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Title: Reading Station Upgrade Post by: FlyingDutchman on December 18, 2009, 12:54:54 This may be the wrong place to post this.
Can someone tell me what the status of the project please. I notice the birmingham railway station project have there own web site Guy Title: Re: Reading Station Upgrade Post by: Electric train on December 18, 2009, 16:23:23 Reading is progressing as planned, there is a lot going on that is not in the public gaze such as the building of the Thames Valley Signaling Center at Didcot with work ongoing to transfer signals from Reading Box. Contracts have been awarded for the bridge widening on the west and east side of the station.
From a NR program point it has or is being merged into one program directorate with Crossrail and Great Western Electrification Title: Re: Reading Station Upgrade Post by: paul7575 on December 18, 2009, 17:03:13 These are the current milestones, from NR's CP4 enhancements plan, as updated Jun 2009
Key output 0: Dec. 2010 enabling works complete Signalling enabling works Install temporary crossover in Goods lines Key output 1: Dec. 2012 All station platforms commissioned Southern platforms remodelling Relocate driver academy, Rail Gourmet etc. Station mains works Construction of platforms 12-15 Commission of new platforms 12-15 Station south side works Station western bridge Platforms 7, 8, 9 and 10 New station entrance platforms 1-3 [renumbered SWT platforms] Station upgrade follow-up works Platforms 10 face extension Relief lines east remodelling Relief lines west and temporary/final depot connections Southern tunnel civils works External station works Vastern Road (George Street) bridge widening Caversham Road bridge widening Follow-on works: Sept. 2013 non key output 1 deliverables Bridge demolition Platform 11 works Canopy works Key output 2: Dec. 2013 FGW depot fully operational FGW civils enabling works Depot facilities FGW new depot familiarisation Northern embankment depot Main lines east remodelling Cow Lane bridges Wigmore Lane bridge Little John^s Lane bridge Key output 3: Sept. 2015 Reading West Junction grade separation Reading West grade separation part 1 Construction of new HOBC depot Westbury Line junction remodelling part 1 Reading West grade separation part 2 New mainline civils work West Country grade separation (part1)/ Oxford Road Junction re-modelling Key output 4: March 2016 West Country grade separation Westbury Line junction remodelling part 2 Construction of final depot connections West Country grade separation part 2 Southern viaduct Paul Title: Re: Reading Station Upgrade Post by: JayMac on December 18, 2009, 20:43:18 I'm not too clued up on what all that means but one aspect I had heard of for the Reading re-modelling was the reinstatement of a dive-under off the 'Southern' lines to the east of Reading and thus moving the Waterloo/Ascot services to the north side of the station. Is that the case?
Title: Re: Reading Station Upgrade Post by: paul7575 on December 18, 2009, 21:12:19 The FGW Guildford/Gatwick line services may move to the north side, (there are rumours they may be linked to Oxford services) but there is no suggestion that the Waterloo services will run through the underpass that I can find anywhere. Don't forget part of the work is to provide 3 12 car platforms for Waterloo services anyway, the new platforms 1-3, that extend and add to 4A and 4B.
Paul Title: Re: Reading Station Upgrade Post by: FlyingDutchman on December 18, 2009, 22:51:27 Am I right in thinking the London bound trains will go under a rail pass and go in to platform 9 or 10. Train Heading for Exeter use platform 7 Title: Re: Reading Station Upgrade Post by: willc on December 19, 2009, 00:34:19 As Paul says, the reinstated diveunder is intended for use by FGW Guildford and Gatwick services, to get them out of the Waterloo bay platforms area.
