New track mileage in the UK in past decade?

[Mcr Warrior]

Anyone know how much new track mileage has been opened in the U.K. in the past decade (and where)?

Not talking here about replacing track on already open routes, or doubling what was previously just a single track, etc., but instead what is effectively completely "new" track (or at the very least the re-opening of a closed line where the track had previously been lifted).

 

[ainsworth74]

High Speed 1, 67 miles from London to the Chunnel.

 

[furryfeet]

dorrington freight terminal

birch coppice freight terminal

stirling - alloa - kincardine

 

[142094]

Sunderland - South Hylton - not sure of the exact distance but it is owned by NR so would count.

 

[The Planner]

Does Birch Coppice count ?? I didnt think the track to Baddesley Colliery had been lifted before Birch opened.

 

[Bedpan]

Allington chord near Grantham.

 

[bluenoxid]

ELL once you get to Shoreditch.

 

[Geezertronic]

dorrington freight terminal

Isn't that Donnington Freight Terminal?

 

[The Planner]

I wouldnt say that counts either as the entrance was never lifted.

Whoops, I thought you meant Castle Donnington

 

[Proud Salopian]

Isn't that Donnington Freight Terminal?

Yup, Donnington, not Dorrington - a signal box on the Shrewsbury to Hereford Line!

 

[krus_aragon]

Porthmadog - Dinas (Welsh Highland Railway)

 

[Railsigns]

Some that haven't been mentioned yet:

Larkhall branch
Maryhill - Anniesland
Heathrow Terminal 5 branch
Greenburn branch (freight only)
Olive Mount Chord (freight only)
Royal Portbury Dock branch (freight only)

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Thanks for all the replies so far. Looks like the High Speed 1 line might be more new track mileage than everything else added together!

stirling - alloa - kincardine

Wasn't there a freight only line in place before the recent improvements?

 

[Stuart Galbraith]

Thanks for all the replies so far. Looks like the High Speed 1 line might be more new track mileage than everything else added together!



Wasn't there a freight only line in place before the recent improvements?

I think they connected it up with a new section of line, im not sure how long.

 

[LM Class 323]

london underground - central line ( Epping To Ongar )

 

[WatcherZero]

More promising for the future, Metrolinks got 4 lines and a short spur, 37.25 miles of new track opening between now and 2016, though 16 of that is conversion of the Oldham Loop.

The first section the Media City spur will open in September, almost 10 years to the month after the last new extension section opened to the public. Does kind of resonate with a decade of little progress.

 

[furryfeet]

airdrie to bathgate

and yes it is donnington (was tired when i wrote the entry )

 

[Proud Salopian]

Various DLR branches.
Surely some new track in S Wales?

And who could forget to mention the 3/4 of a mile of (not exactly high speed) track between Llynclys South and Penygarreg Halt in Shropshire?

Coming up though this decade of course are various projects in Wales and Scotland, as well as Crossrail. 8)

 

[Urbanplanner24]

Sunderland - South Hylton - not sure of the exact distance but it is owned by NR so would count.

10km of new track was laid for the 'Tyne and Wear Metro' extention. Apparently thats 6.2 miles.

 

[142094]

I'm unsure how it is measured, as normal TW track is km but as the extension is on NR metals, it should be miles and chains. Plus I also wonder where the datum point is as well, most likely Sunderland I expect.

 

[LM Class 323]

birmingham x city line ( Redditch - Barnt Green)

 

[Railsigns]

birmingham x city line ( Redditch - Barnt Green)

What about it?

This thread is about lines reopened during the last ten years.

 

[Nightrider]

Some that haven't been mentioned yet:

Larkhall branch
Maryhill - Anniesland
Heathrow Terminal 5 branch
Greenburn branch (freight only)
Olive Mount Chord (freight only)
Royal Portbury Dock branch (freight only)

Wasn,t the Maryhill line always there anyway and used by freight?
New stations certainly.

 

[Ploughman]

What about it?

This thread is about lines reopened during the last ten years.

Actually
Anyone know how much new track mileage has been opened in the U.K. in the past decade (and where)?

Not talking here about replacing track on already open routes, or doubling what was previously just a single track, etc., but instead what is effectively completely "new" track (or at the very least the re-opening of a closed line where the track had previously been lifted).

 

[brad465]

Axminster Loop- 3 miles
High Speed 1- 67 miles
Expansion of London Overground

 

[Railsigns]

Wasn,t the Maryhill line always there anyway and used by freight?
New stations certainly.

No, it was closed and lifted since the 1980s. (I wrote 'Maryhill - Anniesland', not 'Cowlairs - Maryhill'.)

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Axminster Loop- 3 miles

= doubling what was previously just a single track

 

[68000]

Would Drumgelloch to Bathgate be the longest excepting the new HS line?

 

[PhilipW]

Despite the lists above, I think the true answer is "not much".

Rather sadly, I say that too.

 

[Ploughman]

How much has been added in the preservation field. I will allow all gauges to be considered?