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On 15/02/2010 17:53, Richard J. wrote:
Paul Corfield wrote on 09 February 2010 19:39:47 ... On Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:05:58 GMT, "Richard J." wrote: I heard tonight at a meeting in Acton between local residents and Network Rail/Tfl/LOROL representatives that Ian Brown (MD, London Rail, TfL) had announced in his report to the Mayor at the TfL Board meeting last week that the North London Line resignalling was to be postponed until after the Olympics. This was reported by someone in the audience tonight, and was clearly a complete bombshell to the people on the platform. They had previously claimed that the resignalling was the main reason for the continuing lack of Sunday services on the NLL. I've now found the relevant part of the webcast of the TfL Board meeting and have transcribed it (see below). I don't think Ian Brown has been "very clear", despite what he claimed. He makes it sound as if TfL are doing the "physical stuff", and then Network Rail will do the new signalling later. But surely all the 4-tracking work, new crossovers etc. will be done by Network Rail or their contractors? What about the signalling for the new or changed track? Will that be cobbled together à la Jubilee Line and then replaced post 2012 or what? Network Rail's agreement to this change of plan would be crucial, yet he makes no mention of that. Extraordinary. And can the 8tph timetable for 2012 be supported reliably by the existing signalling ? Can anyone throw any light on this "decision"? Transcript of Ian Brown's statement: "Bit of a dilemma on the North London Line infrastructure. I just want to be very clear on what we've done. This is a Network Rail 4-tracking scheme for our Overground, also for freight trains and for all the other stuff that runs on that line. Big scheme, £300+ million, and we've got all sorts of problems with signalling design with Network Rail. It's a general problem with Network Rail, as people know round the table, and the dilemma for me is to have that service running, and to make sure they guarantee to have the service well in time for the Olympics, of 8 trains an hour. What we're going ahead with [is] the blockade in February - 3 months' blockade from Gospel Oak to Stratford. We're going to do all the physical stuff, but we're going to keep the old signalling going, so we've actually done the work, then Network Rail have got to come back and do the signalling later. So we have actually secured our frequency, we've secured the Olympic frequency, we've not secured the corporate railway, and there's also some issues about freight trains, so the scheme's got to be done, but we've secured our bit by that decision, which was quite a difficult one." Source: TfL Board meeting, 3 Feb 2010 Webcast at http://www.london.gov.uk/webcast/feb...ard_030210.asx Excerpt above runs from 01:15:15 to 01:16:15 I have to say that it is all rather confusing. There are no clear statements in the TfL Board papers or in the new papers for the Rail and Underground Panel that was held today (see TfL website for the papers). The only statement that has not changed in several months is that the NLL possession plan has been out for "industry consultation". Given that it starts in under 2 weeks one might have hoped that the consultation process would have stopped by now. I can't really understand the gist of what Ian Brown is actually saying in his statement. TfL London Rail are now saying that the resignalling has NOT been postponed until after the Olympics. It will be done later this year and in 2011, according to them. I've pointed out the inconsistencies between that and what Ian Brown said and have asked them to explain further. It seems to me that it's nonsense to say that the Olympic frequency is "secured" if Network Rail still have to do the resignalling pre-2012 and are known to be short of signalling design resources. On a "talking to a friend of a friend down the pub" level, I've been told in the past by someone involved that the NR re-signalling has been going quite horribly wrong and something will have to give sooner or later. Could be rubbish, of course. -- Arthur Figgis Surrey, UK |
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![]() On Feb 18, 7:20*pm, Arthur Figgis wrote: On 15/02/2010 17:53, Richard J. wrote: TfL London Rail are now saying that the resignalling has NOT been postponed until after the Olympics. It will be done later this year and in 2011, according to them. I've pointed out the inconsistencies between that and what Ian Brown said and have asked them to explain further. It seems to me that it's nonsense to say that the Olympic frequency is "secured" if Network Rail still have to do the resignalling pre-2012 and are known to be short of signalling design resources. On a "talking to a friend of a friend down the pub" level, I've been told in the past by someone involved that the NR re-signalling has been going quite horribly wrong and something will have to give sooner or later. |
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I wonder if they considered new types of signalling on the NLL, such as
cab signals. Did they consider that at all on the ELLX? |
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Cab signalling would not work for NLL at the current time because the
route is used by so many trains which are not fitted. The costs of fitment would be very high. ELLX would have been a good route to try it on with all new trains, but I think they decided the technology was not mature enough when they had to let the contracts. In article , writes I wonder if they considered new types of signalling on the NLL, such as cab signals. Did they consider that at all on the ELLX? -- John Alexander, Remove NOSPAM if replying by e-mail |
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