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Same. I meant for ages to come down (before I even had any idea that I would live here, let alone actually doing) and give them a go, but failed on a shortage of Round Tuits!
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East-West Rail (EWR): Consultation updates [not speculation]
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Same. I meant for ages to come down (before I even had any idea that I would live here, let alone actually doing) and give them a go, but failed on a shortage of Round Tuits!
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The HS2 construction railhead at Calvert will be twice the size of the permanent compound. You get an idea for the size of the railhead from Google Maps, where you can see the scar of the diverted HP gas main along the northern boundary. Anyway, there will be north and south facing turnouts from the the railhead onto the HS2 trace. In fact, North Street will have a bridge over the north facing turnout, that once construction is complete will become redundant.
East West Railway Company – Chair
“Looking for a new and exhilarating challenge leading a visionary UK based infrastructure delivery organisation? Excited by the thought of positively challenging industry norms and inspiring a team to surpass customer expectations? Then look no further than the opportunity to chair the Board of the East West Railway Company – a company at the forefront of the changing landscape of the rail industry, delivering a multi-billion pound rail link with services connecting Oxford, Milton Keynes, Bedford and Cambridge and places in between. The East West Railway Company (EWR Co) was set up as a company in 2017, and constituted as an arms-length body of the Department for Transport in September 2018. It was created to drive forward the delivery of the East West Rail project – a new direct line, providing much-needed East West connectivity to unlock the economic potential of the Oxford Cambridge Arc – supporting new jobs and communities, as well as reducing journey times, congestion and travel costs for residents and commuters.”
Time: 2 days per week.
Remuneration: £75,000 per annum.
Closes: 19 October
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Given the amount of expertise demonstrated here - Surely one of us would be a shoe-in? If that is you can spare the time?
“Looking for a new and exhilarating challenge leading a visionary UK based infrastructure delivery organisation? Excited by the thought of positively challenging industry norms and inspiring a team to surpass customer expectations? Then look no further than the opportunity to chair the Board of the East West Railway Company – a company at the forefront of the changing landscape of the rail industry, delivering a multi-billion pound rail link with services connecting Oxford, Milton Keynes, Bedford and Cambridge and places in between. The East West Railway Company (EWR Co) was set up as a company in 2017, and constituted as an arms-length body of the Department for Transport in September 2018. It was created to drive forward the delivery of the East West Rail project – a new direct line, providing much-needed East West connectivity to unlock the economic potential of the Oxford Cambridge Arc – supporting new jobs and communities, as well as reducing journey times, congestion and travel costs for residents and commuters.”
Time: 2 days per week.
Remuneration: £75,000 per annum.
Closes: 19 October
Calling Conservatives: New public appointments announced. Chair of the East West Railway Company - and more | Conservative Home
Further details enclosed.
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Given the amount of expertise demonstrated here - Surely one of us would be a shoe-in? If that is you can spare the time?
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Sounds like you need to be a member of the Conservative Party to get on or am I just being cynical.
Sounds like a job for Dido Harding! She's got a brilliant "track" record, old pals with Boris etc. What could possibly go wrong with Dido at the helm?
Not quite - Conservative Home publicises many these appointments to what used to be called QANGOs in order to stuff them with party sympathisers. I think that it would be useful to appoint someone who understood what had gone wrong on earlier projects might be useful - Roger Ford?
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Hopefully he is too busy advising Hutchinson Ports.
Chris Grayling to advise ports operator in £100,000 role
The former transport secretary's part-time job is with the owner of Harwich and Felixstowe terminals.
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Gosh! That leaves him plenty of time to work for EWR. Who else can we get interested to ensure he doesn't?
We certainly would prefer someone that would push for electrification as soon as possible, if not at opening.
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Sounds like a job for GRALISTAIR!
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I see that the last of the segments from the Bletchley Fly over has been removed. according to RMWEB
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The cynic in me wonders whether the project will now get cancelled - once all the demolition work is complete and before any meaningful construction work begins.
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As the uprights haven't been removed, that would leave us with an even worse "monument to a white elephant" than before!
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75k for 2 days a week?! And there was I thinking drivers had it good on 60k for a 4 day week 
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They’ve already published planning drawings showing exactly which columns are going, and which remain (and some are strengthened).
