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North London Line & Thameside This Route Plan is part of a set. 2009 Plans Route Route Plans 2009 To view or download the others Route 6 visit www.networkrail.co.uk North London Line and Thameside Note Other documents in the Delivery Plan This Route Plan forms part of the Control Period 4 6 Route (CP4) Delivery Plan and supersedes the version can be found on the Network Rail website published in April 2008. www.networkrail.co.uk North Key to route diagrams London 03 KEY Junction Station name Station Station 01 STATION Station name name name name 02 Junction KEY STATION Junction name Line A A name 1 B 04 KEY STATION KEY STATION and Thameside Capacity and operational constraints Track descriptions A Location: capacity or operational constraint The colour of the line denotes the route classification Issues on the route 1 Primary Location: issue on the route London and South East commuter Secondary Key planned projects A Rural Location: planned project on the route Freight only Strategic route sections 01 The line shading indicates strategic route sections Listed in the appendix of the route plan which are numbered on the map The width of the line denotes the number of tracks Other symbols Multiple track Key station location Double track KEY STATION Key station on this route Single track KEY STATION Key station on another route Connecting local Other station location Other lines are shown as follows: Station name Other station on this route Line on other route Junction name Junction / other landmark Non Network Rail infrastructure Non operational line communities GRIP stages 1 Output definition 2 Pre-feasibility 3 Option selection 4 Single option selection 5 Detailed design 6 Construction, test and commission 7 Scheme hand back 8 Project close out Cover printed on box board which is both FSC and TCF. Text pages printed on Greencoat Velvet which is produced Network Rail from pulp containing 80% recycled fibre. The remaining Kings Place 20% virgin pulp is 10% totally chlorine free and 10% elemental chlorine free. Greencoat has been awarded both the National 90 York Way Association of Paper Merchants and the Eugropa recycled London N1 9AG marks, two of the most prestigious and recognisable recycled certificates available. Tel: 020 3356 9595 2009 CDS008/March Network Rail helps bring Britain together. We own, operate and maintain the rail network, delivering improved standards of safety, reliability and efficiency. Our investment programme to enhance and modernise the network is the most ambitious it has ever been. Delivering a 21st century railway for our customers and society at large. Every day. Everywhere. NET01 59_Route Plan fold outs.qxd:405 x 297 25/3/09 17:59 Page 11 Route 6 North London Line Rail Regulation on 18 February 2008. The GA Today’s route RUS covers the period to 2021, but also includes The two principal elements of the NLL and and Thameside a longer term view of the strategy for meeting Thameside route are described below. The continued growth. relevant Strategic Route Section is shown in brackets: The Eastern Regional Planning Assessment (RPA), covering the period from 2011 to 2021, • the NLL which comprises the Richmond to was published by the Department for Transport Stratford route (06.01, 06.06, 06.07 and (DfT) on 16 February 2006. The RPA sets out 06.09), the Gospel Oak to Barking route scenarios of continuing growth in commuting to (06.03 and 06.05), the Dudding Hill lines (the the centre of London and Docklands. However freight route between Cricklewood, on the parts of the current NLL and Thameside route Midland Main Line (MML), and Acton Wells Jn are already operating at or close to capacity in – 06.10) and associated connections to all of terms of train paths. London’s main radial routes • the Thameside route comprises the main line The CL RUS looked at options and between Fenchurch Street and Shoeburyness recommendations for accommodating future (06.02), and the Tilbury Loop together with a growth, and options proposed by the CL RUS line connecting Chafford Hundred station have been further developed for implementation (adjacent to the Lakeside shopping complex) under the North London Route Improvement with Upminster and Grays (06.04). There is Project (NLRIP). The GA RUS has looked at also a freight only branch line to Thames options and recommendations for Haven (part of 06.08). accommodating future growth on the Thameside part of the route and these recommendations are being taken forward in Control Period 4 (CP4) to meet the capacity metrics set by the Department for Transport in their High Level Output Specification (HLOS) published in July 2007. Section 1: Today’s railway The main markets are commuter and leisure journeys into and around London, in particular Route context to the City, Docklands and North London from The North London Line (NLL) is a vital part of Essex and the Thames gateway (as well as the London’s transport infrastructure and a major link London boroughs). between key arterial routes to and from the capital. It is a nationally important freight route The NLL part of the route is included in the Cross and provides a key urban passenger service London Route Utilisation Strategy (CL RUS), around London with connections to/from every which was published by Network Rail in August arterial route north, east and west of London. 