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Colin Rosenstiel · February 28th 07, 05:33 PM posted to uk.transport.london

In article , (J.
Chisholm) wrote:

BH Williams wrote:

The 'freight arc' doesn't need to reach directly from Southampton
to Felixstowe, but simply to allow access from either port to
WCML and ECML.
WCML from S'oton is already available via Reading West Curve,
though a flyover here would be useful to avoid conflicts. I don't
believe there is more than one train per day from S'oton to the
ECML, and this traffic could easily pass via Birmingham/Derby.
Felixstowe to the WCML/North could be served by gauge
enhancements to the routes from the Haven Ports to Peterborough
via Ely, and thence via Leicester/Nuneaton. There is other,
non-container,traffic from West London to East London/East
Anglia, but this could travel via the Tottenham and Hampstead, I
believe.

I believe as part of S106 agreements improvements to signaling,
gauge enhancements, loop lengths are already COMMITED from Haven
Ports to P'bro
From P'bro to Nuneaton is supposed to being investigated, I
believe.

Perhaps Ken can help with a pot of money as it is almost certainly
the cheapest way of creating extra space on North London Line(s)

The route across the Fens would need electrification and then there is
the single track section from Soham to Ely to be sorted out.

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Colin Rosenstiel