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A question I was going to ask stuving or is this something that needs to be done to this tunnel every few years?
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« Reply #31 on: February 24, 2019, 18:44:35 » |
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A question I was going to ask stuving or is this something that needs to be done to this tunnel every few years?
There have been tunnels that have given so much trouble over the years that they have turned into cuttings ... from my days of narrow boating, I remember Fenny Compton "Tunnel" https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1179/iar.2002.24.2.103Also Blisworth Tunnel which seemed to be closed incredibly often when we wanted to go through |
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« Reply #32 on: February 24, 2019, 23:13:48 » |
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I have just checked the OS▸ map. Whiteball tunnel has over 100 ft of overburden. That would be quite some cutting if opened out.
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« Reply #33 on: February 25, 2019, 09:10:26 » |
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« Reply #34 on: February 25, 2019, 15:59:21 » |
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Think that may be last time it was closed? Yes but ... if it closed five years ago for: Network Rail will be carrying out works to repair Whiteball tunnel to prevent the aging structure from further deteriorating. In addition, work will be carried out to expand the drainage system and to improve the embankment around the area as part of a wider programme to alleviate flood risks posed by extreme weather. why does it now need: WORK: 19 DAY BLOCKADE FOR WHITEBALL TUNNEL LINING REPAIRS. ? (There is also some drainage work, though that may not have needed a long closure). Oh, and how are all the newts? Last time, Due to the proximity of the worksite to a local pond known to be home to Great Crested Newts; a protected species, Network Rail has installed environmental fencing along the boundary of the worksite.
The building of the exclusion fence meant that Natural England could issue a licence, allowing the work to take place. Has environmental fencing been deployed again, or are there still "newt-free zone" signs put up last time? And yes, I did think "environmental fencing" was what took place between NR» and the locals (see under "Goring"). I believe that the required re-lining work was always to be carried out in two stages - although the current work was due to be done a few years ago! |
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« Reply #35 on: March 08, 2019, 20:59:53 » |
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Work at Whiteball tunnel is reportedly well behind schedule and won’t be reopening as planned tomorrow.......
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« Reply #36 on: March 08, 2019, 21:19:01 » |
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Work at Whiteball tunnel is reportedly well behind schedule and won’t be reopening as planned tomorrow.......
Well, there's a surprise. |
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« Reply #37 on: March 08, 2019, 21:26:14 » |
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Work at Whiteball tunnel is reportedly well behind schedule and won’t be reopening as planned tomorrow.......
Well, there's a surprise. Isn’t it just. Work is just over half completed.... and that’s from 2 separate sources within NR» . If you look on Network Rail Western on Twitter they mention how well work at Marley Tunnel is progressing but strangely quiet about Whiteball. |
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« Reply #38 on: March 08, 2019, 21:54:07 » |
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Just over half!??! It’s been closed for three weeks.
No mention of this on the GWR▸ website. When are they planning to let people know?
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« Reply #39 on: March 08, 2019, 22:01:40 » |
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Just over half!??! It’s been closed for three weeks.
No mention of this on the GWR▸ website. When are they planning to let people know?
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« Reply #40 on: March 08, 2019, 22:33:35 » |
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Just over half!??! It’s been closed for three weeks.
No mention of this on the GWR▸ website. When are they planning to let people know?
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« Reply #41 on: March 09, 2019, 04:35:23 » |
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Looks like both up and down sleepers went via Whiteball rather than Yeovil.
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« Reply #42 on: March 09, 2019, 06:45:14 » |
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But are they planning to extend the stoppage? Is the nature of the work such that it could be suspended and then the remaining work scheduled for a later date / further closure?
All running normally so it must be open. Maybe as you say a further closure may be required if things haven’t gone well or it’s a bigger problem than first thought. Interesting observation made by a-driver though as I follow Network Rail on Twitter and its all been about the work taking place in Marley Tunnel not Whiteball. I was surprised that Whiteball was closed again for work not that many years after it was last closed for major work. Is there a problem with this tunnel that needs addressing every few years? |
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« Reply #43 on: March 09, 2019, 07:40:48 » |
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Didn't get a response to my tweet from GWR▸ (surprise surprise) but clearly someone from Crosscountry read it as they tweeted me & a couple of others to say that the possession was handed back ahead of time.
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« Reply #44 on: March 09, 2019, 08:51:27 » |
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RTT» has the XC▸ ecs from Taunton to Laira passing Crewkerne just after midnight. After that the GW» and freight went via Taunton.
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