers, tactiles and concrete units to platform 2 |
| 22:00 Monday 9 March – 09:00 Sunday 15 March – 6 x nightshifts | Installation of copers, tactiles and concrete units to platform 2
Resurfacing to platform 1 Installation of drainage to platform 3 Install tactiles to bottom of stairs on platform 2/3 New footbridge completion works inc new guttering |
| 22:00 Monday 16 March – 09:00 Sunday 22 March – 6 x nightshifts | Installation of drainage to platform 3
Installation of copers, tactiles and concrete units to platform 2. Resurfacing to platform 2/3,4 New footbridge completion works |
| 22:00 Monday 23 March – 09:00 Sunday 29 March – 6 x nightshifts | Installation of copers, tactiles and concrete units to platform 2.
Reset manholes to all platforms |
| 22:00 Monday 30 March – 09:00 Saturday 04 April – 5 x nightshifts | Reset manholes to all platforms |
Work will continue onsite into the spring when the existing footbridge will be removed.
As I’ve previously explained, working with infrastructure of this age does mean that there could be times when we come across unexpected obstructions or unchartered buried services within the platform. This could result in the unexpected use of equipment such as a concrete breaker for a short period of time. We will try to minimise the effect of this on neighbours but may have to finish work started at night to ensure the safety of the platforms for daytime use.
For further information about our work which takes place on the railway please visit www.networkrail.co.uk/livingbytherailway alternatively if you have any additional questions or concerns, please visit www.networkrail.co.uk or telephone our 24-hour National Helpline on 03457 11 41 41.
Yours faithfully,
Ann Shorthouse
Ann Shorthouse
Community Relations Manager
East Midlands Route – Network Rail