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A Round up of Recent Activities in Our Sections the Journal January 2018 Section Activities A round up of recent activities in our Sections AS PUBLISHED IN The Journal January 2018 Volume 136 Part 1 Sections BIRMINGHAM CROYDON & BRIGHTON DARLINGTON & NORTH EAST EDINBURGH Our online events calendar holds all GLASGOW of our Section meetings. IRISH LANCASTER, BARROW & CARLISLE You’ll also find full contact details on LONDON our website. MANCHESTER & LIVERPOOL MILTON KEYNES NORTH WALES NOTTINGHAM & DERBY SOUTH & WEST WALES THAMES VALLEY WESSEX WEST OF ENGLAND WEST YORKSHIRE YORK SECTION ACTIVITIES Toby discussed the regions key growth stations The current development remit, which added and corridors and the increased evening and to the “Sussex Route Study” conclusions now A round up Sunday leisure market and how the franchises includes: would cope with this demand. • Grade separation of Windmill Bridge, of recent Toby also covered how the franchise would Cottage and Gloucester Road Junctions take over day to day management of key • Provision of new routes and improved stations including Wolverhampton, plans for standage activities in tram extensions and new and re-opened rail • East Croydon increased platform & stations in the region. concourse capacity • A third Up line at Norwood Junction our Sections. Toby concluded by looking at HS2’s effect on and additional turn back capability with the region and the Midlands Growth Engine several options for revised a revised arrangement of platforms Reports may be abbreviated for CROYDON & BRIGHTON publication in the Journal. Full All these elements sit around a possible East versions can be downloaded 10th October 2017 Croydon Station over-site development and the requirement for a construction sequence from our website: Investment Projects Southern (Development) that avoids serious reduction in “day to day” Peter Fagg, Programme Engineering capacity. www.thepwi.org/technical_hub/ Manager, Network Rail Consideration had been given in the feasibility section_activities Peter firstly outlined his role on the project and studies to the use of 15 car trains but the then outlined the subjects to be covered. He conclusion was that the infrastructure was too BIRMINGHAM emphasised that this talk was an update on constrained to make this provision practical, the talk given to the Wessex Section, to whom particularly at Victoria and Clapham Junction. 9th November 2017 we offer thanks for some of these notes. He Future Development of the West Midlands outlined the context and history, problems, The current work has reached NR GRIP Rail Network previous solutions, current proposals, process Stage 2 for Croydon and GRIP 1 to 2 for the Toby Rackliff, Strategic Lead, Rail policy and status. Norwood Junction area. This will involve 16 new intersections with a 17m maximum Introduced by Section Chair David Webb, Toby The current scheme development has been level difference between tracks, based on began his presentation by discussing why the initiated and supported by a number of recent 4.9m minimum headroom. This requires a West Midlands is strategically important to capacity studies including the 2014/2015 steepest gradient of 1:40. In terms of track and the rail network as a whole and improvements Sussex route study and the 2016 London & structures, there will be c.25km new track with that have been made over the previous years. South Coast Rail Corridor study. about100 S&C units, c. 1500m of new viaducts This part of the talk particularly focused on the and bridges, five of which will have a span advantages New Street Gateway has bought to The routes in the Croydon area are used by greater than 50m and c.1500m of retaining the region. five different train operators but expansion wall will also be required. With respect to of capacity is already constrained by trains permanent way specification, the following Toby further set the scene by discussing who at maximum length of 12 cars, and current parameters have been used. Line categories West Midlands Rail are, who they report to in intensity of use. The overall performance of vary from 1A to 4. local government and what the economic value the route has also suffered as a result of life of rail in the West Midlands Conurbation is. expiring signaling and trackwork. CEN 60 on main lines, NR60 Mk2 S&C, Zero Toby discussed the collaborative work cant. The track form to be used has not yet the organisation had undertaken with the Peter went on to describe the history of the decided, but noise and vibration will be key Department for Transport to specify the two railways through the Croydon area and the considerations. new West Midlands rail franchises and how various changes to configuration and layout these were incentivised to provide services over the years. The programme for the ongoing development that the local region required. and construction will be subject to discussion This included the 1980s Brighton Line and agreement with the DfT. The strategic Toby discussed the new EMU and DMU trains resignalling which moved control to