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London's Bridge to the Future AN INDEPENDENT VOICE FOR RAIL USERS No 149 £1.50 October 2016 London’s Bridge to the future SEE PAGE 2 PAGE ONE PICTURE THE CAMPAIGN FOR RAIL FREIGHT The new London Bridge Big league Passengers returning from their and first opened in 1836 and the August bank holiday walked five-year rebuilding project has blinking into a bright new Lon- been complicated by train opera- rail freight don Bridge station. tors and the Government being embroiled in a dispute with rail Picture: ROBIN PATRICK To be precise, two-thirds of Picture: NETWORK RAIL the new concourse at Britain’s union RMT which objects to driv- fourth-busiest (but not very ers being made responsible for for Ireland lovely) railway station opened. closing train doors. By Lee Davies Our front page picture shows the Many people think it is a simple [email protected] view from the platforms looking matter of extending practices We do not hear much about the down the escalators to the new which operate elsewhere without concourse. problems. railways of Ireland but here is some good news. The picture (right) shows the But former BR chief Alan Mar- view from the concourse looking shall believes that the situation Iarnrod Éireann (Irish Rail) has up to the platforms. has changed since driver-only now completed a series of three operation was introduced more freight train trials that will enable Four years of enormous effort than 30 years ago. Passenger loads to be increased by 50%. has gone into rebuilding the numbers have trebled and new grimy old station and realign- The final trial in June was a mul- 12-car trains are running that can ing tracks as part of the £6 billion timodal service operated from carry 1,100 people. Thameslink project which will be Dublin Port (North Wall) to County Mayo in the north west AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE ROAD JUGGERNAUT: This freight train, hauled by two class 86 completed in 2018. He highlights a Rail Accident electric locomotives, is on its way from Felixstowe, Essex, to Trafford Park in Manchester. It is Investigation Branch report into of Ireland. Until now trains on It will transform rail travel much better than the containers going by road but if the Government and Network Rail could a “trap and drag” incident which this route have been operated through a wide swathe of the agree to complete the upgrade of lines from Felixstowe through Ely to Nuneaton, as advocated occurred last year when a wom- with a maximum of 18 wagons south east of England, with (carrying 36 standard containers) by Railfuture, the environmental payback would be even greater improved connections to more an’s hand became trapped in a train door at Hayes and Harling- and this trial has now pushed the destinations including Cam- Dublin Port. Subject to the suc- n Midland Quarry Products South Shields to build a 75,000 ton station. limit up to 27 wagons (carrying bridge and Peterborough. 54 containers). cessful conclusion of trials, the Cliffe Hill Quarry (Leicester- tonne storage facility, three She sustained hand, head and company expects to commence shire) enclosed conveyors and transfer Network Rail is also untangling The train, hauled by a class back injuries, with the driver the operation of longer freight n towers, three silos, a rail loading the track on the approaches to 201 General Motors diesel, the Hanson Aggregates Dagen- unaware of what had happened trains for customers from the silo and other works. London Bridge station, as well as most powerful to operate in Ire- ham Wharf (East London) building new flyovers. and no despatch staff on the plat- fourth quarter of 2016. form. It was only later that Great land, was 440 metres long with n Avonmouth Docks (Bristol) The Port of Tyne is contributing a trailing load of 1,110 tonnes. £13 million to this huge proj- There have been well-publicised Western safety managers, view- MENDIPS FREIGHT The trains split into two or three problems for passengers though The train, operated on behalf of ect with most of the investment ing CCTV images, realised the smaller trains in West London, to because trains have been can- International Warehousing & DB Cargo has renewed its con- being made by LPL. seriousness of the incident. deliver aggregates to their final celled and delayed as Network Transport of Dublin, is the lon- tract to deliver aggregates for destination with greater effi- Mr Moffat said: “The fast Rail and train operators strug- The RAIB’s report highlights gest commercial freight train to Mendip Rail for a further five similar previous incidents at ciency and a reduced environ- approaching end of coal imports gled to cope with the 56 million operate over the Iarnród Éireann years. has been challenging for all UK passengers who use the station Huntington, King’s Cross, Brent- network. Recently a trial of an mental impact. wood and West Wickham. DB Cargo delivers more than 100 ports that