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Blackpool - Manchester Electrification

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ivanhoe said:
Surely the train does not have two drivers, does it? What does the rostered TPE driver do?
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Usually, sits in the saloon behind the driver's cab reading the paper.

Presumably though, if a 185 turns up instead of the booked traction, they drive.
 
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superkev said:
It's over a month since the wires went live. I'm beginning to wonder if electric trains with passengers will ever run.
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Testing seems to be a bit slower than other lines but they seem to be working to a May deadline rather than a.s.a.p.
 
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This thread recently reminds me of the uncomfortable truth. New stations are built without any guarantees of trains calling there. Lines are installed, we can extend, without any electric trains ever driven beneath.
 
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Some might comment that the international platforms at Stratford have not really been used.

New stations are a strong driver of new business to the rail network and a big investment. They are a mistake to ignore.
 
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bluenoxid said:
Some might comment that the international platforms at Stratford have not really been used.

New stations are a strong driver of new business to the rail network and a big investment. They are a mistake to ignore.
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It's not as if Stratford isn't otherwise well-connected!
 
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I am pleased to see that the test trains scheduled to run in the early hours of Wednesday are still showing in Realtimetrains, here:

http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/sea...000-2359?stp=WVS&show=non-passenger&order=wtt

I aim to film them (the first two, anyway) at Clifton and Kearsley.

If anyone else intends to go to either of these venues please post so on here, in which case I'll go elsewhere. I'm not being antisocial! the jam is best spread thinly.

Paul, will you be able to be my eSpotter again?
 
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LDECRexile said:
I am pleased to see that the test trains scheduled to run in the early hours of Wednesday are still showing in Realtimetrains, here:

http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/sea...000-2359?stp=WVS&show=non-passenger&order=wtt

I aim to film them (the first two, anyway) at Clifton and Kearsley.

If anyone else intends to go to either of these venues please post so on here, in which case I'll go elsewhere. I'm not being antisocial! the jam is best spread thinly.

Paul, will you be able to be my eSpotter again?
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I wonder if NR will enforce a platform lockdown at all stations as when the 390 test train went through last month.
 
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LDECRexile said:
I am pleased to see that the test trains scheduled to run in the early hours of Wednesday are still showing in Realtimetrains, here:

http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/sea...000-2359?stp=WVS&show=non-passenger&order=wtt

I aim to film them (the first two, anyway) at Clifton and Kearsley.

If anyone else intends to go to either of these venues please post so on here, in which case I'll go elsewhere. I'm not being antisocial! the jam is best spread thinly.
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If I go anywhere, it'll be Blackrod.
 
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Muenchener said:
I wonder if NR will enforce a platform lockdown at all stations as when the 390 test train went through last month.
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They will have to man the M61 overbridge as that is a requirement when the OLE is energised until the Highways Agency block off the Hardshoulder.

As for thecstations I doubt it as these are not OLE short circuit / initial proving runs
 
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Elecman said:
They will have to man the M61 overbridge as that is a requirement when the OLE is energised until the Highways Agency block off the Hardshoulder.
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Is that true? Perfectly plausible. Blocking the shoulder will introduce a very significant risk to traffic on a busy motorway to mitigate a much more modest risk. Another, sorry yet another, needless blunder on this dreadfully managed project.
 
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a_c_skinner said:
Is that true? Perfectly plausible. Blocking the shoulder will introduce a very significant risk to traffic on a busy motorway to mitigate a much more modest risk. Another, sorry yet another, needless blunder on this dreadfully managed project.
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What's the concern railway side?
 
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Closing the hard shoulder across the railway bridge is what is in place where the M9 crosses the railway South of Stirling. Indeed I think the road signs and markings were in place some time ago. There isn't a physical barrier such as cones. There must be many other similar locations.
 
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I'm pleased to see that the test trains set to run in the early hours of tomorrow (Weds) are still showing on Realtimetrains (RTT):

http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/search/advanced/BON/2019/01/23/0000-2359?stp=WVS&show=all&order=wtt

I will go to Clifton to film the first and Kearsley to film the second.

If I still have wind in my sails I'll go to Farnworth for the third and Moses Gate for the fourth, we'll see.

Gralistair will act as my eSpotter from the USA. He'll watch live on RTT and text me with messages like "just passing Bolton" so I can be ready. I really like the idea of me in the pitch black in an obscure location being guided by someone several thousand miles away. I wonder what my Grandma would have made of it!
 
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LDECRexile said:
Gralistair will act as my eSpotter from the USA. He'll watch live on RTT and text me with messages like "just passing Bolton" so I can be ready. I really like the idea of me in the pitch black in an obscure location being guided by someone several thousand miles away. I wonder what my Grandma would have made of it!
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The idea of this can't help make one smile!
 
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a_c_skinner said:
Is that true? Perfectly plausible. Blocking the shoulder will introduce a very significant risk to traffic on a busy motorway to mitigate a much more modest risk. Another, sorry yet another, needless blunder on this dreadfully managed project.
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It’s done on the M55 overbridge between Kirkham and Poulton even though that bridge parapet has been altered for months. The problem lies with The Highways Agency, Not Network Rail.
 
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Elecman said:
Th3 Bridge doesn’t have a solid compliant parapet so anyone could dangle something through the bridge wall onto the live OLE
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Unless I'm mistaken, the OLE is already live, but driving past on my commute, I've seen no evidence of any safety measures at all
 
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