"Paul Scott" wrote in message
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"Bob" wrote in message
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http://www.dft.gov.uk/press/speeches...ingtogospeloak
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The Parliamentary under Secretary for Transport (Tom Harris): The
Department for Transport has today announced a contribution of £18.5m
from the Productivity section of the Transport Innovation Fund (TIF)
to enhance the Gospel Oak to Barking line which is an important rail
artery through east and north London. The improvements will deliver a
number of benefits:

Does anybody know what works are covered by the £18.5 million? I would
imagine that the rebuilding Gospel Oak Junction,W10 Gauge clearance,
775metre plus loops etc., and rebuilding embankments at the eastern
end would eat most of this..


Just looking at the NR business plan for the route, once you've got W10
gauge clearance to the east of Gospel Oak, I think it has to be extended
to the west through the Hampstead tunnels, which is seen as a 'major
obstacle'. Details in:

http://www.networkrail.co.uk/browse%20documents/BusinessPlan2007/PDF/Route%206%20NLL.pdf


The DfT press announcement for this also includes announcement of grants for
a couple of new freight flows, Scrap Metal from Brierly Hill to Southampton
and Barry, and Sand and Aggregates to Tolworth. Will freight to Tolworth
travel via Raynes Park, or a long way round with reversals?

"The new awards of Freight Facility Grants have been made to:
- Day Group Ltd has been awarded a grant of £1,150,938 towards the cost of
redeveloping the former rail goods yard at Tolworth. The grant will enable
them to move around 2.3 million tonnes of sand and aggregates by rail over a
10 year period. The scheme will remove over 220,000 lorry trips and result
in the saving of over 14.6 million lorry kilometres from our roads over this
period.

- Dunn Bros (1995) Ltd has been awarded a grant of £705,090 from the
Department - and a further £395,657 from the Welsh Assembly Government -
towards the cost of rail handling facilities at Brierley Hill, Southampton
and Barry Docks. The grant will enable Dunn Bros Ltd to move 140,000 tonnes
of scrap steel per year from Brierley Hill in Birmingham for export from
Southampton and Barry. This grant will remove over 105,000 lorry journeys
over the 10 years and save almost 20.8 million lorry kilometres.

Paul