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« Reply #1080 on: December 25, 2018, 13:41:13 » |
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Is there any more works at filton or Bristol east junction this xmas.
Signalling work at Parkway, electrification work in the Severn Tunnel until 1 January, work to finish Filton Abbey Wood, and I think building work at Stapleton Road. Plus tamping along the whole length of the line along Filton Bank. More here.Thought they had already electrified the tunnel 2 years ago, just needing a switch on. |
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« Reply #1081 on: January 02, 2019, 12:24:26 » |
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Has the final phase of the signalling of the filton bank been completed, allowing trains from BPW» to run to plat 2 at FAW?.
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« Reply #1082 on: January 09, 2019, 12:56:17 » |
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For those who like this kind of thing, here's a timelapse of the Filton Bank blockade: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPVh1xb3XjMI'm a huge fan of the LEMs - they remind me of Huey, Duey and Louie on Silent Running... |
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« Reply #1083 on: January 09, 2019, 22:02:11 » |
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Not the LEM Lunar Excursion Modules of the moon program but the Huey, Duey and Louie thing makes a nice link. Top film IMO▸ though. Incidentally, had a look at progress at Stapleton Road Station a couple of days back with the now very progressed bridge ramp. To me it makes the whole place look more, well, "Stationy" and looking less forlorn than the old bare platforms post demolition of the old original structures. Not pretty, I grant you but looking less neglected. |
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« Reply #1084 on: January 11, 2019, 09:24:20 » |
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Another video has appeared. It shows the route between Bristol East Junction and Westerleigh Junction taken from a rear cab https://youtu.be/VrTpXo-uiz4 |
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« Reply #1085 on: January 11, 2019, 10:55:40 » |
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Slightly off-topic, but now that Filton Bank four tracking is done, will the extra trains from Bristol TM‡ - Bristol PW▸ to Paddington be starting soon, in May?, or will we have to wait for other work to be done first?
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« Reply #1086 on: January 11, 2019, 11:01:16 » |
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Another video has appeared. It shows the route between Bristol East Junction and Westerleigh Junction taken from a rear cab https://youtu.be/VrTpXo-uiz4Fantastic video. Perfect way to see the whole of the new infrastructure, not just up the bank but also the new electrification right up to Westerleigh Junction |
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Oh for the day when I can catch a train from Mangotsfield to the Centre, Bath and Yate! ;-)
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« Reply #1087 on: January 11, 2019, 11:31:25 » |
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Yes, and Bristol Parkway looks completely different to how I last saw it. Next due to see it on 27 January 2019. Still some signalling works to complete there.
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« Reply #1088 on: January 11, 2019, 11:50:48 » |
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Another video has appeared. It shows the route between Bristol East Junction and Westerleigh Junction taken from a rear cab https://youtu.be/VrTpXo-uiz4Fantastic video. Perfect way to see the whole of the new infrastructure, not just up the bank but also the new electrification right up to Westerleigh Junction Fantastic, I was really glued to that, could not believe how it has so changed, many banner signals installed, they were not there the last time I went to Bristol, appx last June. The bridge above the signal with its five junction indicators on, was not there, they had just removed an old one. I was so glued that I nearly forgot to eat my activia. |
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« Reply #1089 on: January 11, 2019, 11:53:04 » |
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Yes, and Bristol Parkway looks completly different to how I last saw it. Next due to see it on 27 January 2019. Still some signalling works to complete there.
What signalling is needed now then?. I am about to move soon so I shall have a ride down in early February. |
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« Reply #1090 on: January 11, 2019, 13:04:56 » |
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Slightly off-topic, but now that Filton Bank four tracking is done, will the extra trains from Bristol TM‡ - Bristol PW▸ to Paddington be starting soon, in May?, or will we have to wait for other work to be done first?
Not yet, I think the hope would be at the end of this year, but we'll have to wait and see. |
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« Reply #1091 on: January 14, 2019, 19:17:47 » |
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Slightly off-topic, but now that Filton Bank four tracking is done, will the extra trains from Bristol TM‡ - Bristol PW▸ to Paddington be starting soon, in May?, or will we have to wait for other work to be done first?
Not yet, I think the hope would be at the end of this year, but we'll have to wait and see. Any going towards Weston? |
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« Reply #1092 on: January 15, 2019, 21:53:40 » |
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When will the remaining signalling works be completed to bring into use the two way working of platform 2 at FAW?.
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« Reply #1093 on: February 25, 2020, 17:50:46 » |
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I'm struggling to understand the constraints at either end of Filton Bank. Presumably the works at BEJ will give more routing options and flexibility, but what about the other end? I feel S&TE may have explained all this (possibly more than once) but I've just spent half an hour staring at the track diagrams and I'm not the wiser, and not much better informed...
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« Reply #1094 on: February 25, 2020, 19:55:58 » |
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I'm struggling to understand the constraints at either end of Filton Bank. Presumably the works at BEJ will give more routing options and flexibility, but what about the other end? I feel S&TE may have explained all this (possibly more than once) but I've just spent half an hour staring at the track diagrams and I'm not the wiser, and not much better informed...
Can anyone help?
This was my ... criticism of the layout, I guess. To simplify it a bit: - P3 and P4 should by rights be the stopping platforms, but...
- Trains can only use P3 and P4 if they also use the Relief Lines at LWH and SRD and transit the tunnel, or if they terminate and reverse.
- That leads to most through stopping trains using P1 and P2, as of course do the fast non-stop trains.
- There is not enough room (time) for all those trains, including the Bristol local ones, in P1 and P2.
- Turning the local trains at FIT instead of BPW» means they use quite a lot of time moving from P4 to P3, which uses up some of the spare time on that side - but not usefully.
- The layout also means that trains stopping BRI» and FIT and not between, and going via the tunnel, cannot use the Main Lines to/from BRI.
- So, looked at that way, some of those crossovers are the wrong way round.
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