Transpennine Route Upgrade and Electrification updates

[Batley Lad]

Batley - Former Adwalton line at Lady Anne Crossing.

I thought they had finished cutting the retaining wall here until today. Today’s cut is a diagonal one on the corner of the abutment.



Rutland Road

Concrete pour here today.

 

[Geeves]

Looks like potentially some testing was done today, 185144 and 150 went up and entered the T3 beyond Marsden at 0900 this morning and are due back out at 1630

 

[Batley Lad]

Batley - Former Adwalton line at Lady Anne Crossing.

Cutting of the retaining wall appears to be complete now. All machinery and waste materials cleared.



New signal spotted having a lie down before being put to work! This one is between Lady Anne crossing and the new footbridge - up Leeds line.



New Footbridge

Work on the Adwalton side continues with shuttering of the rebar and embankment grading. Footings for the trackside support have advanced.

 

[LittleAH]

Looks like potentially some testing was done today, 185144 and 150 went up and entered the T3 beyond Marsden at 0900 this morning and are due back out at 1630

Nope. An emergency excercise was held in standedge involving those sets.

 

[Geeves]

Thankyou for that SuperNova, makes perfect sense to do some now

 

[standish1]

We assume Stalybridge is open tomorrow ? According to RTT it is.

 

[CAF397]

OLE between Manchester Victoria (Bromley Street) and Baguley Fold Jn Neutral section is energised on Sunday 9th April at 0001. Must be treated as live from this date and time.

 

[snowball]

Press release

Passengers kept moving by train during major Easter upgrade work between Leeds and York

As part of the multi-billion-pound Transpennine Route Upgrade, we will be carrying out a series of improvements between Leeds and Neville Hill on Easter Sunday - and the newly-reinforced line through Castleford will help us keep passengers moving while we carry out this work.

www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk

As part of the multi-billion-pound Transpennine Route Upgrade, we will be carrying out a series of improvements between Leeds and Neville Hill on Easter Sunday - and the newly-reinforced line through Castleford will help us keep passengers moving while we carry out this work.

Teams of engineers will install new overhead line equipment and two new pipelines beneath the track to safely carry signalling cables beneath the line. They will also be carrying out surveys of the ground and structures along the railway.

This essential work will allow the future re-modellng of the track layout and support the electrification of the line east of Leeds, enabling faster, quieter, greener and more frequent trains on this key line linking the cities of York, Leeds and Manchester.

Passengers can keep their plans on track while this work takes place throughout Easter Sunday (Sunday 9 April) as the majority of trains between Leeds and York, and Leeds and Hull will continue to run via the Castleford route, with rail replacement buses serving local intermediate stations between Leeds and York, and Leeds and Selby, to ensure people can get to and from where they want to go.

People planning to catch the train should check before they travel via National Rail Enquiries or their train operator for the latest updates.

Over the last two years, the Castleford line has undergone major work to make it more resilient, with new track, improved signalling and a new entrance in and out of Holbeck depot to remove congestion and increase capacity. The improvements will be on show this Easter as the line is used as a vital diversion route, carrying an additional two trains per hour.

 

[bob007]

Credit where credit is due, the 0711 arrival in to MAN wasn’t cancelled and arrived 1 minute early in fact. Pretty good for the first day running after the works. I’m sure normal TPE service will resume shortly though

Anyone know why RTT has no data for Greenfield and Mossley (“no report”) for the first couple of services this morning? Were they skipped?

 

[Revaulx]

Credit where credit is due, the 0711 arrival in to MAN wasn’t cancelled and arrived 1 minute early in fact. Pretty good for the first day running after the works. I’m sure normal TPE service will resume shortly though

Anyone know why RTT has no data for Greenfield and Mossley (“no report”) for the first couple of services this morning? Were they skipped?

Dunno, but 2M70 has just left Greenfield bang on time

 

[snowball]

Press release with video

First electric trains on Transpennine Route Upgrade in sight, as Stalybridge station reopens

The Transpennine Route Upgrade continues to build towards the future of electric rail travel in the North, as industry leaders hail the latest upgrade work at Stalybridge station.

www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk

The Transpennine Route Upgrade continues to build towards the future of electric rail travel in the North, as industry leaders hail the latest upgrade work at Stalybridge station.

Engineers worked around the clock over 26-days to complete their largest phase of work to date, including a full junction remodelling, installing over 2km of new track and 23 new signals, upgrading 13 crossovers and fitting new overhead line equipment for future electrification, which will improve journeys along this key route.

 

[GRALISTAIR]

So, on time and on budget then?

 

[Freightmaster]

Anyone know why RTT has no data for Greenfield and Mossley (“no report”) for the first couple of services this morning? Were they skipped?

As well as full resignalling of the Stalybridge area itself, the line from Stalybridge to Diggle
has also been 'recontrolled' to Manchester ROC with new berth numbers, hence the lack
of data which relied on the old berth numbers.

I've just finished updating my signalling map of the area and I understand that Railcam will
have theirs done later this afternoon.




MARK

 

[Geeves]

In addition to the new signalling because the Manchester ROC north panel was becoming so huge ARS is now running Stalybridge.

 

[Halish Railway]

Are trains heading towards Manchester Victoria running at 50mph today?

I ask as initially trains using the realigned Miles Platting Curve ran at the old 30mph limit before adopting the 55mph limit.

