Go ahead given to new railway stations and SWML upgrade Cardiff to Severn tunnel

anthony215

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Go ahead given to new railway stations and SWML upgrade Cardiff to Severn tunnel

« on: October 11, 2024, 22:27:11 »

Green light has been given to upgrade the relief lines between Severn tunnel junction and Cardiff Central allowing linespeeds to be raided to 90mph.

6 new stations including Magor will be constructed with the first due to open in 2027 the last in 2030.

TFW did propose running up to 2tph stopping services between Cardiff and Bristol Temple Meads.

TFW did want to run it using more additional class 756s.even if Filton Bank is fully wired could a temporary idea be to run 756s on batteries between Patchway and Bristol TM^‡


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ChrisB

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Re: Go ahead given to new railway stations and SWML upgrade Cardiff to Severn tunnel

« Reply #1 on: October 13, 2024, 15:44:24 »

Do you want to complete the post? Grin


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« Reply #2 on: October 13, 2024, 16:25:17 »

https://nation.cymru/news/810-million-railway-upgrade-announced-by-welsh-government/

https://tfw.wales/sites/default/files/2024-10/Burns-Prospectus-Oct-24_ENG.pdf

By my reading it's still more a shopping list than a request for tender, but happy to be proved wrong.

Two new stations a year is a pretty ambitious plan - perhaps WECA^» might be able to organised electrification of Filton to Temple Meads to enable electric through services?


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anthony215

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Re: Go ahead given to new railway stations and SWML upgrade Cardiff to Severn tunnel

« Reply #3 on: October 14, 2024, 14:07:22 »

Quote from: ChrisB on October 13, 2024, 15:44:24

Do you want to complete the post? Grin

Done


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johnneyw

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From station to station, back to Bristol city....

Re: Go ahead given to new railway stations and SWML upgrade Cardiff to Severn tunnel

« Reply #4 on: October 14, 2024, 15:38:44 »

Quote from: Noggin on October 13, 2024, 16:25:17

- perhaps WECA^» might be able to organised electrification of Filton to Temple Meads to enable electric through services?

This was a stated ambition from the WECA mayor but since being told by Labour head office that he can no longer seek re-election next year due to becoming an MP^▸ , his focus may now have shifted elsewhere with this policy getting quietly dropped.


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