Strategic Business Plan- Anglia

[jopsuk]

(separate thread to stop discussions about the SBP getting too confused)
There's some interesting stuff in the Anglia plan, available here.

Welcome to the Anglia Route Plan.

This document is a key building block that forms part of Network Rail’s Control Period 5 (CP5) Strategic Business Plan. It sets out the relevant outputs, activity and expenditure at route level to achieve the specified national outputs. It also forecasts long-term activity and expenditure at route level to demonstrate that the route is delivering CP5 outputs based on a sustainable whole-life, whole-system basis and should be read in conjunction with the overall SBP documents that have been produced. This Anglia Route plan sets out how the team intends to deliver a reliable asset infrastructure, which delivers high operational performance for our customers and passengers across a diverse and growing Route in CP5.

The plan enables us to call upon the route’s local expertise, and knowledge of the areas that are served by the rail industry in and around Anglia an essential element in bringing together the many stakeholders and tackling the local challenges required to drive our railway through the next five years and beyond.

Context

The Anglia Route serves the major population centres of the east of the country including Norwich, Ipswich, Chelmsford, Colchester and Cambridge as well as the coastal regions and the North Thames estuary. Passenger services run along with freight to and from some of the country’s most important UK ports at Felixstowe, Harwich and the Thames across the route for onward destinations to the Midlands and beyond.

The North London Line and linked lines carry the London Overground services to the west of London as far as Richmond. Demand for these services has rocketed in recent years with passenger numbers up by over 300 per cent in 4 years and PPM running in excess of 98 per
cent.

This Route Plan

This Route Plan allows us to demonstrate the plans we have for the future, coupled with the maintenance and renewals strategy that are the foundations for success. Crossrail will be a game changer for the east of London – allowing direct services to the centre of the city, west end and out to the very western outskirts, including direct services to Heathrow. The route will assist the delivery of this project by combining forces with the project deliverers to ensure disruption is minimised but maximum advantage is gained for the future.

We trust that this plan reflects the commitment we have in delivering the best railway possible in Anglia and one fit for the population it serves.

One bit that caught my attention relates to the Lea Valley. Whilst the plan is for a third track with a turnback platform at an an unspecified locations, it does however say that the long term plan is still for four tracks, so the addition of the third track and related infrastructure (including bridges to replace level crossings) will have to be built as if it was a four track layout.

 

[w0033944]

(separate thread to stop discussions about the SBP getting too confused)
There's some interesting stuff in the Anglia plan, available here.

One bit that caught my attention relates to the Lea Valley. Whilst the plan is for a third track with a turnback platform at an an unspecified locations, it does however say that the long term plan is still for four tracks, so the addition of the third track and related infrastructure (including bridges to replace level crossings) will have to be built as if it was a four track layout.

I see that roughly 2/3rds of the GEML AHB crossings are to be converted to MCB-OD spec. Is there a list of the sites where this is set to happen?
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Deafening silence.

 

[dk1]

I see that roughly 2/3rds of the GEML AHB crossings are to be converted to MCB-OD spec. Is there a list of the sites where this is set to happen?
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Deafening silence.

Lets hope they fit them with wipers then :roll:

 

[w0033944]

Lets hope they fit them with wipers then :roll:

Sorry dk, my fault, but I'm afraid your quip went straight over my head.

 

[Tomnick]

Presumably referring to the apparent inability for the OD equipment to function correctly for more than a day or two without being cleaned! No idea which crossings are being proposed for conversion, I'm afraid - just a growing doubt that the grand plan has actually been thought through in any detail at a practical level.

 

[w0033944]

Presumably referring to the apparent inability for the OD equipment to function correctly for more than a day or two without being cleaned! No idea which crossings are being proposed for conversion, I'm afraid - just a growing doubt that the grand plan has actually been thought through in any detail at a practical level.

Ah, there was bound to be a hitch!

Thanks for the info. I must confess to a selfish reason for asking, as I use Swainsthorpe AHB most Saturday evenings and, if it's ever converted to MCB-OD, we'll need to leave home earlier in case we have to wait there.

 

[dk1]

Sorry dk, my fault, but I'm afraid your quip went straight over my head.

Was being a tad facetious mate. Got a bit cheesed off with the Ely/Norwich xing problems following re-signalling. Shippea & Eccles are a particular issue but have settled down since a roaving attendent has been about. I have heard that wipers are to be fitted.

 

[lancastrian]

I see that roughly 2/3rds of the GEML AHB crossings are to be converted to MCB-OD spec. Is there a list of the sites where this is set to happen?
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Deafening silence.

Surely the best thing to do would be to replace any level crossing along any main line by either bridging the line, or if possible closing them. The cost should be covered by the Highways Agency, as the railways where there before the roads had this level of traffic.

 

[jopsuk]

most of them will be local authority roads, not Highways Agency. If you're insisting the railway doesn't pay, then it comes out of Council Tax...

 

[lancastrian]

most of them will be local authority roads, not Highways Agency. If you're insisting the railway doesn't pay, then it comes out of Council Tax...

Fair enough, I accept that some crossings on secondary and branch lines it wouldn't be cost effective, but I was talking about Main Lines. Surely even local councils would be glad to have the crossings abolished, from a safety point of view.

This needs to be done to stop people either suiciding on level crossings, and stopping the morons who try and race the train.

 

[jopsuk]

This needs to be done to stop people either suiciding on level crossings, a

by giving them a bridge to leap off?

 

[w0033944]

Plus, in the case of Swainsthorpe, the crossing is in the centre of the village, with driveways on either side of the line, so, if you wanted to replace the crossing with a bridge, you'd have to dig the railway line down in a cutting. It's a relatively quiet road by an urban members' standards, but, for some reason, it has attracted the suicidal rather frequently over the past few years.
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Was being a tad facetious mate. Got a bit cheesed off with the Ely/Norwich xing problems following re-signalling. Shippea & Eccles are a particular issue but have settled down since a roaving attendent has been about. I have heard that wipers are to be fitted.

Delays today apparently between Eccles Rd and Harling Rd due to crossing problems - snow on the radar heads?:roll:

 

[dk1]

Delays today apparently between Eccles Rd and Harling Rd due to crossing problems - snow on the radar heads?:roll:

Isnt it absolutley scandalous that this utter cr*p has been installed. Been a joke since day one & is trashing GA & EMT previous good performance across the Breckland line.

 

[CockneySparrow]

Isnt it absolutley scandalous that this utter cr*p has been installed. Been a joke since day one & is trashing GA & EMT previous good performance across the Breckland line.

EMT performance wouldn't be that bad in context, they have a very generous timescale to get from Nottingham, Liverpool and Manchester into Norwich

It very often arrives in Norwich some 8 minutes ahead of schedule, it also arrives back in Ely well before it should do

 

[dk1]

EMT performance wouldn't be that bad in context, they have a very generous timescale to get from Nottingham, Liverpool and Manchester into Norwich

It very often arrives in Norwich some 8 minutes ahead of schedule, it also arrives back in Ely well before it should do

They do have quite generous recovery but then again they do travel an awfully long way. Unfortunatley the new signalling is more restrictive on the down road & if it is less than 7 minutes ahead of the Cambridge-Norwich from Ely will almost certainly impact on the performance of that service, This weeks delays have been in excess of 20 minutes due to six crossings failing in the snow,