RMweb Gold geoff Posted January 10, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 10, 2018 BBC local news for Northamptonshire has an article about the closure of Cottingham Road bridge in Corby for seven months starting January 19th. This is the bridge situated immediately to north (Manton end) of Corby station. the bridge is to be rebuilt to allow for the electrification as units will lay over in the sidings on the Manton side of the bridge. Geoff http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-england-northamptonshire-42585942?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=5a561f15e4b0ebf516d9deae%26Corby%20bridge%20to%20close%20for%20seven%20months%26&ns_fee=0#post_5a561f15e4b0ebf516d9deae Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RANGERS Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 BBC local news for Northamptonshire has an article about the closure of Cottingham Road bridge in Corby for seven months starting January 19th. This is the bridge situated immediately to north (Manton end) of Corby station. the bridge is to be rebuilt to allow for the electrification as units will lay over in the sidings on the Manton side of the bridge. Geoff http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-england-northamptonshire-42585942?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=5a561f15e4b0ebf516d9deae%26Corby%20bridge%20to%20close%20for%20seven%20months%26&ns_fee=0#post_5a561f15e4b0ebf516d9deae Controversially, this morning brought news of a further blockade between Kettering and Corby which will mean all trains replaced with buses for a two week period during these bridgeworks. There's been no word from EMT or NR yet but the news emerged after an internal operations document was leaked. There's already been some serious questioning over the need to close Cottingham Rd bridge for so long. A near identical structure, but shorter span, was replaced at Glendon over a six week period. This latest news has come as a major blow given road access to the station will be disrupted as a result of the works. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dava Posted January 10, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 10, 2018 EMT is not winning any friends at the moment, running shortened train formations, gross overcrowding at peak times and on the back of a major fare increase. I'm off to Bournemouth tomorrow so we;ll see if CrossCountry is any better. Dava Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium phil-b259 Posted January 11, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 11, 2018 (edited) Controversially, this morning brought news of a further blockade between Kettering and Corby which will mean all trains replaced with buses for a two week period during these bridgeworks. There's been no word from EMT or NR yet but the news emerged after an internal operations document was leaked. There's already been some serious questioning over the need to close Cottingham Rd bridge for so long. A near identical structure, but shorter span, was replaced at Glendon over a six week period. This latest news has come as a major blow given road access to the station will be disrupted as a result of the works. And? This morning it has been announced there will be a series of two week long blockades on the Brighton Main Line to try and sort out various issues in Balcombe, Haywards Heath, Clayton and Patcham tunnels - I don't think regular BML users are going to be very pleased given the years of disruption they have already suffered. https://www.networkrail.co.uk/feeds/passengers-advised-to-plan-ahead-as-brighton-main-line-rail-improvement-project-is-announced-for-october-2018-and-february-2019/ Railway improvement works disrupting passengers journeys is a fact of life - not everything can be done overnight / during short weekend closures / with trains continuing to run on other lines. Edited January 11, 2018 by phil-b259 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RANGERS Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 And? This morning it has been announced there will be a series of two week long blockades on the Brighton Main Line to try and sort out various issues in Balcombe, Haywards Heath, Clayton and Patcham tunnels - I don't think regular BML users are going to be very pleased given the years of disruption the have suffered. https://www.networkrail.co.uk/feeds/passengers-advised-to-plan-ahead-as-brighton-main-line-rail-improvement-project-is-announced-for-october-2018-and-february-2019/ Railway improvement works disrupting passengers journeys is a fact of life - not everything can be done overnight / during short wekend closures / with trains continuing to run on other lines. You answered your own question, Brighton line customers warned of disruption Oct 2018 -Feb 2019, Corby passengers not yet told of disruption Feb 2018. The lack of communication and any explanation as to why two basically similar tasks should have such a variation in the time taken to complete is the key point. The bridge concerned is beyond the track length most Corby trains use but there’s been zero communication on the blockade, which starts in less than a month and adds 50% to London journeys. The bridge works were known, the blockade and bus replacement, which is scheduled for two weeks but has provision for up to six, has yet to be announced. Neither EMT or NR have commented or responded to requests for confirmation. Everyone appreciates there will be disruption but communication to allow travel choices to be made is key. In this instance there has been zero, customers have every right to feel aggrieved. