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    Network Rail CP7 Plans

    The new M-ROC 2nd floor desk fit out has provision for 5 desks for current Crewe control areas, 3 for current Preston control areas, 3 for current Warrington control areas, 3 for current Carlisle control areas +2 CCTV LX desks.
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    Three Bridges/Victoria Automatic Route Setting

    Also Siemens. DRS is the (non regulating) cost effective simple junction route setting engine deployed on simpler areas. It is paired with DCR on more complex areas that deconflicts the timetable 'further out', doing the timetable based regulating and passing the latest deconflicted timetable to...
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    Three Bridges/Victoria Automatic Route Setting

    ARS/TM (DRS/DCR) to be added in 2024 onto the six workstations that were re-controlled under Victoria Phase 2B (2016) / 2B (2018) and Victoria Phase 3 (2023) resignalling projects.
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    New Signalling, ROC's

    The bit you're describing is the DCR (Digital Conflict Resolution) sub-system. Looking ahead in time and enabling the planner to sandbox (offline) a number of potential timetable/routing scenarios to understand potential best mitigation and then enact the re-plan required in good time for the...
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    New Signalling, ROC's

    Not so… SARS (Signaller's Assistant Route Setting) is a sub-component of HITACHI's TREsa product interfacing to third party control systems and acts as a full regulation engine like the original IECC (Integrated Electronic Control Centre) ARS (upon which it was originally modelled), but with...
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    Signal upgrade set to modernise Cornwall’s railway

    Not exactly squeezing in... The new Mid Cornwall workstation, + the next stage's West Cornwall workstation will be situated behind the curvature of one end of the current panels, with provision for a further two at the other end. This scheme is also replacing the Totnes - Tavistock Jnc. (excl)...
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    ECDP (East Coast Digital Programme) Updates

    Doncaster PSB currently planned for Xmas 2026, though prior ‘dependent projects’ are slipping, so 2027 may be more likely.
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    ETCS Roll-Out on ECML South Confirmed

    https://vimeo.com/713289707 22:40 for the staging strategy. There is a better presentation with stage dates, but I'm away and don't have it to hand.
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    Gloucester resignalling design contract awarded

    I've seen the H-STS WSP HS+ system demo'd in Genoa in early 2020, and the architecture has moved on massively since the Manchester South deployment in early 2000s. If anything the complexity of the system, used in both Mainline and Metro applications in eight countries across five continents...
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    GTR Face Piercing Policy?

    Would that be a Douglas Pierce(ing)? #DI6
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    Kings Cross ‘uncrossed’ Layout/Remodelling - Information and Updates

    The remodelling has been postponed from Easter next year (not to next year!), to Easter 2022 earliest - commisioning window pending.
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    Clacton Station Resignalling

    The guy is a kin' Genius! All hail the pond!
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    Clacton Station Resignalling

    I assume that I received the same Monthly NR National Schemes Notifications as Mr Deaves, and it does indeed state commissioning as 28/02/2021. My employer is contracted as the ARS supplied on the scheme, but the project has not yet started, the lead time will challenge that forecast...
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    Live signalling workstations in ROCs and SCs

    TBROC Lewisham workstation has had workload issues since the additional Angerstein IXL was added, and the proposal is now to split the Lewisham workstation into two, at the Parks Bridge A and Angerstein IXL boundary moving forward.
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    ETCS expansion into London Bridge station

    Block markers removed from platforms 3&6 between scheme plan version 2.1 & 2.2 (current approved version 2.3). Misunderstanding as we're still instructed to 2.1! ;)
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    ETCS expansion into London Bridge station

    ETCS covers the Thameslink Core South workstation area extension through lines 4 and 5 to beyond Bermondsey Diveunder. Also provided at London Bridge platform 3 (Cannon Street workstation) and platform 6 (Charing Cross workstation) for operational flexibility if issue at LB dedicated Thameslink...
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    Lewes closure: Thursday 7 March-Sunday 10 March 2019

    https://www.networkrail.co.uk/feeds/update-lewes-to-seaford-upgrade/
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    Lewes closure: Thursday 7 March-Sunday 10 March 2019

    Commissioning previously planned for March 9th/10th 2019 has been deferred. A new date will be advised when known. i.e. the full re-control of both Lewes & Newhaven to TB-ROC.
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    Westbury reinstating Down Salisbury platform line

    My colleague attended an NR public meeting a couple of weeks ago regarding the Westbury platform extensions for IEP and raised this very question. The short answer was no, it's not planned for reinstatement under the platform alteration works.
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    railwaycodes: new feature

    I was meaning that for example South Bermondsey as a station location with cite GTR (Southern), but London Bridge Low Level will Cite only Network Rail, when GTR (Southern) are the TOC that serve the station. NR operate the station, but GTR (Southern) operate the service. For London bridge I'd...

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