have been handling every year. Most of the passen- 18-wagon, 390 metres long, 1,100 trains of aggregates every week The products delivered include this cargo, but the strategy of gers have been far from happy. The report draws attention to “a tonnes pulpwood train also oper- from quarries in Somerset to aggregates for use in concrete diversification at the port ensures Dyan Crowther, Govia Thames- lack of awareness among opera- Part of the new London Bridge station concourse which opened ated successfully between Limer- London and the south east. and asphalt and rail ballast for that we are not reliant on any one tional staff of the limitations of at the end of August. The project will be completed in 2018 ick and Waterford. the London Underground net- link Railway’s chief operating The class 59 “jumbo” locomo- sector. officer, said: “Our passengers existing train door interlocking Longer trains on the network work. technology, and the importance tives haul the heaviest trains in “We have been at the forefront of are benefiting from the newly NEWS IN BRIEF will boost the competitiveness of the UK, which are 44 wagons DB Cargo has also introduced developing expertise and facili- unveiled escalators, stairs and of the final safety check when rail freight to industry. The envi- a dedicated management team, despatching a train.” Pilning station is losing its 60 miles of the Settle-Carlisle long and can carry over 3,300 ties to handle the renewable fuel, lifts and will be impressed by footbridge as part of the Great ronmental benefits of rail freight tonnes. with joint management reviews wood pellet, and I am delighted Mr Marshall concludes: “The line despite a landslip at Eden the new concourse. We are look- Western electrification pro- would also be enhanced by oper- held daily at the Mendip Rail that LPL have chosen the Port of default position might become Brow. A replacement bus oper- Mick Tinsley, head of building, ing forward to the completion of gramme with the result that ating higher capacity services offices at Merehead in Somerset. Tyne as a key partner in this sig- that the drivers release the doors, ates over 12 miles of the route infrastructure and construction the station in 2018, with its new some people will have to travel – currently moving freight by Mendip Rail has also hired 130 nificant development. as they do already on Pendolinos between Carlisle and Arma- at DB Cargo said: “I am very track and signalling, allowing the to Severn Tunnel Junction sta- rail instead of road reduces emis- freight aggregate wagons from and Voyagers, but reponsibility thwaite. The whole line will be pleased to see our long-term rela- “The project will provide new return of a new and improved tion and back again before they sions up to 75% per container, VTG Rail UK, which will be in for closing might vary according back to normal in March. tionship with Mendip Rail being jobs, and support jobs indirectly, Thameslink service.” can alight or board. Campaign- and longer trains could see emis- use on the Somerset to London to characteristic of service, type An experimental rail service will be extended further. Our proven both in construction and in oper- When Thameslink is complete ers want a better deal. Details: sions reduced to one-tenth of the route this summer. of train and station layouts.” introduced between Taunton and road equivalent. ability to reliably deliver the high ation, for many years to come. in 2018, passengers will benefit [email protected] volume requirement of the con- from new, longer and more spa- The RAIB has also called for roll- Bishops Lydeard in May next year, “The port has been investing in The cost of reinstating five miles of Iarnród Éireann’s general man- tract is a major factor in Mendip TYNE UPGRADE cious trains running every two ing stock companies to redouble to connect with the West Somerset building a strong, diverse busi- track to Wadebridge, Cornwall, is ager for freight, Glenn Carr, said Rail choosing to continue work- to three minutes through central efforts to equip train doors with preserved line to Minehead, thanks ness for almost a decade. £54 million, according to consul- that Iarnród Éireann is currently ing with DB Cargo UK. Andrew Moffat, chief execu- London in the peak. sensitive edge technology to to an initiative by Taunton Deane “We had a challenging year in tants for Cornwall County Council. working with existing custom- ensure that – if even the flimsi- Borough Council. “Over the coming years we are tive of the Port of Tyne, has 2015 which also included restruc- The new concourse at Lon- The cost should actually be £15 mil- ers as well as freight forward- announced the start of building est item is trapped – the traction The Rail Delivery Group was ers, ports and the Irish Exporters jointly committed to meeting the turing the business, winning don Bridge will be bigger than lion, based on other rail reopenings.
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