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Old April 29th 11, 07:13 AM posted to uk.transport.london
Roland Perry Roland Perry is offline
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Default So what's going wrong with the Jubilee line?

In message , at 21:52:50 on Thu,
28 Apr 2011, Theo Markettos
remarked:
It doesn't seem ambiguous to me (all Network Rail stuff):

"CAST.IRON trains will terminate at the west side of Milton
Road. Here two new platforms will be constructed, one for
CAST.IRON trains and one for Network Rail trains.

4.2. Network Rail Trackway

"A new 70mph track will be laid from Chesterton Junction to
Milton Road station, running parallel to the CAST.IRON access
track.

"This new Network Rail track spur will cross Milton Road to
reach the new station.... [and] will be overhead electrified.


The possible point of ambiguity being about who was paying for this. It was
clearly stated at the meeting I went to that this was included in
CAST.IRON's costings.


The estimates for Chesterton Sidings Station exceed CAST.IRON's *total*
costings for Cambridge to St Ives, and CSS needs less extra
electrification and no new level crossing on Milton Road. That's the
sort of thing which makes me sceptical about the costings and who is
paying what.
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Roland Perry