2006 and established by the Office of Rail Regulation on 30 October 2006. The CL RUS The Thameside route runs from London proposed a range of measures for meeting Fenchurch Street to Shoeburyness, with a loop growth on London’s orbital routes up to 2016. line between Barking and Pitsea via Tilbury and a branch between Upminster and Grays, which The Thameside part of the route is included in carries a mixture of commuter and leisure traffic, the Greater Anglia Route Utilisation Strategy (GA and substantial freight movements to and from RUS), which was published by Network Rail in North Thameside. December 2007 and established by the Office of NET01 59_Route Plan fold outs.qxd:405 x 297 25/3/09 17:59 Page 11 Route 6 North London Line Rail Regulation on 18 February 2008. The GA Today’s route RUS covers the period to 2021, but also includes The two principal elements of the NLL and and Thameside a longer term view of the strategy for meeting Thameside route are described below. The continued growth. relevant Strategic Route Section is shown in brackets: The Eastern Regional Planning Assessment (RPA), covering the period from 2011 to 2021, • the NLL which comprises the Richmond to was published by the Department for Transport Stratford route (06.01, 06.06, 06.07 and (DfT) on 16 February 2006. The RPA sets out 06.09), the Gospel Oak to Barking route scenarios of continuing growth in commuting to (06.03 and 06.05), the Dudding Hill lines (the the centre of London and Docklands. However freight route between Cricklewood, on the parts of the current NLL and Thameside route Midland Main Line (MML), and Acton Wells Jn are already operating at or close to capacity in – 06.10) and associated connections to all of terms of train paths. London’s main radial routes • the Thameside route comprises the main line The CL RUS looked at options and between Fenchurch Street and Shoeburyness recommendations for accommodating future (06.02), and the Tilbury Loop together with a growth, and options proposed by the CL RUS line connecting Chafford Hundred station have been further developed for implementation (adjacent to the Lakeside shopping complex) under the North London Route Improvement with Upminster and Grays (06.04). There is Project (NLRIP). The GA RUS has looked at also a freight only branch line to Thames options and recommendations for Haven (part of 06.08). accommodating future growth on the Thameside part of the route and these recommendations are being taken forward in Control Period 4 (CP4) to meet the capacity metrics set by the Department for Transport in their High Level Output Specification (HLOS) published in July 2007. Section 1: Today’s railway The main markets are commuter and leisure journeys into and around London, in particular Route context to the City, Docklands and North London from The North London Line (NLL) is a vital part of Essex and the Thames gateway (as well as the London’s transport infrastructure and a major link London boroughs). between key arterial routes to and from the capital. It is a nationally important freight route The NLL part of the route is included in the Cross and provides a key urban passenger service London Route Utilisation Strategy (CL RUS), around London with connections to/from every which was published by Network Rail in August arterial route north, east and west of London. 2006 and established by the Office of Rail Regulation on 30 October 2006. The CL RUS The Thameside route runs from London proposed a range of measures for meeting Fenchurch Street to Shoeburyness, with a loop growth on London’s orbital routes up to 2016. line between Barking and Pitsea via Tilbury and a branch between Upminster and Grays, which The Thameside part of the route is included in carries a mixture of commuter and leisure traffic, the Greater Anglia Route Utilisation Strategy (GA and substantial freight movements to and from RUS), which was published by Network Rail in North Thameside. December 2007 and established by the Office of NET01 59_Route Plan fold outs.qxd:405 x 297 25/3/09 17:59 Page 12 Route 6 North London Line and Thameside Route 8 Route 5 Route 5 Route 5 2 O Harringay Jcn N Harringay Seven South Harringay 08 Green Lanes Sisters Jcn Park Jcn Tottenham Blackhorse
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