2015 Harbury Tunnel landslide


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''This page is about the serious landslide in 2015. For the smaller landslip in 2014, click here.'' The Harbury Tunnel landslide was a serious landslide that occurred on 31 January 2015 close to Harbury Tunnel on the Chiltern Main Line, when 350,000 tonnes of earth on and behind a railway embankment collapsed onto the railway line.

Background
On 14 February 2014, a small section of embankment collapsed close to one of the portals of Harbury Tunnel on the Chiltern Main Line in Buckinghamshire, between Banbury and Leamington Spa. This small landslip, which was caused by exceptional rainfall, caused service disruption over the following weekend and, although all lines were quickly returned to normal working order, repair work was continuing on the 2014 landslip at the time of the 2015 incident.

Emergency measures
On 8 February, Chiltern Railways announced that a series of emergency measures would be put in place following the continued disruption to their services as a result of this landslide, with more trains running between Birmingham New Street and Leamington Spa and between Banbury and London Marylebone, with a fleet of sixty coaches providing rail replacement bus services between Leamington Spa and Banbury to a high frequency connecting with normal and additional services.

Chiltern also confirmed that fast 'Silver' trains with Business Zones would continue to run between Birmingham and Leamington Spa and between Banbury and London for the duration of the closure. Furthermore, Chiltern introduced the 'Banbury Fare Match', ensuring that passengers travelling from Birmingham to London received the Birmingham to Banbury section of their journey for free, paying only the Banbury to London fare.

Extra car parking facilities are being provided at Banbury and Warwick Parkway, with some rail replacement buses running direct from Warwick Parkway to Banbury at peak times.