On 23/03/2012 16:42, Paul Scott wrote:
"Graeme Wall" wrote in message
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On 23/03/2012 12:44, d wrote:

If the infrastructure is already going to be there anyway there's no
really
good reason not to.

AIUI the Crossrail maintenance depot will be at Reading.

Crossrail's depot is at Old Oak Common, in the area currently given over
to tunnel segment manufacture.

The new depot being built at Reading is to replace the existing upper
and lower triangle DMU maintenance and stabling sites, and is also
intended to provide facilities for the EMUs planned for the route
following electrification, i.e. the second hand 319s. Space is also
allocated for IEP maintenance.


I'm sure I have seen at least one plan of the Reading redevelopment with
Crossrail depot on it, possibly only sidings. It was the one where the
map was a tear-drop shape if that gives a clue to which one I mean, I
had a copy on this machine but must have deleted it.


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Graeme Wall
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"Paul Corfield" wrote in message
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i believe Network Rail are in the design phase for Great Western
electrification so work is happening even if nothing obvious has
turned up "on site".

There's plenty of infrastructure clearance work going on now, mainly track
lowering and bridge rebuilding. A significant number of overbridge sites on
the stretch between Reading and Didcot looked like a disaster zone just
after the Christmas and New Year break. Civils work of similar nature has
just started between Reading and Newbury as well.

The actual wires will only appear much later, but the civils part of the
project is definitely underway...

Paul S

On 23/03/2012 12:44, d wrote:
On Fri, 23 Mar 2012 04:57:19 -0700 (PDT)
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Meanwhile, the route is being electrified to Reading where ample new

Is this going to be the first stage of the electrification of the whole
GWR main line or is that still pie in the sky?

Wires to Reading (and beyond) *is* the GW electrification.

--
Arthur Figgis Surrey, UK

"Paul Scott" wrote

There's plenty of infrastructure clearance work going on now, mainly track
lowering and bridge rebuilding. A significant number of overbridge sites
on the stretch between Reading and Didcot looked like a disaster zone just
after the Christmas and New Year break. Civils work of similar nature has
just started between Reading and Newbury as well.

The bridge rebuilding was done as part of Southampton to Midlands freight
gauge enhancement (though was done to giver clearance for OHLE as well).

Peter

"Peter Masson" wrote in message
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The bridge rebuilding was done as part of Southampton to Midlands freight
gauge enhancement (though was done to giver clearance for OHLE as well).

The gauge enhancement for W10 had already been competed early last year
though Peter, W10 trains were already running by March. These latest works
were definitely being announced locally as being for electrification
clearance.

Discussions elsewhere suggested that at some bridges track lowering was
found to allow just enough clearance for the W10, so the work at those was
put on the back burner until electrification was fully confirmed.

Paul

On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 12:44:30PM +0000, d wrote:
On Fri, 23 Mar 2012 04:57:19 -0700 (PDT)
77002 wrote:
Meanwhile, the route is being electrified to Reading where ample new
Is this going to be the first stage of the electrification of the whole
GWR main line or is that still pie in the sky?

It's been approved at least as far as Bristol and Cardiff, but not
onwards to Swansea. I don't know about the branch down to Exeter,
Penzance etc.

Of course, approved doesn't mean that it's actually going to get built.
I won't believe it until I see the wires in place with electric trains
using them.

--
David Cantrell | top google result for "topless karaoke murders"

You can't spell "slaughter" without "laughter"

On Mon, 26 Mar 2012 13:57:43 +0100
David Cantrell wrote:
On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 12:44:30PM +0000, d wrote:
On Fri, 23 Mar 2012 04:57:19 -0700 (PDT)
77002 wrote:
Meanwhile, the route is being electrified to Reading where ample new
Is this going to be the first stage of the electrification of the whole
GWR main line or is that still pie in the sky?

It's been approved at least as far as Bristol and Cardiff, but not
onwards to Swansea. I don't know about the branch down to Exeter,
Penzance etc.

I vaguely remember reading something about clearance issues with the severn
tunnel wrt overhead wires.

B2003

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I vaguely remember reading something about clearance issues with the
severn
tunnel wrt overhead wires.

There is no OHLE clearance issue in the Severn Tunnel. If there was, they
wouldn't be wiring through to Cardiff, would they?

Paul S

On Mon, 26 Mar 2012 15:24:36 +0100
"Paul Scott" wrote:
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I vaguely remember reading something about clearance issues with the
severn
tunnel wrt overhead wires.

There is no OHLE clearance issue in the Severn Tunnel. If there was, they
wouldn't be wiring through to Cardiff, would they?

Wouldn't they? You tell me. There were plenty of gauge issues with containers
around the country but they sorted that so why would this be an issue
other than money?

B2003

On Mar 26, 3:30*pm, wrote:
On Mon, 26 Mar 2012 15:24:36 +0100

"Paul Scott" wrote:
wrote in message
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I vaguely remember reading something about clearance issues with the
severn
tunnel wrt overhead wires.

There is no OHLE clearance issue in the Severn Tunnel. *If there was, they
wouldn't be wiring through to Cardiff, would they?

Wouldn't they? You tell me. There were plenty of gauge issues with containers
around the country but they sorted that so why would this be an issue
other than money?

ISTR the Severn Tunnel had very severe damp problems.