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Title: Felixstowe-Nuneaton W10 container route authorised Post by: willc on November 23, 2010, 10:37:25 DafT has today approved the project to switch container trains running between the West Midlands, North West and Scotland and Felixstowe docks to run via Ely, Peterborough, Leicester and Nuneaton, rather than via North London. This includes:
Gauge enhancements between Peterborough and Nuneaton to ensure the entire route can carry the larger, more economical freight containers increasingly preferred by global shipping firms Capacity enhancements between Ipswich and Peterborough: (i) a new 1km stretch of track, or chord, north of Ipswich goods yard, linking the East Suffolk and Great Eastern lines (ii) two 775m sections of track east of Ely station to enable better regulation of trains through the junctions at Ely iii) signalling works at Kennett / Bury St Edmunds A flyover north of Nuneaton station that will allow freight trains from Peterborough to join the West Coast Main Line without the need to cross it at grade. Full Network Rail press release here http://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/Press-Releases/ANGLIA-RAIL-UPGRADE-GETS-GREEN-LIGHT-15e4/SearchCategoryID-8.aspx This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |