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Definitely easier to section off, until you get to grid connections. Thankfully, in the case of Oxford, the grid connection (at Foxhall, nr Didcot) is already in place. It's just a question now of un-mothballing the OLE from there to Oxford, including (but not limited to) the switching site at...

Not sure where else to stick this, but Oxhey Grange footbridge on the WCML south of Bushey is due to be demolished at short notice. See link from Network Rail here. I bring it up here as this seems like a potentially decent window to undertake more power supply upgrade works at Bushey, short as...

The Eurostar scrap drags to Kingsbury always left from Platform 5 and were hauled (permissively?) over the North London Incline to reach the ECML, thence taking that to Peterborough. From there, the drags all went via Oakham, Leicester & the Ivanhoe Line before reaching Tamworth. So yes, it...

Ah, the hollow bearer! There must be some trackside cables that require a re-routing through them. No idea where though.

The infrastructure to do so is still notably present between Platforms 2 & 3 at Newcastle, for instance. Not sure when they were last used!

Ah I see - thank you for the summary!

I think the sheer length of closure is mainly for the bridge, which, unlike most of the ones on the Huddersfield 4-tracking section, is being built in the same position as the old one; said bridge just happens to provide the pedestrian access to Church Fenton's platforms. From what I've seen...

[Image shows "Brenda from Bristol" complaining about "another one" happening]

Based on RouteView (Network Rail's air operations) photographs, Newton does appear to have its new FS building in, supplementing the existing. It sits on the trackbed of the old Glasgow Central Railway route between Newton & Carmyle, as does the switch farm from Clyde's Mill 275kV Substation...

Has anyone got the formation for 222605? It was released over the weekend.

I suspect the resources (i.e. labour) for W2B/W2C may well be different to the current alliances on W3/W4 and E234.

The April 2030 part to me reads as showing the whole thing from Leeds to Church Fenton, and doesn't delve into the specifics, so a temporary extension of the electrified area to, say, Cross Gates doesn't feel outwith the realm of possibility.

Are they slewing lines to the right in the second picture? The gantry's position certainly suggests so. Good to see the electrical clearance for any potential future OLE being accounted for too.

I think the AI Slop allegations refer only to the graphic design of the text splashes(?) on the thumbnail. The stylings of them do look as if they've been created by an algorithm in a data centre, rather than the person behind the drone actually typing in the letters on an illustration...

Looking on Google Maps, Clongriffin has the space either side of the island platforms for 4-tracking. See screenshot below:

I know the triangular brackets are already in the UK Master Series design range (and Series 2, UK1, OLEMI Mark III etc before that), so they must be for portals from that range too; either the standard portal profile (e.g. like those seen on Digswell Viaduct on the ECML), or the hexagonal...

Network Rail now reporting that the bridge has reopened to vehicle traffic. https://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/news/kirk-hill-bridge-road-in-sutton-bonington-reopens-as-network-rail-reconstruction-project-nears-completion

Perhaps, but definitely safer. To paraphrase what the late, great John Candy once said about bobsledders' bones in the event of a crash: "Always remember, your porcelain insulators will not break if they get dropped or struck by a projectile. No, no, no. They shatter." There's a reason why you...

Yep, that's UKMS-R1. The Tilbury Loop Line's already been done, about 60-70% of it. The two-track parts of the Southend Victoria branch (except for the Southend Vic approaches) and the GEML (between Shenfield & Beaulieu Park) have also got them. Almost - it's the cantilever that's been...

Seems to be for HS2, if the gov.uk webpage's anything to go by.