I don't think there are any plans to electrify it at present. That would probably depend on whether third rail is fitted to plug the diesel-worked gaps on the way to Reigate, which seems in turn to depend on Network Rail fighting off plans for a Tesco supermarket on land where a proposed avoiding line at Redhill would go. This line would allow direct running by freight from Kent and the Channel Tunnel to Reading, cutting out the need to cross London. Were third rail laid, you could use the 319s' dual-voltage capability to work Oxford-Gatwick, changing between AC and DC power at Reading. But a fully third-rail electrified route would surely be handed to SWT, as a better fit operationally with their network and trains. Network Rail has an area on its website for all major projects here http://www.networkrail.co.uk/aspx/689.aspx (http://www.networkrail.co.uk/aspx/689.aspx)and the Reading page is here http://www.networkrail.co.uk/aspx/4664.aspx (http://www.networkrail.co.uk/aspx/4664.aspx) with links to assorted information and documents and information about tenders for the work. Title: Re: Reading Station Upgrade Post by: Electric train on December 19, 2009, 09:03:56 To 3rd rail electrify the easter under pass at Reading would require an AC / DC traction supplies isolation interface these are not cheap and are quite complex to achieve, Ludgate Cellars (Blackfriers Stn) for Thameslink has 8 rectifiers 8 DC switch board which have a complex control system which operates them by track circuits as a train progress through the sections other areas use isolation transformers on the OHLE typical 2 track system needs 2 in each direction plus other sundry plant. The gap infill for the Reading Gatwicks is not in CP4 or even projected for CP5, is a direct Gatwick Oxford service warranted?
Title: Re: Reading Station Upgrade Post by: paul7575 on December 19, 2009, 10:02:07 Electrification of the North Downs is just one of those many gaps covered in the Electrification RUS, listed as
"Wokingham to Ash and Shalford to Reigate." So it is definitely on the radar, but as you say undated. One of those 'we'll get round to it eventually' projects, I susupect, as it is given a status of Tier 4 (where 1 is high and 6 is low). I reckon as the conventional Route Strategies get updated, these gaps will be transferred into them as appropriate. Going back to cross Reading stopping services - iit depends a lot on possible Crossrail extensions. It has been suggested that Oxford - Reading could be a standalone service - but there's a lot of other possibilities. Paul Title: Re: Reading Station Upgrade Post by: Lee on December 22, 2009, 18:19:47 From Network Rail: (http://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/content/Detail.aspx?ReleaseID=4924&NewsAreaID=2)
Quote from: Network Rail CONTRACT AWARD ROUNDS OFF GOOD YEAR FOR NETWORK RAIL^S READING RAILWAY UPGRADE Network Rail awarded the latest contract for its redevelopment of the railway at Reading this week, capping a successful year that has seen substantial progress on the scheme. The contract, awarded to Jacobs Engineering, is for the design of a new train depot on railway land to the north west of the station. The train depot is a key part of the scheme, which will also see improvements to Reading Station, including five new platforms and a new footbridge with lifts and escalators. Network Rail^s plans will also untangle the railway lines to the west of Reading, improving the reliability and frequency of trains serving the station. Robbie Burns, Network Rail major programme director, said: ^The award of the train depot contract rounds off a successful year for the Reading scheme in which we^ve seen our plans approved by the transport secretary, awarded contracts to design the new station and widen Caversham and Vastern Road bridges, and fitted out site offices at the old Caversham Road Royal Mail depot ready to move in next year. We^re going to be twice as busy in 2010 as we publish detailed designs for the scheme and get started on construction work in earnest. ^The work we^re doing at Reading is one of Britain^s largest railway upgrade projects both in terms of investment and complexity. We^re expecting to see twice as many people using the railway at Reading in 20 years time and this major upgrade will enable us to meet this demand, providing more frequent and reliable trains and a bigger, better equipped station for passengers.^ Over the past year, the Reading scheme has achieved the following milestones: Contracts have been awarded to design the station and new train depot, and to widen Caversham Road and Vastern Road bridges to make space for additional platforms Project offices to provide joint accommodation for Network Rail staff and contractors have been set up in the old Caversham Road Royal Mail depot Preparatory work to resignal the railway at Reading has got underway The transport secretary has given the green light to the scheme, awarding a transport and works act order for the project During 2010, detailed designs for the project will be produced and Reading residents, businesses and community groups will be given the chance to have their say on the plans. Work to upgrade the signalling in Reading will continue, and Caversham and Vastern Road bridges will be widened to make space for the new platforms at the station. Further contracts to design and build the scheme will be awarded, ready for work at the station to begin later in the year. Title: Re: Reading Station Upgrade Post by: Electric train on December 22, 2009, 18:25:23 Good news with contracts
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