TfL February Board Miniutes
Commissioners Report
Quote
North London Railway Infrastructure Update
The specification for the North London Railway (predominantly on the
Richmond to Stratford line) upgrade, which includes signalling and
core route track works, within the cost ceiling of £326m (including
contributions from ODA of £82m and £78m from Network Rail) has been
agreed with Network Rail. The timeframe is to issue the Invitation To
Tender for the main works in February 2008 to allow TfL Board approval
in the summer prior to the award of the contract. As with other
projects, a co-located London Rail / Network Rai project team is
envisaged and will be implemented in time for commencement
of works. Intensive discussions continue with Network Rail with a view
to agreeing a satisfactory maintenance regime following the
infrastructure upgrade, allowing for the enhanced level of Overground
train service and freight on the route. A submission for a Track
Access Option has been drafted and submitted to Network Rail for
agreement and onward transmittal to Office of the Rail Regulator.
Unquote

Is there a final track diagam issued in respect of this upgrade?

Mwmbwls wrote:
TfL February Board Miniutes
Commissioners Report
Quote
North London Railway Infrastructure Update
The specification for the North London Railway (predominantly on the
Richmond to Stratford line) upgrade, which includes signalling and
core route track works, within the cost ceiling of £326m (including
contributions from ODA of £82m and £78m from Network Rail) has been
agreed with Network Rail.

Is there a final track diagam issued in respect of this upgrade?

Haven't seen an up to date 'official version' but we had a discussion a
little while back in uk.railway about the 'agreed version' published in last
December's Modern Railways.

In the thread 'New DLR station opened today' on 15 Dec 2007 at 2118, Peter
Masson described it from the MR diagram as follows:

"December Modern Railways suggests:
Dalston to Highbury & Islington ELLX will have the southern pair and NLL the
northern pair (doubled from Canonbury) with 4 platforms at each of Canonbury
and H&I. ELLX will terminate in the platforms at H&I, though Dalston
Junction will have 4 platforms, with the outer tracks for through trains
to/from H&I and the inner pair for trains that terminate at Dalston
Junction.
From H&I to Camden Road the NLL will have 4 tracks, the southern pair
westbound and the northern pair eastbound (though two tracks will have
reversible signalling, presumably to allow service to continue if one pair
is blocked for maintenance). Canonbury is shown as having three platforms
(no platform face on the northernmost line, so this will presumably be
mainly used for eastbound freight). Camden Road is also shown as having
three platforms - from the south a westbound platform, a west facing bay, an
eastbound platform, and an eastbound line without a platform face.
There will be a single track connection west of H&I between the ELLX and the
NLL, presumably for stock transfer and maintenance trains ...

HTH Paul

Mwmbwls wrote:
TfL February Board Miniutes
Commissioners Report
Quote
North London Railway Infrastructure Update

Is there a final track diagam issued in respect of this upgrade?

Did a bit more digging with Google and found this:

http://www.jobs-in-rail.co.uk/jobsee...t_news/?ID=194

The small diagram shown there is cribbed from November's Modern Railways,
the middle diagram of the three is the one repeated 'as agreed' in the
December mag.

Again, HTH Paul

On 14 Feb, 17:04, "Paul Scott" wrote:
Did a bit more digging with Google and found this:

http://www.jobs-in-rail.co.uk/jobsee...t_news/?ID=194

The small diagram shown there is cribbed from November's Modern Railways,
the middle diagram of the three is the one repeated 'as agreed' in the
December mag.

Hey, great find. I'm curious how the two westbound platforms at
Caledonian Road will work - maybe the southernmost track is really
just a freight loop?

U

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Mr Thant wrote:
On 14 Feb, 17:04, "Paul Scott" wrote:
Did a bit more digging with Google and found this:

http://www.jobs-in-rail.co.uk/jobsee...t_news/?ID=194

The small diagram shown there is cribbed from November's Modern
Railways, the middle diagram of the three is the one repeated 'as
agreed' in the December mag.

Hey, great find. I'm curious how the two westbound platforms at
Caledonian Road will work - maybe the southernmost track is really
just a freight loop?


Perhaps, though it is also feasible that west bound freight and through NLL
(ie beyond Camden Rd) services could normally use the existing platforms,
and the mooted extra Stratford to Camden Road trains could then use what is
in effect the middle platforms. It is reassuring that they seem to have
chosen the more flexible option, I think the bottom option would have been a
bit cheaper, as it didn't add a platform at Camden Rd...

Paul S

http://districtdave.proboards39.com/...e=2#1204405332

District Dave's forum reports a very interesting lecture to the
Railway Civil Engineers Assocation at the Institute of Civil Engineers
on the works from Shoreditch to Dalston. Thanks to Mr K Stanmore for
taking notes of Mott Macdonald's David Places lecture.