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Oxford Mail article http://www.thisisoxfordshire.co.uk/display.var.2321572.0.cotswold_line_dualling_goahead.phpA SECTION of the Cotswold railway line in Oxfordshire is to be dualled, Oxfordshire County Council transport chiefs have been told today. The Office of Rail Regulation has confirmed to Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly that it has approved the funding - meaning that the final obstacle has been cleared, allowing Network Rail to lay 20 miles of new track between Charlbury and Evesham, including the section from Charlbury to Ascott-under-Wychwood. The Cotswold Line was reduced to a single track in many places by British Rail in the early 1970s. |
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« Reply #1 on: June 05, 2008, 17:57:54 » |
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Andy W
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« Reply #2 on: June 05, 2008, 18:38:44 » |
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Chris from Nailsea
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« Reply #3 on: June 05, 2008, 21:28:23 » |
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.
"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.
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John R
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« Reply #4 on: June 05, 2008, 21:51:08 » |
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You wouldn't believe the headline on the Rail Regulator's website:-
ORR» announces a package of measures to improve railway services
More spin than in a box full of old 78s.
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Chris from Nailsea
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« Reply #5 on: June 05, 2008, 21:55:41 » |
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More spin than in a box full of old 78s.
Showing our age, but some of our younger readers may not understand that one, John!  |
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.
"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.
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John R
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« Reply #6 on: June 05, 2008, 22:17:25 » |
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http://www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk/NewsItem.aspx?id=596Also announced on FGW▸ 's website. A 78? What came before downloads, then CD▸ 's, then LPs/singles. And then you're before my time (honest!) Nothing beats a Linn Sondek in my opinion. The original, the best, and still made.
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Chris from Nailsea
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« Reply #7 on: June 05, 2008, 22:23:55 » |
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Thanks, John! You're quite right - and I'm really feeling my age now!  |
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.
"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.
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« Reply #8 on: June 05, 2008, 22:51:57 » |
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Great news,
But this is not so good ......... What this is all about is the issue of Network's Rail efficiency when it comes to spending money - and there is a widespread view within the industry that they have a long way to go to get costs down to the level of best practice in the US and Europe - and a lot of projects NR» wants to implement that ORR» doesn't view as essential to meet the requirements that the Government set out in its High Level Output Statement, which says what kind of a railway it wants to get for its money. I have put a link in the 'More Good News' thread to the ORR documentation. Page 368 there includes a list of non-funded schemes at this stage, including Kemble-Swindon double track and Didcot-Oxford capacity enhancements. |
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« Reply #9 on: June 05, 2008, 22:53:51 » |
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Surely it would be more efficient to close the line for a larger block of time, such as a week and get hundreds of staff in to complete the job in one?
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Chris from Nailsea
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« Reply #10 on: June 05, 2008, 23:02:36 » |
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.
"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.
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« Reply #11 on: June 06, 2008, 00:25:19 » |
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Surely it would be more efficient to close the line for a larger block of time, such as a week and get hundreds of staff in to complete the job in one? As previously discussed in the feature of the month thread, there will certainly be a blockade between Moreton-in-Marsh and Evesham - latest suggestion I have heard is this could be up to six months. Chris Bates, who is the FGW▸ Customer Panel member for Banbury/Kingham to Oxford and Appleton has posted the following at Charlbury.info: I have already discussed this with Network Rail & FGW and I am quietly confident that meetings to inform all on this line WILL be held locally well in advance of any works being started -- indeed, as soon as I have dates from NR» , I will bring them here to enable everyone to plan holidays etc around the disruption. NR will be working up the detail of this scheme over the coming weeks and possibly months - but I will stay in touch with both FGW and NR, and will report back as soon as there is more to impart. |
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Lee
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« Reply #12 on: June 06, 2008, 00:55:58 » |
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Great news,
But this is not so good ......... What this is all about is the issue of Network's Rail efficiency when it comes to spending money - and there is a widespread view within the industry that they have a long way to go to get costs down to the level of best practice in the US and Europe - and a lot of projects NR» wants to implement that ORR» doesn't view as essential to meet the requirements that the Government set out in its High Level Output Statement, which says what kind of a railway it wants to get for its money. I have put a link in the 'More Good News' thread to the ORR documentation. Page 368 there includes a list of non-funded schemes at this stage, including Kemble-Swindon double track and Didcot-Oxford capacity enhancements. Related link. http://www.savethetrain.org.uk/forum/index.php?topic=7761.msg12493#msg12493 |
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« Reply #13 on: June 06, 2008, 02:48:57 » |
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Rival infrastructure company will lead to another Potters Bar, I reckon.
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Lee
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