New Exeter stations

Martin_1981 · 8 Jul 2014

http://www.exeterexpressandecho.co....tory-21342761-detail/story.html#ixzz36sFE1gHr

Work to begin on Cranbrook station this autumn after contractor pulled out

WORK is expected to begin on the construction of the new station in the autumn.

The provision of the station was delayed when the original contractor pulled out.

Network Rail is responsible for delivery of the platform works and had originally planned to appoint their preferred contractor in early January.

The contractor however pulled out just before the contract was awarded.

The replacement contractor, Balfour Beatty, was formally appointed in early June and, according to a report to be presented to the Devon and Exeter Rail Project Working Party this week, it has engaged with Parsons Brinckerhoff on the design of the platform.

Detailed design is expected to be carried out over the summer with construction starting in early autumn. Balfour Beatty’s original programme was looking to have substantial completion (station ready to open but contract not completed) by December 2014; however, the delay in appointing the contractors means that it is likely to open in January 2015, so long as weather permits....

Glad to hear that work will be commencing on Cranbrook station, on the Exeter-Waterloo line, in the Autumn, with the station opening in January 2015, although I will believe it when I see it.

Also Newcourt, on the Exmouth branch between Digby & Sowton and Topsham.

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DavidBrown · 8 Jul 2014

Just one pint with Cranbrook is that the majority of the access road and car park are already built - it's just the platform that requires building before things like signs, lampposts, fencing etc goes in and the station ready to open.

TEW · 8 Jul 2014

The site of the station at Cranbrook is quite visible from the train, the car park and road are quite easy to spot. Newcourt is due to open in December too according to the FGW timetable I have.

Starmill · 9 Jul 2014

Between Pinhoe and Whimple? Is there anything there!?

Temple Meads · 9 Jul 2014

starmill said:
Between Pinhoe and Whimple? Is there anything there!?

Yup: http://www.exeterandeastdevon.gov.uk/Cranbrook/

Good to hear that progress is being made with the station being opened.

telstarbox · 9 Jul 2014

starmill said:
Between Pinhoe and Whimple? Is there anything there!?

Google Maps doesn't always tell the whole story.

http://osm.org/go/euKGUsv1--

starrymarkb · 9 Jul 2014

Cranbrook will eventually be the size of Honiton.

swt_passenger · 9 Jul 2014

starrymarkb said:
Cranbrook will eventually be the size of Honiton.

Bit of a shame though that they couldn't have put the station a bit more centrally within the overall footprint of Cranbrook, but IIRC it has to go where it is for line gradient reasons.

Shouldn't take too long to build it from prefabricated components, as seen at James Cook UH on Teesside, a basic platform can spring up in just a few weeks...

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There's also news in a separate article in the local paper about the other new station at Newcourt:

The design and build contract has been awarded for a new £1.5m train station in Exeter’s Newcourt.

Dyer & Butler and work is due to start on site this month for completion by December.

Newcourt station will be on the Exmouth branch line between Digby, Sowton and Topsham.

Dyer & Butler and work is due to start on site this month for completion by December.

Newcourt station will be on the Exmouth branch line between Digby, Sowton and Topsham.

The line has already seen massive passenger growth over the last decade – from 800,000 passengers in 2002 to 1.2 million in 2012. The station will serve new housing and employment areas.

http://www.exeterexpressandecho.co....urt-station/story-21343321-detail/story.html?

Cletus · 9 Jul 2014

Convenient that there's already a Station Road! :lol:

CaptainHaddock · 9 Jul 2014

DavidBrown said:
Just one pint with Cranbrook is that the majority of the access road and car park are already built - it's just the platform that requires building before things like signs, lampposts, fencing etc goes in and the station ready to open.

Is there a pub by the new station?

swt_passenger · 9 Jul 2014

Cletus said:
Convenient that there's already a Station Road!

I wonder if there's much precedent for renaming an existing 'Station Road' when the modern road leading to the re-sited/re-opened station is actually the next main turning off the main route?

Cletus · 9 Jul 2014

Looking at openstreet map, I assume the station is here and not on Station Road?

http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=17/50.74975/-3.41940

swt_passenger · 9 Jul 2014

Cletus said:
Looking at openstreet map, I assume the station is here and not on Station Road?

http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=17/50.74975/-3.41940

Yes, IIRC that odd set of loops represents a sort of one way bus route round the carpark - there used to be some easily accessible planning drawings online but I can't find them.

BTW, what I meant earlier about the station not being central reflects the fact that although it is in the middle of the current phase, future phases of the overall development all seem to be added beyond the east of the site shown on OSM, i.e. in the Honiton direction...

Emyr · 9 Jul 2014

Cletus said:
Looking at openstreet map, I assume the station is here and not on Station Road?

http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=17/50.74975/-3.41940

This item was added to the map at the North end of Burroughs Fields, adjacent to the track: http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/257321486

Sadly there is no comment against the changeset which created it to indicate the significance of this squiggle!

Western Lord · 9 Jul 2014

The station is already on the timetable with a footnote saying it is expected to open during the currrent timetable period (i.e. up to December 2014). The Station Road, of course, refers to the former Broad Clyst station. Yet another stop for Waterloo-Exeter trains! There was a time when you could travel Honiton-Exeter non stop (I'm talking about the semi-fast era, of course).

swt_passenger · 9 Jul 2014

I guess the easiest solution to a previous 'Station Road' in this scenario is just to add 'Old' as a prefix...

