GRALISTAIR
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And I totally agree with you. You can actually argue that better H&S saves money because of less accidents and deaths etc.
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Transpennine Route Upgrade and Electrification updates
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i can think of several electrification project managers who eould like a word. Come and do it yourself!
jonesy3001
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What is the progress with the TRU upgrade, I know the stalybridge lines are closed overnight for electrification works before the news years day switch on, but the wires might not be used until either may or december 2024.
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And I can think of several who fit the bill perfectly! It wasn't exclusive or a blanket statement, I know and work with many very very good project rail project managers, but there is some out there that end up out of their depth. And actually more prevalent is them being overworked with lack of recruitment causing issues. It doesn't take many to see a project lose control. It is the same for all professions in fairness. I'm no armchair expert I am very much in the machine trying to get stuff delivered.
I just want to add, I think the other two points in my 3 points are far more influential than the Project Management to the cost overruns, my dissertation research many many years ago particularly focussed on those two as main reasons.
59CosG95
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Just passed Colton Jn; teams of orangefolk are out and about in the Dn Leeds cess just SW of the junction and are installing elevated troughing routes, presumably to link up the switching structures at the new CWNS (Carrier Wire Neutral Section).
VolkerRail have also mobilised a bit more in the Dringhouses compound area, next to the Murphys welfare.
VolkerRail have also mobilised a bit more in the Dringhouses compound area, next to the Murphys welfare.
A bridge replacement is due over Christmas but this one is an underbridge, A162 London Road, Barkston Ash.
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jonesy3001
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The TRU page has been updated in the upcoming closures section, wires on the Victoria to stalybridge line are due to go live over the new year period.
Wonder how long it'll be til they get used though.
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Wonder how long it'll be til they get used though.
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themiller
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That’ll be after the beacons have been fitted to the track.The TRU page has been updated in the upcoming closures section, wires on the Victoria to stalybridge line are due to go live over the new year period.
Wonder how long it'll be til they get used though.
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Why? isn't the present signalling fit for purpose, or can't electric units be driven in the same way as diesel are?
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Beacons for class 802s to change mode on the move I believe.
I hadn't thought of those, I was wondering why "suburban" EMU's wouldn't be able to run between Stalybridge and Vic, or 769's on electric to Bolton or somewhere similar.
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Ah think that is waiting for more 323s, I'm sure northern will run the 769s for longer.
Nicholas Lewis
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Another 3B to this project says otherwise
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Perhaps easier to get road funding than rail funding (and a lot easier for roads funding with this current bunch of clowns).
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What do you expect? Give me any government which has prioritised rail over road? It doesn't happen as there are vastly more road users than rail users.
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I thought we might be getting close with Lord Adonis, Lord Mcloughlin (as he now is) and Boris Johnson.
Maybe so but we cannot keep covering the countryside in concrete even if the road transport go electric.
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No, but it won't change whichever government we have. It seems people think if we get a Labour government suddenly all our transport prayers will be answered but history tells me that isn't true and, if I'm honest, I don't see that changing.
GRALISTAIR
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I totally agree. I had high hopes with 2 jags Prescott but it was not to be.
Roads are unfortunately essential to any future. Not least because there are many materials which are too big to be transported bytrain, not to mention transportation of them from where they are produced to a railway, and the road network is essential to this. Although this is perhaps a subjeect for another thread.
Better stop covering the countryside in housing then
Mordac
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They've done that a while ago. Which is why there is a housing crisis.
A reminder that this thread is for the discussion of Transpennine Route Upgrade and electrification updates.
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Traf73
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I tried to get an updated TRU programme on Friday but it is locked in the internal system. After going around the houses for a bit, it appears it has been locked pending a significant revision in the new year.
The Red Doles Road bridge is due to finally get lifted in during January though having been sat in storage for over twelve months.
The Red Doles Road bridge is due to finally get lifted in during January though having been sat in storage for over twelve months.
Press release
www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk
New Year, New Track
As people settle down to commence their New Year festivities, engineers working on Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) will start work at Mirfield station.
www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk
New Year, New Track
As people settle down to commence their New Year festivities, engineers working on Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) will start work at Mirfield station.
www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk
How does that work?
pokemonsuper9
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I assume someone mistyped 30th December and put January.New Year, New Track
As people settle down to commence their New Year festivities, engineers working on Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) will start work at Mirfield station.
How does that work?
The next January with the 30th being a Saturday is 2027, meanwhile the 30th of this December is a Saturday
61653 HTAFC
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I didn't even notice that typo... though I do wonder what the "Station Road Footbridge" being referred to in the press release is. There are no footbridges (yet) anywhere in the vicinity of Mirfield station.
Do we know when this is the date? The only reason I ask because if its a weekend, I suspect, the public footpath under the bridge will be closed blocking access to the Leeds Road area on a matchday, with a long detour.