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Title: DfT High Level Output Specification - Specimen Capacity Options Post by: Lee on August 20, 2007, 15:53:28 A guide to where extra carriages may be deployed (link below.)
http://www.dft.gov.uk/about/strategy/whitepapers/whitepapercm7176/railwphlsospecimen Relevant to First Great Western : InterCity Express New Intercity Express trains will be trialled in 2012, and will start to enter passenger service from 2015. The Government envisages these replacing Intercity 125s on the East Coast and Great West Main Lines, but then extending progressively to other main lines. In advance of that, Network Rail will be re-engineering the track over which the new trains will run, to provide the greater precision that lighter-weight trains need and to provide passengers with a smoother ride. This work is specified in the Railways Act 2005 Statement. Great Western ^ Provision of additional 2tph 6-car semi-fast Reading-Paddington service, with the existing Paddington - Greenford service running between Greenford and West Ealing at enhanced frequencies. Additional suburban train lengthening, 7-cars in the peak from Reading and 6-cars from Slough. Ten specimen capacity options were developed for English and Welsh regional cities, based on lengthening services in the morning and evening peaks, in response to forecast rising demand. These 10 cities were selected as they currently have the highest commuter rail usage outside the London-commuter belt. They were also identified in Regional Planning Assessments, Route Utilisation Strategies and other industry sources as key rail-commuter cities There is a clear step change between the biggest four, which are specified individually in the HLOS peak capacity specification (Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds and Cardiff) and the second tranche, (Bristol, Liverpool, Sheffield, Nottingham, Newcastle and Leicester), which were evaluated but only specified collectively as 'other urban areas' Additional peak capacity on the following corridors: Bristol Yatton Bath Filton Title: Re: DfT High Level Output Specification - Specimen Capacity Options Post by: Lee on August 24, 2007, 18:11:55 InterCity Express New Intercity Express trains will be trialled in 2012, and will start to enter passenger service from 2015. The Government envisages these replacing Intercity 125s on the East Coast and Great West Main Lines, but then extending progressively to other main lines. In advance of that, Network Rail will be re-engineering the track over which the new trains will run, to provide the greater precision that lighter-weight trains need and to provide passengers with a smoother ride. This work is specified in the Railways Act 2005 Statement. David Redgewell & Chris Irwin give their views on this in the link below. http://www.westpress.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=145786&command=displayContent&sourceNode=231644&home=yes&more_nodeId1=145795&contentPK=18192242 This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |