Midland Main Line Electrification programme
APPENDIX B
KEY MMLe— Midland Main Line Red potenꢀal locaꢀon of Hs2 Brown Leicester to Burton Line
Purple West Coast Main Line
Green
Black
Birmingham to Rugby other lines
Yellow
- diamonds
- Juncꢀons
POST HENDY REVIEW—UPDATE The Hendy Enhancements delivery plan update (Jan 2016)
Electrification of the Midland Main Line has resumed under plans announced as part of Sir Peter Hendy’s work to reset Network Rail’s upgrade programme. Work on electrifying the Midland Main Line, the vital long-distance corridor that serves the UK’s industrial heartland, will continue alongside the line-speed and capacity improvement works that were already in hand.
Electrification of the line north of Bedford to Kettering and Corby is scheduled to be completed by 2019, and the line north of Kettering to Leicester, Derby/Nottingham and Sheffield by 2023.
Outputs
The Midland Main line Electrification Programme known as the MMLe is split into two key output dates, the first running from 2014-2019 (known as CP5) and the second, 2019-2023 (CP6). There are a number of sub projects running under the main MMLe programme which are delivering various improvements in the Leicestershire area. Each sub project has dependencies with each other to enable the full ES001- Midland Main Line electrification programme to be achieved
A number of interfaces and assumptions link to these programmes and their sub projects will affect Leicestershire.
ES001A- Leicester Capacity
The proposed 4 tracking between Syston and Wigston is located under sub project ES001A- Leicester Capacity which can be found on page 27 of Network Rails enhancements delivery plan. The project seeks to deliver a number of capacity enhancements along the Midland Main Line corridor including grade separation (a potential fly under) at MML Wigston junction, new 4 track provision between Wigston and Leicester to enable the separation of the up and down fast and slow lines. This in turn will allow for a new slow line platform to be installed at Leicester Station and new up and slow lines between Humberstone Road and Syston Junction. These works will also look at improved capacity in the Syston area, details of which are yet to be detailed and confirmed. These works are linked with the
EM001- long distance high speed services train lengthening project; the removal of trackside vegetation removal will be carried out / signalling
changes / new footbridges and platform extensions will be undertaken along the length of the route with phase 1 being from Bedford to Market Harborough from 2019 and phase 2 -Loughborough to Sheffield from 2023. These works are linked with
PJIF funded ES003K- Market Harborough- line speed improvements; this sub project seeks to deliver realignment of the track through Market
Harborough, station alterations and associated infrastructure changes to improve line speeds and passenger journeys. Critical Interdependencies include the Little Bowden level crossing closure with diversion of the existing right of way over a new footbridge.
Each project will be considered “under development” up to the single option stage known as Grip 3. Until this stage is reached, uncertainty over scope and timescales for delivery is likely, all sub projects being determined both in delivery and budget by the completion of any dependant sub projects, although not mutually inclusive.
The Hendy Enhancements delivery plan update can be viewed by following the link h&ps://www.networkrail.co.uk/Hendy-review
MARKET HARBOROUGH LINE SPEED IMPROVEMENTS HARBOROUGH STATION
RED = Proposed line of new track Green Dashed– exisꢀng track Lines to be removed Pink = Proposed car park
To st Marys Road / Town Centre
NORTH
Exis$ng sta$on access
Green—Network Rail land ownership
A
HARBOROUGH TRAIN STATION
Rockingham road
Road bridge
Li"le Bowden
To Great Bowden
Poten$al access loca$on (A)
Poten$al access loca$on (B)
Poten$al access loca$on (C)
A
Riverside industrial estate
This plan is not to scale and is for idenꢀficaꢀon purposes only
Improved sta$on facili$es and enhanced car park with improved access Removal of engineering sidings
To A6 Harborough bypass
Longer pla0orms Staged construc$on
Great Bowden Village — Proposed Bridge and rail track works
To B6047
NORTH
PROPOSALS
Bridge ID: SPC3/28D Main Street overbridge
Proposal : reconstruct
Works to: Station road bridge, Footbridge & Main Street bridge
Staꢀon ID: SPC53/28F Staꢀon road overbridge
Proposal : reconstruct
Line side vegetation clearance. New track alignment through Pony Paddock (terminating existing lease as NR land)
Likely to have minor change to Public Rights of Way (permanent diversion order to be submitted)
SUBJECT TO ALTERATION
Bridge ID: SPC3/28E Footbridge /
PROW A49 Proposal : reconstruct
Main Street
New track line
New track line
Exisꢀng rail line to be removed
daoRnotgnaL
Great Bowden
This plan is not to scale and is for idenꢀficaꢀon purposes only
The Green
Great Bowden Village — Proposed Bridge and rail track works on Network Rail owned paddock land off Langton Road
NORTH
Proposal : Not known at this ꢀme
Change of use to operational railway (Pony Paddocks)
Bridge ID: SPC3/28C foot / road bridge UB- Langton Road with right of way
Proposal : Not known at this ꢀme
Proposed new track line
Paddocks land requiring planning permission
Bridge ID: SPC3/28A underbridge
Main Street
Langton Road
Bridge ID: SPC3/28B Skew Bridge
This plan is not to scale and is for idenꢀficaꢀon purposes only
Great Bowden Village — Proposed Bridge and rail track works on Network Rail owned paddock land off Langton Road 2
A6 Harborough
NORTH
Bypass to Kibworth
Bridge ID: SPC3/28 A6 Harborough Bypass PROPOSAL: Raise parapets only
Change of use to opera$onal railway
To Thorpe Langton
Proposal : Not known at this ꢀme
To Great Bowden
Bridge ID: SPC3/28A - CHATERS CATTLE BRIDGE with PROW BOAT A47
PROPOSAL: reconstruct
This plan is not to scale and is for idenꢀficaꢀon purposes only
A6 Harborough Bypass to
Market Harborough
Overview plan
Harborough Council:
Leicestershire County Council
Environmental screening to inform decision on Environmental Impact Assessment Car Park planning application
Diversion order for Public Rights of Way (temp & permanent)
Prior approval of new station & footbridge Change of use to operational railway (Pony Paddock) Part 8 notification for permitted development Listed building consent
Highway authority:
Highway approval for new station access route Change to bridges
Update on Bridge enhancements (phase 1)
The following bridges were previously identified and committed in the Midland Mainline Electrification programme as requiring enhancement works. Following the unpausing of the electrification and Hendy review in September 2015, Network rail is currently in the progress of replanning the programme and as yet has not yet been able to provide LCC with a new programme timetable for the delivery of these phase 1 works. Other bridges in Leicestershire were also identified as requiring works but as they remain uncommitted .