HowardGWR · 9 Jul 2014

Western Lord said:
The station is already on the timetable with a footnote saying it is expected to open during the currrent timetable period (i.e. up to December 2014). The Station Road, of course, refers to the former Broad Clyst station. Yet another stop for Waterloo-Exeter trains! There was a time when you could travel Honiton-Exeter non stop (I'm talking about the semi-fast era, of course).

The 'up' side of all this is that it will eventually lead to a re-doubling of the line from Exeter (from Pinhoe) to Axminster throughout with a local half hourly service and a 'fast' hourly one from Waterloo. I had assumed the 'fast' would just stop at AXM to connect with the commuter service. I suppose it could stop at Honiton as well. What would be the ideal service?

Western Lord · 9 Jul 2014

HowardGWR said:
The 'up' side of all this is that it will eventually lead to a re-doubling of the line from Exeter (from Pinhoe) to Axminster throughout with a local half hourly service and a 'fast' hourly one from Waterloo. I had assumed the 'fast' would just stop at AXM to connect with the commuter service. I suppose it could stop at Honiton as well. What would be the ideal service?

As Honiton is twice the size of Axminster, I don't think the residents of the former would take kindly to being relegated to a local service. Any local service would be hourly at best and run Honiton-Exeter. Remember that not all of the intermediate stations between Honiton and Exeter are served by the current hourly service, so to provide a half hourly one would be overkill.

swt_passenger · 9 Jul 2014

Western Lord said:
As Honiton is twice the size of Axminster, I don't think the residents of the former would take kindly to being relegated to a local service. Any local service would be hourly at best and run Honiton-Exeter. Remember that not all of the intermediate stations between Honiton and Exeter are served by the current hourly service, so to provide a half hourly one would be overkill.

Indeed, there was the proposed additional local 'Devon Metro' service in the previous GW franchise ITT (2012) and it was only five trains per day each way, two hourly, mainly during the inter peak; however all but the first up service were through to Axminster.

No sign of anything similar in the latest consultation though, that closed last month. Anyone know why it might have disappeared?

LateThanNever · 9 Jul 2014

HowardGWR said:
The 'up' side of all this is that it will eventually lead to a re-doubling of the line from Exeter (from Pinhoe) to Axminster throughout with a local half hourly service and a 'fast' hourly one from Waterloo. I had assumed the 'fast' would just stop at AXM to connect with the commuter service. I suppose it could stop at Honiton as well. What would be the ideal service?

Will it lead to a re-doubling of the line from Exeter (from Pinhoe) to Axminster tho'? I hope it does, but I thought the current timetable was arranged so it could take into account a stop at Cranbrook without alteration...

455driver · 9 Jul 2014

LateThanNever said:
Will it lead to a re-doubling of the line from Exeter (from Pinhoe) to Axminster tho'? I hope it does, but I thought the current timetable was arranged so it could take into account a stop at Cranbrook without alteration...

It is, there is no need for a timetable alteration when the station opens.

Martin_1981 · 9 Jul 2014

CaptainHaddock said:
Is there a pub by the new station?

Not at the moment. There will be a pub opening in Cranbrook at some point when the town centre has been built.

Kite159 · 9 Jul 2014

10p on it being a Wetherspoons.

edwin_m · 9 Jul 2014

swt_passenger said:
Bit of a shame though that they couldn't have put the station a bit more centrally within the overall footprint of Cranbrook, but IIRC it has to go where it is for line gradient reasons.

Hasn't the restriction on maximum gradient through new stations now been lifted? Is it just that this has been so long in the planning/funding process and changing things would send it to the back of the queue again?

Rapidash · 9 Jul 2014

Has there been any more news on the Edginswell station or Marsh Barton? Can't imagine it'll be done anytime soon, but there's been the odd bit of clearing work around where Edginswell might be.

Always nice to see some extra stations going up! Now, uh, about that extra stock....?

D1009 · 9 Jul 2014

Western Lord said:
The station is already on the timetable with a footnote saying it is expected to open during the currrent timetable period (i.e. up to December 2014).

I heard the Dec timetable change was the original target date, but there has been a delay due to the original building contractor going bust. They are now hoping for a Jan 2015 opening.

TEW · 9 Jul 2014

455driver said:
It is, there is no need for a timetable alteration when the station opens.

The necessary timetable changes were made in December 2013 I believe. It may have been earlier. The standard hourly calling pattern between Honiton and Exeter Central changed from either Feniton and Whimple, or Pinhoe, to either Feniton or Whimple, and Pinhoe. There were timetable changes by a couple of minutes along the section too. It all allows for the new Cranbrook stoops to be easily added.

bb21 · 9 Jul 2014

What is the proposed service level? Perhaps they could run the airport shuttle from there?

TEW · 9 Jul 2014

Believe it will be an hourly service. So Exeter-Waterloo trains will stop at 3 stations out of 4 between Honiton and Exeter Central.

455driver · 10 Jul 2014

TEW said:
The necessary timetable changes were made in December 2013 I believe.

I thought it was when the hourly timetable started up, cant be sure though.

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