Christmas Trackwork

[Ploughman]

Any idea on what was planned for over the Xmas period?
Bridge at Teeside.
Track renewal at York
Bridge at Reading (Delayed I believe due water in foundations)
Bridge at Doncaster (Delayed by high winds)

Any more?

 

[73001]

Bridge replacement at Sandhills (Merseyrail Northern Line) between 25th and 28th Dec and I think some work on the freight line to Seaforth Docks.

 

[swt_passenger]

New junctions at Didcot East and Didcot North (continuing this week)...

 

[Rich_D3167]

Brocklesby Junction has been renewed over the period. Closed at 21:00 on Christmas Eve and reopened at 02:00 this morning.

 

[68000]

Closure of Paisley SC and transfer to West of Scotland SC
New line on the Paisley corridor

 

[Tin Rocket]

40 odd new timbers in at watford junction over 3 nights/2 days,nice little earner it was to

 

[WatcherZero]

Staff in pickers working on the OHLE at Wigan NW as I returned home 10pm on Boxing Day.

 

[syorksdeano]

Bridge replacement just outside Sheffield (Woodseats Road bridge) but delayed by high winds

 

[MK Tom]

Track renewals north and south of Milton Keynes Central on the fast lines.

 

[The Planner]

About bloody time, there has been a TSR on the down fast for what seems like years...

 

[ChiefPlanner]

About bloody time, there has been a TSR on the down fast for what seems like years...

I understand the DF was put in with "the wrong kind of waterproofing" - hence a major dig out and re-laying of membranes etc. Been on a long time that TSR !

 

[Waddon]

Not really trackwork, but the old post office bridge across all the platforms at East Croydon was removed over Christmas

 

[Minstral25]

Again possibly not trackwork but Redhill to Purley is closed until 3rd January for I understand "embankment" works - but putting 1 and 1 together they are possibly upgrading the points at Stoats Nest Junction to allow faster crossover. Still needs a flyover!

 

[boing_uk]

Hmm, well I dont know which bit of Brocklesby Jcn they have been working on, but the ride over the pointwork was quite lively in the 170 I was on GMB to MAN last night...

 

[Old Timer]

I understand the DF was put in with "the wrong kind of waterproofing" - hence a major dig out and re-laying of membranes etc. Been on a long time that TSR !

Cannot see why this should have led to a TSR.

As Network Rail specified the formation design and supervised this work one wonders who will be paying the bill for the re-work ?

 

[swt_passenger]

Again possibly not trackwork but Redhill to Purley is closed until 3rd January for I understand "embankment" works - but putting 1 and 1 together they are possibly upgrading the points at Stoats Nest Junction to allow faster crossover. Still needs a flyover!

It really is embankment works though, as we discussed a few weeks back?

http://www.railforums.co.uk/showthread.php?t=56545

 

[Minstral25]

It really is embankment works though, as we discussed a few weeks back?

http://www.railforums.co.uk/showthread.php?t=56545

Yep, I remember that thread but I had a conversation with Southern afterwards about a separate issue and they mentioned Stoats Nest is being replaced with a high speed junction early in the new year which is why I was putting 1+1 together!