Berney Arms

[CockneySparrow]

Is the line now closed completely

Was speaking to someone yesterday and they said all the track was rusty and nature has started to claim some of the track bed

If that is the case its looking like the line is going to need alot of money invested to run trains again

 

[pdeaves]

Is the line now closed completely

Not officially.

We're in the middle of 'plant growing season' so it is not surprising that nature reclaims the route.

 

[Alfie1014]

Think it’s been reported somewhere that the weed killing train had been down it this summer?

 

[High Dyke]

It would probably be open again if Network Rail hadn't made such a bodge job of the resignalling. Perhaps they should have insisted on a like for like replacement instead of losing local knowledge and understanding of the area by moving control many miles away.

 

[185143]

I was talking to someone earlier who I would expect to be "in the know". They said the route is "possibly going to reopen next April".

Issues cropped up with attempting to transfer the signalling to Romford ROC apparently.

 

[dk1]

The entire Wherry Lines are scheduled for a 23 day blockade around half term next February/March after which both routes from Yarmouth should be back up & running again. Been shocking that this has been allowed to go on as long as it has but no point going on about it as its done now.

 

[mawallace]

I was talking to someone earlier who I would expect to be "in the know". They said the route is "possibly going to reopen next April".

Issues cropped up with attempting to transfer the signalling to Romford ROC apparently.

I thought it was being transferred across to colchester -signal control.

 

[BS56]

I read some where that Romford ROC is no longer going to control signalling in East Anglia at all just crossrail .

 

[dk1]

I read some where that Romford ROC is no longer going to control signalling in East Anglia at all just crossrail .

Yes I've heard that too. Rather an expensive building considering it does very little in the way of signalling. Oh well, these things happen. Colchester & Cambridge power boxes do a grand job controlling most of East Anglia. Why change?

 

[TheEdge]

Colchester & Cambridge power boxes do a grand job controlling most of East Anglia. Why change?

Colchester yes, but personally I'm much less convinced about Cambridge...

 

[LAX54]

Will reopen end of Feb 2020, when the resignalling is to be commissioned during the period 1st to 23rd Feb, so the Berney Line will reopen on 23rd, as stated the weedkiller has been up and down the line a couple of times. Will be controlled from 2 workstations at Colchester, as also stated Romford is now more of a Control / Office building, as it was a bit small to put any signalling gear in there !
The dates indicated at the mo: Sat 1st Feb & Sun 2nd Feb Norwich & Yarmouth Blocked.
Monday 3rd to Sunday 16th Norwich - Yarmouth / Lowestoft and Ipswich to Lowestoft.
Monday 17th to Sunday 23rd Feb Buckenham to Oulton Broad North, then all being well, full service all lines from 23rd

 

[LAX54]

Colchester yes, but personally I'm much less convinced about Cambridge...

Thankyou

 

[LAX54]

I was talking to someone earlier who I would expect to be "in the know". They said the route is "possibly going to reopen next April".

Issues cropped up with attempting to transfer the signalling to Romford ROC apparently.

No it was the system being used had an 'issue', this was resolved when a resig scheme was commissioned a few weeks ago elsewhere.

 

[TheEdge]

Thankyou

Unless you are one of the guys who keeps me waiting hours to get into Crown Point...

 

[dk1]

Unless you are one of the guys who keeps me waiting hours to get into Crown Point...

That would be more to do with the Panel not accepting you than poor old Swills. He was always a distant puller back in the day like me

 

[LAX54]

That would be more to do with the Panel not accepting you than poor old Swills. He was always a distant puller back in the day like me

Thankyou Traffic to the Point is all down to the 'Signaller' there, we ask for acceptance, and then wait...and wait...and...... and yes, my shift always try to give greens all the way, and if we can give an early run, rest assured we will, there is the odd shift that say, nope your time is xxxx and stick to it, then make that train late as the one in front is late ! (when you could have been 20 miles away!)

 

[grumblingalong]

Thankyou Traffic to the Point is all down to the 'Signaller' there, we ask for acceptance, and then wait...and wait...and...... and yes, my shift always try to give greens all the way, and if we can give an early run, rest assured we will, there is the odd shift that say, nope your time is xxxx and stick to it, then make that train late as the one in front is late ! (when you could have been 20 miles away!)

Ah yes the old hold you on a red south of Ipswich tunnel because you dared to have a good run, only to see you out of Ipswich 2'late because they soaked up all your platform time

 

[LAX54]

Ah yes the old hold you on a red south of Ipswich tunnel because you dared to have a good run, only to see you out of Ipswich 2'late because they soaked up all your platform time

Is that the evening Ni90 ? If so, the schedule does not work at Ipswich, you have to wait for the Up GE to traverse 1312 points from P3 to Up Main, at other times of the day, if there is a train going into P4, then the overlap runs into the Down Main.
If you are following a freight, then you have to wait for the last vehicle to clear CO313, planning seems to think you can run a 2100 foot train into the yard at 10 to 15 mph in 2mins !

 

[Class 170101]

Looking at RTT for Ipswich. The current 19:50 on weekdays Ipswich to Liverpool Street will start at Colchester Platform 1 at 20:12. Its current back working terminating at Colchester rather than operating through to Ipswich. (From December)