Network Rail unveil plans

[whole diary]

[vacmanfan]

http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20938280

Not anything we didn't already know, but hey...

[IndustryInsider]

And the full CP5^▸ (Control Period 5 - the five year period between 2014 and 2019) Strategic Business Plan can be downloaded and viewed from here:

http://www.networkrail.co.uk/publications/strategic-business-plan-for-cp5/

A lot of graphs to wade through, but some more flesh on the bones in terms of details of what's going to happen and when during this most exciting time for the railway industry.

[paul7575]

The individual route business plan for the Western route is at the bottom of the linked webpage, it includes a useful consolidated 7 year calendar for CP5^▸ (Control Period 5 - the five year period between 2014 and 2019) enhancements over the whole route area on page 62.

Paul

[IndustryInsider]

The individual route business plan for the Western route is at the bottom of the linked webpage, it includes a useful consolidated 7 year calendar for CP5^▸ (Control Period 5 - the five year period between 2014 and 2019) enhancements over the whole route area on page 62.

Though according to that construction of the south facing bay platform started last October.   

[ray951]

Though according to that construction of the south facing bay platform started last October.  

Maybe it's when they started talking about it
or NR^» (Network Rail - home page) don't know their North from their South and are confusing it with the bays for the Chiltern service to Oxford.  (although they haven't physically started that either)



Edit note: Quote marks fixed. CfN.

[paul7575]

Maybe it's when they started talking about it
or NR^» (Network Rail - home page) don't know their North from their South and are confusing it with the bays for the Chiltern service to Oxford.  (although they haven't physically started that either)

It might be when they started moving the great crested newts.  I bet they'd move on their own once the bulldozers started though... 

Paul

[swrural]

Same page 62.  They can't spell Wootton Bassett either. It's not a typo as they did it twice.    

[swrural]

Whoops neither can I!!     That was a typo.

[JayMac]

And neither of you has used the correct name for the town. It has been Royal Wootton Bassett since 16th October 2011. 

[swrural]

And neither of you has used the correct name for the town. It has been Royal Wootton Bassett since 16th October 2011. 

I purposely didn't as there is no station there (perhaps there will be and one hopes it will be so-named).

[chuffed]

On the very first map of the 40 page booklet, they refer to Western- Super- Mare....

Further on in the detailed plans there is maidenhead with a small m and 'Edingburgh!'

AS I said to the media relations dept, if they can't get the little stuff right, whoever is going to trust them with the big stuff ??

[inspector_blakey]

It has been Royal Wootton Bassett since 16th October 2011. 

The junction at which the South Wales and GW^» (Great Western - used as an abbreviation for the area / lines under the Great Western franchise, as opposed to FGW which includes "First", the company operating them too. For tickets - about) main lines part company has, however, not been renamed to my knowledge

[JayMac]

Fair enough. It does appear that the Western Route Integration Programme is referring to the junction rather than the town. At least in the body of the GRIP^▸ (Guide to Railway Investment Projects - Network Rail's process for project management of schemes through development and implementation) 6 schedule they spelled Wootton Bassett correctly.

[bobm]

Signalling is my particular interest - can anyone explain what "A combined conventional and modular resignalling (termed ^hybrid resignalling^) between Newton Abbot and Penzance is proposed for completion in CP6^▸ (Control Period 6 - The five year period between 2019 and 2024)" means?

[SandTEngineer]

Signalling is my particular interest - can anyone explain what "A combined conventional and modular resignalling (termed ^hybrid resignalling^) between Newton Abbot and Penzance is proposed for completion in CP6^▸ (Control Period 6 - The five year period between 2019 and 2024)" means?

Simply a mixture of conventional Solid State Signalling (or Computer Based Interlocking) in the busy areas (such as Plymouth) and simple Modular signalling (as recently installed on the Ely to Norwich resignalling) in more rural areas (such as Cornwall).