HS2 freight West Ruislip

[paok]

Looks like freight has started running into the new sidings at the West Ruislip HS2 portal.

Below being the first one in:

Realtime Trains | 6M82 1938 Grain Thamesport (Gbrf) to W Ruislip Hs2 Stop Boards | 26/01/2023

Real-time train running information for 6M82 1938 departure from Grain Thamesport (Gbrf) to W Ruislip Hs2 Stop Boards on 26/01/2023. From Realtime Trains, an independent source of train running info for Great Britain.

www.realtimetrains.co.uk

Looks like 1 train per day incoming then offloading through the night and back out again in the morning.

 

[LNW-GW Joint]

The HS2 web site said that trials of using the siding for segment delivery were being conducted at West Ruislip in the w/c 16 January (Mon and Wed as I recall).
If successful, trains would start a regular run for the duration of the Northolt tunnelling.
This week's info-graphic says much the same as last week, except the trial has moved on to w/c 23 January (ie last week).

https://assets.hs2.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/300123_West-Ruislip-Portal-and-Golf-Course-works-area.pdf

Presumably they needed another trial or the first was delayed.
I see from RTT a train ran last night, but has been cancelled tonight.

Realtime Trains | 6M82 1929 Grain Thamesport (Gbrf) to W Ruislip Hs2 Stop Boards | 30/01/2023

Real-time train running information for 6M82 1929 departure from Grain Thamesport (Gbrf) to W Ruislip Hs2 Stop Boards on 30/01/2023. From Realtime Trains, an independent source of train running info for Great Britain.

www.realtimetrains.co.uk

 

[BRX]

Here are the trains to/from Grain

 

[LNW-GW Joint]

Difficult to tell from the video in the dark, but it looks like 24 vehicles with 12 segments each, or 288 per trainload.
From the West Ruislip infographic, it looks like segment delivery by rail is now a going concern.

https://assets.hs2.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/130223_West-Ruislip-Portal-and-Golf-Course-works-area.pdf