NETWORK Rail completed a £4m revamp at Waterloo station over the Easter holiday, as part of the £800m Waterloo and South West upgrade to boost capacity at the station by 30 per cent by 2018.

More than 7,000 hours of work went into replacing key sections of track and installing a new signalling gantry at the busy London station over just three days.

The new signalling gantry now extends over platforms one to eight, and has been carried out ahead of work to extend platforms one to four, which Network Rail will undertake during a three-and-a-half week part-closure of Waterloo station in August.

Becky Lumlock, route managing director at Network Rail, said: “The £4m investment we have delivered this Easter weekend brings us another step closer to boosting the capacity at Waterloo by 30 per cent for passengers.

“I’m pleased to see that our railway upgrade plan is continuing to make a real difference in providing more space for passengers and making the railway more reliable.

“I would like to thank passengers for their patience while we have carried out our work.”