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« Reply #480 on: December 16, 2011, 19:05:13 » |
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I'm going to be genuinely impressed if the new p4 is open as scheduled. There still seems a lot to do and I guess Fgw staff can't have familiariastion training whilst it is still technically a construction site.
But there are still quite a few calendar days left before the 27th so there is still a chance.
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I'm sure they can get it all finished in time, but like you I'm also quite surprised at how much is being done so close to the deadline. Have there been delays? It seems a bit hair raising if it was planned this way from the start. They were still pouring concrete for the platform base in late november, not much margin for delay... |
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« Reply #481 on: December 16, 2011, 19:22:56 » |
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I'm sure they can get it all finished in time, but like you I'm also quite surprised at how much is being done so close to the deadline. Have there been delays? It seems a bit hair raising if it was planned this way from the start. They were still pouring concrete for the platform base in late november, not much margin for delay...
IIRC▸ there were some delays to the area immediately adjacent to the buffer stop end, they had to dig out a massive lump of concrete and then do a load of concrete grouting to reinforce the underlying earth before digging out for the footings. I also think they'll make the overall deadline easily now though. Paul |
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« Reply #482 on: December 17, 2011, 11:06:26 » |
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I also think they'll make the overall deadline easily now though.
There really isn't that much to do, and don't forget that even if things did get tight there's no actual need for the far end to open on time as the longest trains will still only be 8-car length, so as long as that much is finished, the bit under the canopy, there will be no operational problems. |
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« Reply #483 on: December 17, 2011, 14:23:30 » |
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Latest rumour, largely unsubstantiated, is that the project is on time and may even be slightly ahead.
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« Reply #484 on: December 17, 2011, 15:28:12 » |
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A lot of activity around the new p4 today (Saturday) - the 3rd rail pillars are in place and part of the 3rd rail itself has been laid.
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« Reply #485 on: December 19, 2011, 20:40:04 » |
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A lot of activity around the new p4 today (Saturday) - the 3rd rail pillars are in place and part of the 3rd rail itself has been laid.
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« Reply #486 on: December 19, 2011, 21:12:57 » |
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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 #487 on: December 20, 2011, 06:23:43 » |
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My description of the equipment required to hold the power rail in poaccsition may not have been technically accurate but it was close enough for others to know what I am talking about:)
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« Reply #488 on: December 20, 2011, 09:27:21 » |
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Pots was the nickname given when they were generally white ceramic devices.
'Adjustable height insulators' are the modern equivalent you'd see on a new build or renewal...
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« Reply #489 on: December 21, 2011, 15:40:44 » |
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Where are all the Freightliners etc going whilst the Cow Lane Bridge on Reading West curve is being replaced? When I was waiting at Pangbourne yesterday for the 0947 to Rdg a FL came through on the UR (with the 0947 4L behind it - but that's another story) so I presume the rail closure is shorter than the road closure.
I presume they wouldn't be reversed in Reading, so are they going via Kensington, or Westbury, or what?
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« Reply #490 on: December 21, 2011, 20:17:50 » |
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Cow Lane bridge is only closed to rail traffic for just over two days, from 5 pm on the 24th, 25th and 26th.
I don't think there'll be much freight moving around the country on either day, but presumably it will be the Didcot - Oxford closure, which lasts longer, that will have a significant effect on freight routeings?
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« Reply #491 on: December 22, 2011, 06:27:48 » |
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Some things I noticed on wednesday 21st December
On the old p4 there is now a big diagram about halfway down the hoardings showing the new platform and track layouts
On the new p4 the signage is up in the NR» blue colours . There also seem to be some new signs signs opposite the excess fares office.
It looks like it is all coming together.
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« Reply #492 on: December 22, 2011, 09:13:57 » |
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It looks like it is all coming together.
I am sure there is a P3e plan behind it mapped into Oracel to cost it all of which has had an ARM QRSA and QRA which is all, to me a humble Project Engineer, Project Manager gobbledygook for Can we build this ............. yes we can  There will be a very detailed plan for the whole of Reading with all the mile stones, key dependencies, contingencies, risks etc mapped into it this will not only have taken just Reading into account but the wider Western route and the wider impact that this station has Nationally |
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Starship just experienced what we call a rapid unscheduled disassembly, or a RUD, during ascent,”
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« Reply #493 on: December 23, 2011, 12:00:33 » |
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Latest bumper edition of the station newsletter:  |
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« Reply #494 on: December 23, 2011, 13:37:30 » |
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Interesting, thanks for these updates.
I'm curious about the process for lengthening 4a/4b, as I would assume that the whole island would be extended in one go rather than two narrow strips one after the other. So once 4b is re-opened in March, and 4a closed, what further work will be required on 4a, apart from canopies etc?
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