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On 28 Feb, 12:27, "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) Jim Chisholm Felixstowe is increasingly busy. I think further double-tracking &c that Hutchinson Ports wanted is subject to a public enquiry in March. If Felixstowe traffic is to avoid London, wouldn't it reverse at Ipswich? Avoiding this by adding a curve to the existing junction would be nontrivial. At first glance there only seems to be room for a *very* tight curve on the available land; any more and you have to deal with the industrial park / residential area / supermarket to the north... No? |
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"bobrayner" wrote If Felixstowe traffic is to avoid London, wouldn't it reverse at Ipswich? Avoiding this by adding a curve to the existing junction would be nontrivial. At first glance there only seems to be room for a *very* tight curve on the available land; any more and you have to deal with the industrial park / residential area / supermarket to the north... No? Reversing at Ipswich isn't too much of a problem. After all, electrically hauled freight that comes down the GEML has to recess and re-engine there. As well as gauge clearance, loop lengths, and signalling improvements from Ipswich to Birmingham via Peterborough and Leicester there will be a need for doubling some or all of the Felixtowe branch, and some new connections at Nuneaton so that freight from Felixtowe to the North West can easily take advantage of the Trent Valley 4-tracking. Peter |
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bobrayner wrote:
If Felixstowe traffic is to avoid London, wouldn't it reverse at Ipswich? Avoiding this by adding a curve to the existing junction would be nontrivial. At first glance there only seems to be room for a *very* tight curve on the available land; any more and you have to deal with the industrial park / residential area / supermarket to the north... No? You could always build a reversing loop south of Ipswich. |
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On Feb 28, 1:47 pm, "John Rowland"
wrote: bobrayner wrote: If Felixstowe traffic is to avoid London, wouldn't it reverse at Ipswich? Avoiding this by adding a curve to the existing junction would be nontrivial. At first glance there only seems to be room for a *very* tight curve on the available land; any more and you have to deal with the industrial park / residential area / supermarket to the north... No? You could always build a reversing loop south of Ipswich. South? why? But I believe Ipswich Yard has recently been expanded to allow for all the reversing there. |
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On 28 Feb, 13:52, wrote:
On Feb 28, 1:47 pm, "John Rowland" wrote: bobrayner wrote: If Felixstowe traffic is to avoid London, wouldn't it reverse at Ipswich? Avoiding this by adding a curve to the existing junction would be nontrivial. At first glance there only seems to be room for a *very* tight curve on the available land; any more and you have to deal with the industrial park / residential area / supermarket to the north... No? You could always build a reversing loop south of Ipswich. South? why? But I believe Ipswich Yard has recently been expanded to allow for all the reversing there. There are some interesting documents in the Planning Drawings section he http://www.portoffelixstowe.co.uk/fs.../documents.htm |
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