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmporiaSub Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 You answered your own question, Brighton line customers warned of disruption Oct 2018 -Feb 2019, Corby passengers not yet told of disruption Feb 2018. The lack of communication and any explanation as to why two basically similar tasks should have such a variation in the time taken to complete is the key point. The bridge concerned is beyond the track length most Corby trains use but there’s been zero communication on the blockade, which starts in less than a month and adds 50% to London journeys. The bridge works were known, the blockade and bus replacement, which is scheduled for two weeks but has provision for up to six, has yet to be announced. Neither EMT or NR have commented or responded to requests for confirmation. Everyone appreciates there will be disruption but communication to allow travel choices to be made is key. In this instance there has been zero, customers have every right to feel aggrieved. Yet, it is in the NRES Journey Planner! Buses between Corby and Kettering! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RANGERS Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 (edited) Yet, it is in the NRES Journey Planner! Buses between Corby and Kettering! Thats only appeared since yesterday, journeys on the EMT site at least showed nothing different when we checked yesterday. There's still no mention on the NR website with the rest of the news on the upgrade or on the EMT travel info' yet, only on the journey planner and buried in the upgrade works news for Feb which shows it as a five day closure, not the two weeks currently planned. Presumably the indication is they expect it can be achieved in that timeframe. Its baffling why there's been no advance notification or why EMT are so reluctant to talk about it. They have announced an information session at Corby next Tuesday, from 2.30 until 6, which misses the morning and evening trains most commuters use. There's no indication in the advance publicity for this of bus replacement, merely that its to update on the bridge works. Edited January 11, 2018 by RANGERS Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ess1uk Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Carrilion in liquidation Wonder how this will affect the project? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dava Posted January 15, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 15, 2018 Carrilion in liquidation Wonder how this will affect the project? Or Crapbillion as we might term the biggest bells-up in recent corporate history. Not funny for those unfortunate to be employed, pensioners or subcontractors thereof. Dava Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RANGERS Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Carrilion in liquidation Wonder how this will affect the project? Who knows, it might explain some of the reluctance to talk about the bridge works, which may well now be delayed. Not sure if it was Carillion who were carrying out the reconstruction of the bridge at Corby but the track works were theirs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RANGERS Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 According to Network Rail at a customer communication event in Corby last week, the collapse of Carillion will have no impact on the electrification programme, "...this is a Network Rail project and involves a number of contractors who are delivering it. Network Rail can effectively manage these contractors directly to maintain the plan....". Begs the question what exactly were Carillion doing to contribute and earn their substantial share of the cost? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold geoff Posted January 26, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 26, 2018 Here is a link to the latest item regarding the track up grade. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-42837792 Geoff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ess1uk Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 Here is a link to the latest item regarding the track up grade. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-42837792 Geoff Really?I rode on the “first” train to Corby as a16 year old kid in April 1987, so how did Corby not have a station until 2009? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RANGERS Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 Really? I rode on the “first” train to Corby as a16 year old kid in April 1987, so how did Corby not have a station until 2009? Slack factual presentation! That "station", in reality merely the former down line platform, only lasted from April 13th 1987 until June 2nd 1990 when services were withdrawn. The current station opened for business on Feb 25th 2009 on the site of the original 1897 station which had closed in 1967. Corby's path to rail prosperity has been a tortuous one, having lost passenger services twice in 25 years then suffering the indignity of having a shiny new £8m station open with only one train a day and a rail replacement bus covering the connections to the network for the first few months Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold geoff Posted February 2, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 2, 2018 Just a couple of pictures showing progress at Harrowden Junction. IMG_5384 by Geoffrey Robinson, on Flickr The beginnings of a connection between the new up slow and the existing down slow at Harrowden Junction. IMG_5387 by Geoffrey Robinson, on Flickr Sleepers laid ready for rail stretch south from Harrowden Junction through Bush Bridge and on towards Wellingborough. Wellingborough Up TC sidings, formerly Neilson's sidings in the background. Geoff 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
