Recent content by Who Cares

Come on...You're better than that. Unless, of course, you're genuinely suggesting that all freight traffic ( and there's already quite a bit of it and increasing ) should be banned between Didcot and Tileurst, which I don't think you are....

Of course you may be right....NR do have form in bull****t*ng about this Project....

As you describe.... Both the North Wessex AONB and the Chilterns AONB are discussing with NR the track in the Goring Gap between roughly Pangbourne and Moulsford where the track cuts through both AsONB, and which is all four track. The North Wessex AONB are also discussing ( I believe, but...

GRALISTER.... I'm no more an engineer than I am astronaut....I believe you entirely. Certainly nobody involved expects NR to put any outstanding project work on hold to prioritise any re-installations in the AsONB All that I was trying to say, perhaps too simply, is that I assume the...

NR have said that completion of the electrification project through to Cardiff ( or is it now Bristol ? ) has priority. Any replacement would be after this, and would, presumably, take place overnight just as it does now. Route miles - about half of which is double track, not four track...

Just a reality check…. About HSTE’d’s comment of ‘ Add another billion pounds to this project ‘…. Absolutely untrue. The additional costs would be only a very small fraction of a billion pounds. The ongoing discussions with the AsONB are to potentially replace about 25 miles of OLE, or...

I hope I'm allowed to thank everyone ! As you may or may not be aware, NR have been busy commissioning engineering, environmental and visual improvement studies for consultation with the AsONB regarding the possible replacement of the existing OLE where it passes through the AsONB. This...

I know that old fashioned courtesy and respect is no longer in fashion these days, but I'm a bit surprised you should think I'm not appreciative. And the answer to your question is YES and NO - YES I'm involved with the different groups ( communities, residents and AsONB ) who together have...

Thanks everyone....Genuinely appreciated.

COPPER.... Any chance that you can provide a link to these EU regulations, please ? The most appropriate link that I can find is this one - http://orr.gov.uk/about-orr/what-we-do/the-law/eu-law including additional links And which suggests that NR should have been aware of any...

This is really just too crazy to be true - three or is it four years into this Project and only now do they start thinking about the importance of, just perhaps, having to knock down a listed bridge. As the Daily HateMail would say...You couldn't make it up.....

STEVE.... So are we safe to assume that the mileage between Swindon and Bath and then Bath and Cardiff will eventually become available after snagged and post-snagged snagging for 'electrified' operation approx two and a half years after all piling has been completed - say, mid 2020 / 2021 ...

I've spent the last couple of weeks in South Stoke, near Goring. Despite the OLE having been in place for almost two years now, and reported to have been 'live' since July of this year, the past two weeks there has been overnight working almost every night. Two years and counting of overnight...

STEVE.... Then you have misinterpreted my comment and intention - sorry ! I deliberately said ' Design, Planning, Implementation ' and nothing about the Hard-Hats out there actually doing the work because they are not responsible for the overly complex designs; didn't spec and then...

STEVE.... I think you're rather making my point for me....