 

[cuemaster]

Are trains heading towards Manchester Victoria running at 50mph today?

I ask as initially trains using the realigned Miles Platting Curve ran at the old 30mph limit before adopting the 55mph limit.

Post #6407, if i understand correctly means that 50mph can be maintained through Stalybridge and onwards where as before the speed limit reduced to 25mph. From previous posts today it looks like trains are back running normally.

 

[Halish Railway]

From previous posts today it looks like trains are back running normally.

So at the new limit to the west of the station?

 

[323 Class]

Had a visit to Stalybridge yesterday to observe the changes sin the 26 day closure.
Lotts of metal has gone up but plenty more to errect

 

[snowball]

More pictures posted by Freel07 on Skyscrapercity including some of the same views in @323 Class's post above.

Electrification

So the much needed electrification of routes out of Manchester will after all take place, despite the Spending Review, though there is some anger that the time for the work has been extended so that it won't be finished until 2016 at the earliest. More details here...

www.skyscrapercity.com

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Well my glass is half full answer is that I am pleased with the progress and good to see so many piles and masts up. Good to see.

 

[Batley Lad]

Batley - Former Adwalton line at Lady Anne Crossing.

The work here is now focused on grading the embankment and shaping the new footpath alignment from the new footbridge location.

Some concrete delivery from Howley Lane side of the the works to the trackside footbridge support has taken place. The photos below show the clean up of the concrete supply pipes. Additionally, the embankment works.




Rutland Road

The bridge landing has been cast here and awaits backfill, reinstatement of stone walling, roadside kerbs and surfacing of both road and footpath.

The Adwalton landing has been cast with some excavation of surrounding material. Some grading of the embankment here also.

 

[LNW-GW Joint]

Yes, good to see the new layout in service.
It's telling that the lead post in the skyscrapercity thread (written in 2010) is bemoaning that electrification will not be finished until...2016.
I for one am surprised at the scale of the remodelling at Stalybridge, considering the amount of work, including resignalling, only recently delivered.
I hate to think of the total cost of both projects.
I think the Stoke area was also remodelled twice during WCRM, and of course there's the Stockport saga, still incomplete.

 

[Bald Rick]

I think the Stoke area was also remodelled twice during WCRM

fairly sure that‘s not the case.

 

[Tim_UK]

As well as full resignalling of the Stalybridge area itself, the line from Stalybridge to Diggle
has also been 'recontrolled' to Manchester ROC with new berth numbers, hence the lack
of data which relied on the old berth numbers.

Does that mean Diggle signal box is now out of use?

And best to drop an email to real time trains. They might already be doing the updates but email is the best way to tell them of problems.

 

[LNW-GW Joint]

fairly sure that‘s not the case.

If I remember properly, the initial work was from an early Railtrack design around Longport, and replicated all the slow crossovers in the area.
There was then a second build which swept away all that (mostly redundant) and increased the linespeed.
There was also the re-visit at Stoke itself to build out P1 onto the former through line, also permitting a linespeed increase.
From memory these rebuilds were ordered by the SRA to improve on the "like for like" Railtrack renewals.

 

[Howardh]

Had a visit to Stalybridge yesterday to observe the changes sin the 26 day closure.
Lotts of metal has gone up but plenty more to errect
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I rode the line yesterday (Bolton - Stalybridge then Mossley) and noted we arrived slightly early!! As an aside I think the 6 minutes scheduled between arrival and the arrival of the stopping train towards Huddersfield is a bit tight, especially as one has to transfer from Platform 2 to 3 (which nearly caught out fellow Bury fans) - would love to know why the stopping train can't arrive on P2 > although I think a fast train "overtakes" it using 2?

Anyhow, back to the works, when will the wires be put in, and how long will that take, and will the line be closed again??

 

[snowball]

Anyhow, back to the works, when will the wires be put in, and how long will that take, and will the line be closed again??

The press release in #6461 says

Additional follow up work will also take place at Stalybridge on 15/16 April, 22/23 April, 29/30 April and 20/21 May. Passengers should check before they travel for the latest updates.

but that may not mean wires. There are still some supports to go in.

 

[Howardh]

The press release in #6461 says

but that may not mean wires. There are still some supports to go in.

Okay, so wires over the summer (?), hopefully weekends and avoid the lengthy closure?

 

[snowball]

Don't know. See posts #5008 and #5016 in the Skyscrapercity thread.

Electrification

So the much needed electrification of routes out of Manchester will after all take place, despite the Spending Review, though there is some anger that the time for the work has been extended so that it won't be finished until 2016 at the earliest. More details here...

www.skyscrapercity.com

 

[jfollows]

If I remember properly, the initial work was from an early Railtrack design around Longport, and replicated all the slow crossovers in the area.
There was then a second build which swept away all that (mostly redundant) and increased the linespeed.
There was also the re-visit at Stoke itself to build out P1 onto the former through line, also permitting a linespeed increase.
From memory these rebuilds were ordered by the SRA to improve on the "like for like" Railtrack renewals.

I'm fairly sure that nothing was done with platform 1 at Stoke-on-Trent; the up main as was was removed and the platform line became the up main. The old up main and down lines were 30mph but the turnout into the up platform was 15mph. The up pointwork was removed and the down & up main (platform 2) is now 40mph whereas the up main (platform 1) is 45mph with 30mph in the down direction.
However if this warrants further discussion it probably shouldn't be in this thread!
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