73c Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 Just waiting on the delivery from C&L Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renko Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 Dear forum members I used to travel the route from London to Sheffield as a student back in the late 1980's and have never been back since. Just wanted to ask a couple of questions if somebody has a brief moment. 1. Is the route north of Corby also single-track or did it escape rationalisation? 2. Is the section between Bedford and Kettering to be tripled or will the entire section be quadrupled again? Thanks very much in advance! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Bear Digital Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 Dear forum members I used to travel the route from London to Sheffield as a student back in the late 1980's and have never been back since. Just wanted to ask a couple of questions if somebody has a brief moment. 1. Is the route north of Corby also single-track or did it escape rationalisation? 2. Is the section between Bedford and Kettering to be tripled or will the entire section be quadrupled again? Thanks very much in advance! 1- Corby north to Manton is double track with a long signal block section which changes after next weekend. 2- Bedford to Kettering is currently 2 fast and 2 slow north to Sharnbrook, 2 fast and bi-directional slow to Kettering south then 2 fast/2 slow to Kettering. Currently having the 2nd slowline being reinstated between Sharnbrook and Kettering South to be ready for May next year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renko Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 1- Corby north to Manton is double track with a long signal block section which changes after next weekend. 2- Bedford to Kettering is currently 2 fast and 2 slow north to Sharnbrook, 2 fast and bi-directional slow to Kettering south then 2 fast/2 slow to Kettering. Currently having the 2nd slowline being reinstated between Sharnbrook and Kettering South to be ready for May next year. Thank you very much! I suppose that makes London St. Pancras to Kettering the longest quadruple line in the world...again. From Melton Mowbray, are the chords to Leicester and Loughborough double? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwin_m Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 The east to south curve at Syston is single but the east to north curve is double. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shed Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 when i went past Geddington station the other day there didn't seem to be many masts up Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold geoff Posted March 8, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 8, 2018 (edited) Some photos of the new signalling at Kettering station following the commissioning of the down line to Corby. IMG_5424 by Geoffrey Robinson, on Flickr The old signal bridge at the north end of Kettering station stands forlorn and devoid of signals awaiting its fate while the new one commands the now operational down line to Corby and Manton Junction. IMG_5426 by Geoffrey Robinson, on Flickr The new signal bridge at the north end of Kettering station. IMG_5425 by Geoffrey Robinson, on Flickr One of the new LED Banner repeaters at Kettering. This one is on platform 2, on the down slow, for reverse running.IMG_5438 by Geoffrey Robinson, on Flickr One of many new platform indicators installed on Kettering station, this one on platform 4, the down main. IMG_5457 by Geoffrey Robinson, on Flickr 222011 Sheffield City Batallion 1914-1918 pulls out of platform 2 at Kettering signalled for the new down line to Corby. IMG_5461 by Geoffrey Robinson, on Flickr One of the new LED Banner repeaters at Kettering. This one is on the down slow, for reverse running, on platform 2. 222011 runs into platform 1 with the 1116 Corby to St Pancras service. Geoff Edited March 8, 2018 by geoff 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold geoff Posted March 8, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 8, 2018 A couple of pictures from Saturday. Not entirely related to the electrification but showing the new down line in use and the new signalling arrangements for the main line at Kettering North Junction. IMG_5417 by Geoffrey Robinson, on Flickr 1Z57 0610 Ealing Broadway to York, 70013 Oliver Cromwell accelerates away from Kettering North junction passing the decommissioned signal bridge for the Leicester line on the newly re-instated down Manton line, 5 minutes late at 0958 after an early arrival at Kettering and a 1 minute late departure. IMG_5419 by Geoffrey Robinson, on Flickr 1Z57 0610 Ealing Broadway to York, 70013 Oliver Cromwell accelerates away from Kettering North junction passing the decommissioned signal bridge for the Leicester line on the newly re-instated down Manton line, 5 minutes late at 0958 after an early arrival at Kettering and a 1 minute late departure. IMG_5423 by Geoffrey Robinson, on Flickr The new signal bridge on the Leicester line protecting Kettering North Junction. Geoff 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold geoff Posted March 16, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 16, 2018 Just found this Network Rail video on Youtube. Geoff 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 I see that the video now refers all this work as part of the Midland Mainline Improvement Programme. MML electrification (apart from the Corby bit) is now well and truly dead. The NR video has a very sixties feel to it; especially from the aspect of the voice-over and script. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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