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Things Looking Up For East - West Rail - 1581/4225 Written by Lee on Friday, 9th March 2007 Plans for a Re: Things Looking Up For East - West Rail - 1581/4238 Written by Gwr2006 on Friday, 9th March 2007 For more information on the project, which has been around for over 10 years, pay a visit to the website at www.eastwestrail.org.uk Re: Things Looking Up For East - West Rail - 1581/10750 Written by Industry Insider on Thursday, 13th March 2008 Nearly a year on and East-West Rail have published their more in-depth report which takes the project to final stages of GRIP (Guide for Railway Investment Projects) Stage 3. [url]http://www.eastwestrail.org.uk/reports/documents/GRIP3FinalReport.pdf[/url] The project has moved on considerably and is now based on a 100mph link between Oxford and Bletchley and a 90mph link between Aylesbury and Calvert to provide a 'regional express' service at 2tph and 1tph respectively. The following extracts indicate that the start of any actual construction work is over two years away, and that constrution would take over three years. 6.38 Currently at a stage comparable to GRIP Stage 3, it is anticipated that the remaining Design and Mobilisation Phase of the EWR Scheme will take further 26 months. This will include completion of GRIP 4 and 5 (single option development and detailed design), and makes an allowance for the procurement negotiations required before a Contractor is appointed to undertake construction phase of the project. It is during this phase that necessary possessions and blockades will need to be booked with Network Rail. 6.39 The construction period alone is estimated to be a period of 43 months. Further refinement of the programme will be required as more detailed design is undertaken and it is believe the construction period could be reduced to closer to 30 months. Driven by the need to lay the track, it has been assumed that most civil engineering works, signalling, crossings and drainage etc can be progressed concurrently with the track laying. I have watched this project for many years, and although we're still a long way from the first train running, this document seems well-reasoned, acheiveable, and just goes to show the work (and money) that has to be spent on getting a relatively modest scheme such as this off the ground. With Ruth Kelly under increasing pressure to increase rail capacity, or at least be seen to be doing so, this is just the sort of scheme that will get her department lots of prositive coverage, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed! Re: Things Looking Up For East - West Rail - 1581/10753 Written by Lee on Thursday, 13th March 2008 See also link below. http://www.savethetrain.org.uk/forum/index.php?topic=4990.msg9072#msg9072 Re: Things Looking Up For East - West Rail - 1581/10756 Written by Industry Insider on Thursday, 13th March 2008 Sorry, Lee - I was on holiday last week and missed your post breaking this news. You've beaten me to it again... ;D Re: Things Looking Up For East - West Rail - 1581/10757 Written by Lee on Thursday, 13th March 2008 [quote author=Industry Insider link=topic=1581.msg10756#msg10756 date=1205414462] Sorry, Lee - I was on holiday last week and missed your post breaking this news. You've beaten me to it again... link to index of articles |
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Save the Train was the campaign to bring an approriate train service back to and through Melksham. Most big contributors are still around writing at the Coffee shop forum where new members are very welcome. The train has been saved - sort of - we have stepped back up from an unusable service to a poorish one but it's doing very well. We did that through setting up the TransWilts Community Rail Partnership. That fulfilled its early objectives; it has been taken over by local and regional government types who are now doing medium and long term work. The team from this forun can also be found at the Melksham Rail User Group (which was the Melksham Rail Development Group at the time these articles were written and we had no users. We mustn't loose sight, though, that the train service remains poor and needs our community support in marketing and campaigning to keep it going in a positive direction ... and all the more so when we're expecting to find a different normallity once we get out of the Coronavirus Pandemic and head for zero carbon via the climate crisis. Yes, it's saved ... it's now a key community facility ... the need for enhancement and the strong and near-universal local support remain, and the rail industry and goverment remain slow to move and provide the enhancements even to level us up with other towns. Please support the Melksham Rail User Group - now very much in partnership rather than protest with the rail industry and local government, including GWR, TransWilts and unitary and town councils. And please use the trains and buses, and cycle and walk when you can. -- Graham Ellis, (webmaster), February 2021 | |||
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