two outline business case was approved by the coming to the region from 2018 as well as the large signal boxes at Clapham Junction and DfT in March 2017. An outline case is currently Viva Rail reinvented London Underground Three Bridges. It also provided partial grade being prepared to support option selection, stock planned for the Marston Vale line. This separation at Croydon along with other major from which a full business case will be plan will allow an additional 30% capacity rationalisation. developed. A provisional outline programme in the West Midlands and 25% Euston peak shows completion in 2029. capacity by 2022. BIRMINGHAM SECTION 84 SECTION ACTIVITIES Peter closed the presentation by showing some problem resolution on the East Coast main The MMT was developed to address such “Fly through” animations of one of the options line in County Durham, and the application of issues, rapid mobilisation, on board plant, being considered. special Zinoco rails recently installed for Nexus labour and materials, self-contained facilities as part of the city centre sub surface track and an ability to maximise possession times by Following a question and answer session, Tim rerailing project. focusing all resources together. Kendall thanked Peter for a fascinating insight into the development process for this complex The presentation prompted many questions Lots of activities had been considered for scheme and proposed the vote of thanks. and much discussion, being rounded off with delivery using the MMT; the ensuing discussion thanks from all present. determined a good number of additional DARLINGTON & NORTH EAST ideas too. Andy then went on to describe the 5th September 2017 similar concept vehicles being constructed for 4th April 2017 MMT (Mobile Maintenance Train) Crossrail as part of a Design and Build contract British Steel and current rail product Tim Stafford, Robel Business Manager involving both Plasser and Robel. developments Andy Kearns, Track Consultant, AJK Rail Rob Lambert, Rail Technologies Manager, Ltd. After a fascinating presentation and plenty of British Steel discussion, our speakers were thanked by the Tim Stafford commenced the joint presentation members for their time and effort; especially Acting meeting chairman Phil Kirkland with an overview of both Robel and Plasser, given the distances they had travelled to opened the meeting and welcomed everyone outlining the company structure and activities support our section. to the Rail Academy. Rob had prepared a worldwide. Tim then gave a detailed insight into comprehensive presentation commencing Robel ballast tampers and the theory behind 7th November 2017 with the history and methodology of steel their concept. This was followed by a look at Brazil and its Railways production, principally at the Scunthorpe the comprehensive range of other small plant Jol Bates, Managing Director site. This was for the benefit of the Nexus manufactured by Robel and some of the items Transportation, Mott MacDonald, Past apprentices, Rail Academy students and those now allocated to Nexus in Newcastle. President, PWI new to the rail industry. Part two of the evening was given over to Andy Jol opened his presentation with a look at Company history was covered in detail by Kearns who presented a detailed paper on the history and colonisation of Brazil, and the Rob, the eras of the original British Steel, the concept of the MMT (Mobile Maintenance inception of some very early railways. These Corus, Tata and now the current British Steel Train). included a spectacular rope hauled railway businesses. from Santos and railways with a particularly With a 50% increase in passengers and British style and influence. Stations, signals, The presentation then moved into the rail 225million passenger journeys per year, an signal boxes and bridges all had familiar styles, product manufacturing activities and processes alternative approach to maintenance activities were they Southern, Midland, or Scottish, followed by the technical and development was required. probably a mix of all. areas, covering topics such as rail wear and 85 SECTION ACTIVITIES Next were the heavy haul mineral freight lines constant force. The flexibility of the machine show manufacturer, location, grade (shown by with dual gauge tracks and engineered to the means it proves very effective in treating multiple lines), year, section profile and any highest possible standards. Track renewals discrete areas such as S&C, level crossings additional treatments. The rail is then cooled using familiar Geismar Single Line gantries, and wet bed sites where the problem is often on a camber to allow for unequal cooling due to concrete sleepers and CWR. concentrated over a shorter distance. the difference in head to foot section size and then straightened. Moving on we visited Sao Paolo and other As well as traditional track ballast replacement, cities with high population densities and a the Railvac has a number of different uses Finally, all rails are fully inspected for: good number of metro urban rail systems.
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