Name of structure
Structure Class
Post code
Highways Authority
Planning Authority
Description of Structure
Liability / Property
Issues
- ELR
- ID
- Consents
- Proposal
Lattice two span skewed footbridge
NR owned & maintained for public footpath rights.
Charnwood Borough Council
Under Hill Bridge
SPC
5
Leicestershire County Council
- 49
- LE127LP
LE74US LE74UZ
- N/A
- Reconstruction to 5100mm
Footbridge Overbridge Overbridge
Approach arches and two span steel flat deck
NR owned & maintained for public highway rights.
Charnwood Borough Council
Humble Lane Bridge
SPC
5
Leicestershire County Council
44 43
N/A N/A
Reconstruction to 5175mm Reconstruction to 5175mm
NR owned & maintained for public highway rights.
Charnwood Borough Council
SPC
5
Two span wrought Iron deck
Leicestershire County Council
Syston Road
Jack existing flat deck and reconstruct central Arch with a flat deck to match jacked structure, side arch to remain.
Two brick arch & New concrete deck
NR owned & maintained for public highway rights.
Charnwood Borough Council
Meadow Lane
SPC
5
Leicestershire County Council
- 78
- LE111LE
- N/A
Overbridge
NR owned & maintained for public highway rights.
Charnwood Borough Council
Barkby Thorpe Lane
SPC
5
Two span concrete flat deck
Leicestershire County Council
29 30 75
LE48GT LE72BA
N/A N/A N/A
Reconstruction to 5175mm Reconstruction to 5175mm
Overbridge Overbridge Overbridge
NR owned & maintained for public highway rights.
Charnwood Borough Council
SPC
5
Two span concrete flat deck
Leicestershire County Council
Barkby Lane
NR owned & maintained for public highway rights.
Jack existing flat deck and reconstruct arch with a flat deck to match jacked structure.
Charnwood Borough Council
Nottingham Road A60
SPC
5
LE111H
W
Brick arch & New concrete deck
Leicestershire County Council
NR owned &
SPC
3
LE167H
S
Three span brick arch maintained for a Byway Open to All Traffic BOAT
Leicestershire County Council
Harborough District Council
28 18
3
- N/A
- Reconstruction to 5100mm
Overbridge Overbridge Overbridge
Chaters Grammar School Bridge
NR owned & maintained for public footpath rights.
SPC
3
Three span brick arch
Conservation
Area
Reconstruction with flat deck to 5175mm
Leicestershire County Council
Harborough District Council
LE89JB
Oadby and Wigston Borough Council
NR owned & maintained for private vehicular rights.
Taylors Lodge
SPC
3
LE182Q
T
Leicestershire County Council
- Single span deck
- N/A
- Jack existing structure to 5175mm
Location of bridges and junctions affected by the Midland Main Line Electrification programme North of Leicester
not idenꢀfied
(Idenꢀfied in Leicester Capacity)
KEY Blue Circle— Bridges idenꢀfied in the MMLe programme as requiring works
Dashed orange circles
Syston Juncꢀons and staꢀon Wigston Juncꢀon and Wigston Fly under locaꢀon
(Idenꢀfied in Leicester Capacity ES001A)
Dashed orange
Length of track involved in the Leicestershire capacity project
WIGSTON
Bridge idenꢀficaꢀon Blue wording
FLY UNDER
(Idenꢀfied in
Commi&ed works phase 1
- uncommi&ed works
- Black wording
Leicester Capacity)
Location of bridges and junctions affected by the Midland Main Line Electrification programme North of Leicester
Idenꢀfied in Leicester Capacity
CROFT SIDINGS
not idenꢀfied
KEY
Blue Circle—
Phase 1
Bridges idenꢀfied in the MMLe programme as requiring works
Dashed orange circles
CroD sidings
orange oval
Market Harborough line speed improvements project
Idenꢀfied in MHLSI (ES001A)
Yellow line
Track works outside of county south of Leicestershire to be completed in key output 1 2014-2019
Bridge idenꢀficaꢀon
- Blue wording
- Commi&ed works phase 1
- uncommi&ed works
- Black wording