I’d expect unless anything scary has suddenly become visible since the removals then they’ll move straight on to construction.
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Was it random columns that needed strengthening? Or the ones around the station area where additional support would be needed for platforms, shelters , and footbridges?
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If you find post #3769 in this thread I attached a pdf showing exactly what’s being done pier by pier along the viaduct. There doesn’t appear to be any correlation with the station area, in fact it’s explained in the planning documents that the platforms are to be independently supported on brand new structure.
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This is post 3679 - I can't see the pdf attachment. Would you mind linking to it?
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Sorry my fault, a typo it’s 3769:
East-West Rail (EWR): Consultation updates [not speculation]
this same 'cheap electrification' seems to be holding up reasonably well, also the early 1950's Picc to Hadfield catenary seems to be original in most sections so BR cannot have been that bad at electrification. That (I believe) is to do with the size of the cable that was required to carry DC...
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I hope because they’re damn ugly!!
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On the night of 10/11 Oct some work was clearly going on at the Bletchley flyover, and by Sunday morning the last three curved concrete beams had been removed from the piers near the end of Duncome Street. They could be seen in the concrete breaking area in the big Water Eaton Road compound. To the left, a large area had been cleared of equipment and bits of flyover. A day or so later the big blue crane had gone (job done?)
On Wednesday morning the concrete breaker was noisily attacking the northernmost of the uncovered concrete piers, near the Bletchley railway station. The pedestrian route to the railway station from the Brunel Centre had been re-routed across a now cleared section of Buckingham Road next to the Brunel roundabout.
On Wednesday morning the concrete breaker was noisily attacking the northernmost of the uncovered concrete piers, near the Bletchley railway station. The pedestrian route to the railway station from the Brunel Centre had been re-routed across a now cleared section of Buckingham Road next to the Brunel roundabout.
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The pier work couldn’t be started until a 3 inch gas main was identified and disconnected
East West Railway Company has launched a new community outreach / engagement website. Could be a good place to find information and make enquiries …
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A good start would be to have the correct link in the press release (or to configure their DNS / webserver correctly).
At the moment you need to visit https://communityhub.eastwestrail.co.uk/ (without the www. at the beginning) to reach the site.
(I contacted them and had an email back saying they're fixing it!)
We've launched our new Community Hub! | East West Rail
A good start would be to have the correct link in the press release (or to configure their DNS / webserver correctly).
At the moment you need to visit https://communityhub.eastwestrail.co.uk/ (without the www. at the beginning) to reach the site.
(I contacted them and had an email back saying they're fixing it!)
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Bletchley flyover works, 16 Oct:
The northernmost exposed pier has been demolished and nothing is visible. A large red crane has arrived at the end of Duncombe Street, in the same position formerly occupied by the big blue one. One of the adjacent horizontal lintels now has four large round holes in it which I did not notice previously. No obvious crane action on Saturday morning, so it is possible that a lift will take place on Sat night/Sunday morning.
18 Oct, 11.30 am. There seemed to be crane activity during the night. This morning, the red crane is nowhere to be seen, and one of the piers is on the ground in two sections, cleanly cut off at the bases and in the middle of the horizontal beam.
The northernmost exposed pier has been demolished and nothing is visible. A large red crane has arrived at the end of Duncombe Street, in the same position formerly occupied by the big blue one. One of the adjacent horizontal lintels now has four large round holes in it which I did not notice previously. No obvious crane action on Saturday morning, so it is possible that a lift will take place on Sat night/Sunday morning.
18 Oct, 11.30 am. There seemed to be crane activity during the night. This morning, the red crane is nowhere to be seen, and one of the piers is on the ground in two sections, cleanly cut off at the bases and in the middle of the horizontal beam.
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Possible location for station at Cambourne
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Seems like Browne wants a new station but not one in the actual town.
East West Rail Company to consider building new Cambourne railway station to the north
South Cambridgeshire MP Anthony Browne says the site makes more sense than a southern location.
Seems like Browne wants a new station but not one in the actual town.
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Why do politicans want railway stations in the middle of nowhere? So after a few years they can say no one uses it and close the station and / or the line?
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