Good find and thanks for telling us the time point. I like the way he says putting the wires up is the easy bit and its the civils that hard and costing a lot of money. Oh and him trumpeting that Scotland can do it for £2m/km but its £3m/km south of the border! Says money is tight compared to recent years for investment but are getting on with the £150m feeder station works. They have more for operate maintain renew than was expecting for CP7 so maybe that can help lubricate progress. Anyhow the plan is going through a three year update as we know and we will see that later in the year. What i heard very firmly keeping the teams together and creating a production line environment is what has driven down costs so im pretty sure once E.Kilbride/Barrhead are completed those teams will remerge over on the East side.Alex Hynes did a podcast with Gareth Dennis yesterday. He gave an update on the Decarbonisation Action Plan around 55 minutes in:-
It was good to hear that Ministers are still committed to the 2035 target.
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The seven cities plus Carstairs perhaps?I've now watched the rest of the chat. He mentions that they now expect signalling in Scotland to be ultimately controlled from eight centres. At the peak of the enthusiasm for ROCs it was going to be two, then one.
The seven cities plus Carstairs perhaps?
So 6 of the seven cities then?I would think it’s more likely to be Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee, Aberdeen, Perth, Inverness, Clachnaharry and Banavie.
So 6 of the seven cities then?
West of Scotland Signalling Centre (Cowlairs, controls the E&G, Dunblane, various lines across the Central Belt)
West Scotland Regional Operations Centre (Ayrshire and G&SW lines, next door to the WSSC at Springburn)
Edinburgh (ECML and lines up as far as Aberdeen)
Dunfermline would like a word!The seven cities plus Carstairs perhaps?
I made the assumption ( probably incorrectly) that Thornton would be a possible location - possibly I am mixing up grid feeders and ROC signalsDunfermline would like a word!
I made the assumption ( probably incorrectly) that Thornton would be a possible location - possibly I am mixing up grid feeders and ROC signals
Ok I am with you now! As my son in law was born in Girvan Ayrshire, I try and keep up!The reference is to Dunfermline now being Scotland’s 8th city.
Scotrail’s 7 cities Intercity branding hasn’t caught up with Dunfermline’s new legal status.
Are these not the same thing, just different names depending on what was in vogue at the time? Certainly its all 1 building not two.West of Scotland Signalling Centre (Cowlairs, controls the E&G, Dunblane, various lines across the Central Belt)
West Scotland Regional Operations Centre (Ayrshire and G&SW lines, next door to the WSSC at Springburn)
Yes it’s all under one roof and the whole lot is referred to as simply WSSC. It also doesn’t control the E&G or Dunblane, the former is controlled by the Cowlairs and Cumbernauld workstations in Edinburgh IECC and the latter still has a mechanical signalbox at the station.Are these not the same thing, just different names depending on what was in vogue at the time? Certainly its all 1 building not two.
Are these not the same thing, just different names depending on what was in vogue at the time? Certainly its all 1 building not two.
Not sure why existing arrangements would be changed; Edinburgh currently controls the E&G throughout, and the West of Scotland Signalling Centre (WSSC) controls everything out of Glasgow Central High Level (including the interface with Carlisle SC on the WCML, so no need for any more of Scotland's railways to be controlled from Carlisle!). Logic would suggest extending control areas to contiguous routes, eg WSSC extends from Barrhead to Annan and Ayr to Stranraer.
Yes it’s all under one roof and the whole lot is referred to as simply WSSC. It also doesn’t control the E&G or Dunblane, the former is controlled by the Cowlairs and Cumbernauld workstations in Edinburgh IECC and the latter still has a mechanical signalbox at the station.
The workstations in WSSC are all on one floor, in a single large room. The E&G has never been controlled by WSSC.I was under the impression that those two were separate operations under the same roof, ie one level for south of the river with all the bells and whistles and one for north of it.
Also has the entire E&G gone over to Edinburgh, as I was under the impression that at least some of it north of Greehill junction was still the WSSC
Yep, Cathcart.What about electrical control rooms? Is there only one for all Scotland?
Yes, though I have heard it is soon to be extended. They’re taking on more operators too.What about electrical control rooms? Is there only one for all Scotland?
What sort of electrics are controlled from here?What about electrical control rooms? Is there only one for all Scotland?
25kV traction power.What sort of electrics are controlled from here?
The E&G has never been controlled by WSSC.
Ok I am with you now! As my son in law was born in Girvan Ayrshire, I try and keep up!
Passenger numbers had increased by 4% since the fares trial started.