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Bristol PSB▸ still controls Bathampton junction to Keynsham, and Cogload jn to Parson Street (exclusive). The first of these will transfer to TVSC» in April 2019 when BASRE▸ stage 3 goes ahead. (Temple Meads was stage 4 - don't ask!). Bristol South resignalling has been postponed - no idea when the PSB will actually shut.
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« Reply #106 on: May 22, 2018, 21:29:25 » |
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Yeah knew it had all gone a bit out of order, and Cogload to Parson St was staying for now, but didn't realise we still had Bathampton to Keynsham too...
Good job Stoke panel had already been switched out a while ago or Bristol PSB▸ would now still be controlling almost everything around Bristol except Temple Meads itself!
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« Reply #107 on: May 22, 2018, 22:45:08 » |
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Yeah knew it had all gone a bit out of order, and Cogload to Parson St was staying for now, but didn't realise we still had Bathampton to Keynsham too...
Good job Stoke panel had already been switched out a while ago or Bristol PSB▸ would now still be controlling almost everything around Bristol except Temple Meads itself! When Bristol Panel box opened on 23/24 August 1969 it initially controlled Bathampton to Limpey Stoke only so a mirror of the de-commissioning  |
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« Reply #108 on: May 23, 2018, 11:04:44 » |
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Isn't Cogload controlled by Exeter PSB▸ ? I thought the border was around Fordgate for Bristol Panel and around Athelney with Westbury Panel on the Berks & Hants route.
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« Reply #109 on: May 23, 2018, 13:47:46 » |
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Isn't Cogload controlled by Exeter PSB▸ ? I thought the border was around Fordgate for Bristol Panel and around Athelney with Westbury Panel on the Berks & Hants route.
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« Reply #110 on: June 07, 2018, 10:34:28 » |
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At about 4pm and again just after 6pm last night there were major signalling problems around BTM▸ , was this related to these "improvements"?
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« Reply #111 on: February 14, 2019, 10:08:47 » |
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Just a heads up. The final stage of the Bristol area resignalling/recontrol between Bristol(excl) - Chippenham (excl) and Westbury (excl) is taking place over the weekend 11/12 May 2019.
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« Reply #112 on: February 14, 2019, 12:06:16 » |
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To answer a question which this may raise in the minds of some Temple Meads watchers: Project phases... » April 2019 – Bath corridor relock and recontrol to TVSC» ; » Control Period 6 – possible remodelling of Bristol East Jn. On completion of this work, Bristol Panel remains in service with just the south line from Parson Street towards Taunton. There is a plan to re-open the original terminal platforms at Temple Meads to provide more general capacity for trains terminating here, but the Panel Box occupies the throat. To decommission the panel, proposals are in hand to recontrol Bristol south area to TVSC in CP6▸ after 2019. In addition, an FTN node is located within the box and would need to be relocated. There are also plans for a Bristol Metro, of which Stage 1 (service to Portishead branch) can be accommodated within the existing layout. Future phases will be helped by the proposed remodelling of Bristol East Jn. Source: Rail Engineer |
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« Reply #113 on: February 14, 2019, 12:54:24 » |
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To answer a question which this may raise in the minds of some Temple Meads watchers: In addition, an FTN node is located within the box and would need to be relocated. There are also plans for a Bristol Metro, of which Stage 1 (service to Portishead branch) can be accommodated within the existing layout. Future phases will be helped by the proposed remodelling of Bristol East Jn. Source: Rail Engineer Do they not know that I've moved to Devon?  |
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« Reply #114 on: February 14, 2019, 13:17:38 » |
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But what actually is an FTN node? Fibre telecommunications network?
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« Reply #115 on: February 14, 2019, 13:26:47 » |
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Fixed Telecomms Network - according to the Rail Engineer article. (So is a node an exchange in other words?)
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« Reply #116 on: February 14, 2019, 15:15:11 » |
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Fixed Telecomms Network - according to the Rail Engineer article. (So is a node an exchange in other words?)
A FTN Node is a concentrator for the local hard wired network which then transmits/receives over a fibre optic link to/from a central point (aka an exchange). |
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« Reply #117 on: February 14, 2019, 17:59:41 » |
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Just a heads up. The final stage of the Bristol area resignalling/recontrol between Bristol(excl) - Chippenham (excl) and Westbury (excl) is taking place over the weekend 11/12 May 2019.
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« Reply #118 on: February 14, 2019, 19:29:21 » |
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But what actually is an FTN node? I had a couple taken out a few years ago, when I was a bit poorly. There may be another use for the abbreviation, though. |
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