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Re: South Wales Mainline Electrification

PostPosted: Wed Jul 26, 2017 12:20 pm
by Simon_SW17
Simon__200 wrote:What's the August disruption in the Severn Tunnel then? It's being described as electrification in the news.


From National Rail website;

During late summer and autumn 2017 Network Rail are undertaking a key part of the Great Western Modernisation by electrifying the railway through tunnels between Bristol Parkway and Swindon. They are also constructing a new platform at Bristol Parkway station to increase capacity. Work will also be taking place in Cardiff, part of Network Rail’s programme to lower the track in the area ahead of installing overhead wires by late 2018.

Re: South Wales Mainline Electrification

PostPosted: Wed Jul 26, 2017 3:15 pm
by Simon__200
I was going by this article
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-sout ... s-40702453

Rail services between Cardiff and Newport will be cut for two months because of upgrade work.
Between 19 August and 3 September, trains will be reduced with buses replacing trains over the bank holiday.
Then from 23 September to 29 October, a second phase of work to prepare the line for electrification will see services reduced again.
During this period, the Severn Tunnel will also close on weekends for maintenance with trains diverted.

Electric trains are set to start running between Cardiff and London in the autumn.
Network Rail's Andy Thomas said: "We recognise that passengers will face some disruption, and we understand how frustrating this can be but this work is essential in preparing Cardiff for new electric trains."

Re: South Wales Mainline Electrification

PostPosted: Wed Jul 26, 2017 7:00 pm
by Zach
Severn Tunnel will also close on weekends for maintenance


Could they not have done it when it was closed for 2 months last year?

This is why this project's spending is out of control.

Re: South Wales Mainline Electrification

PostPosted: Mon Oct 16, 2017 10:44 pm
by Simon__200
http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/1 ... ef=twtrec#

"The 10-carriage service has 24% more seating capacity than its predecessor, the High Speed Train, and will boast 40% more seats."
Huh?

Re: South Wales Mainline Electrification

PostPosted: Tue Oct 17, 2017 3:34 am
by Zach
Travelling around japan on the Shinkasen trains and you just realise how backward the uk has now become.
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Re: South Wales Mainline Electrification

PostPosted: Tue Oct 17, 2017 8:40 pm
by george
Our trains still dump excrement on our railway lines... you don't need to travel far to see how backwards our network is...

Re: South Wales Mainline Electrification

PostPosted: Mon Jul 23, 2018 8:11 pm
by Frank
This has been quiet of late. Surely it should be completed soon. I've noticed something odd about trains coming from London recently. They appear to have another engine in the middle of the train. Are the trains being split?

Re: South Wales Mainline Electrification

PostPosted: Mon Jul 23, 2018 8:51 pm
by Mr Blue Sky
Frank wrote:This has been quiet of late. Surely it should be completed soon. I've noticed something odd about trains coming from London recently. They appear to have another engine in the middle of the train. Are the trains being split?


It was announced a couple of weeks ago that this wouldn’t go live till 2019.

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/business/ ... d-14876447

Re: South Wales Mainline Electrification

PostPosted: Mon Jul 23, 2018 8:57 pm
by Cardiffbay
Frank wrote:This has been quiet of late. Surely it should be completed soon. I've noticed something odd about trains coming from London recently. They appear to have another engine in the middle of the train. Are the trains being split?

GWR has got 2 types of new trains. They are either 9 coach sets or 5 coach sets. The 5 coach sets are run in pairs on busy routes taking them to 10 coaches but can be split to 5 coaches on quiet routes. As for the electrification the cables are now being hung around Bristol with some now as far as the Severn tunnel. Still seems to be taking an age though.

Re: South Wales Mainline Electrification

PostPosted: Tue Jul 24, 2018 8:11 am
by Ash
Cardiffbay wrote:As for the electrification the cables are now being hung around Bristol with some now as far as the Severn tunnel. Still seems to be taking an age though.


Genuine questions. Why are Network rail so bad at electrification? Every project seems either to get cancelled or to go horrendously over budget.

This is hardly new technology so why does it happen? Is it to do with how the railway industry is stuctured, loss of expertise during privatisation or what?

Will Keolis Amey be any better?