GA engineering works

[Domk]

This weekend and all weekends up to 4/5 June GA is closed north of Waltham Cross, but they are not running the Meridian Water. When I asked Network rail what works are being done between Tottenham Hale and Stratford, they said there is no works, when I asked GA twitter they said there was platform extension works at Stratford and Lea Bridge. Which one is correct? Wouldn’t Network Rail be the ones extending the platforms? And isn’t Stratford platform 11 and 12 more complicated?

 

[Class 170101]

Its the Franchise agreement works for Stratford which I think is being managed by the franchisee rather than by NR.

 

[Domk]

Thanks. I use this line often so will keep an eye out to see if they are making any improvements

 

[mr_moo]

Stratford platform 11 is being lengthened by about 75m by GA. Several other stations are also seeing lengthening or other works.

It's part of their commitments with the introduction of the new fleet of 720s which are 5-car sets and will often run in pairs as 10-car, which is significantly longer than today's stuff.
Platform 12 is not being lengthened because it's the GA services that terminate in P11 that will be 10-car.

There's also this thread here re the HE branch which has some info: https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/hertford-east-branch-platform-extension-updates.229607/

(FYI I have a level of involvement in the GA project so will try to share as much as I can whilst being careful about confidential stuff).

 

[Domk]

That’s good to know. Interesting that P12 won’t be done as some services do call at this platform. When is the platform extension works up to and including Hertford East expected to be completed?

 

[mr_moo]

The bulk of the major works will be undertaken in a blockade in August. It will then be naturally a few months after that while all the smaller stuff - cabling, lighting, surfacing etc etc is completed. I don't know actual opening dates for them but expect December this year or early next year.

Visible works have started in some places - If you look off the end of Stratford platform 11 you'll see some new foundations have started to appear - the first bits of piling went in last weekend and more is going in this weekend.

 

[Domk]

Thank you

The bulk of the major works will be undertaken in a blockade in August. It will then be naturally a few months after that while all the smaller stuff - cabling, lighting, surfacing etc etc is completed. I don't know actual opening dates for them but expect December this year or early next year.

Visible works have started in some places - If you look off the end of Stratford platform 11 you'll see some new foundations have started to appear - the first bits of piling went in last weekend and more is going in this weekend.

thank you

 

[87015]

Network change not agreed, so interesting if Stratford work has started outside of contractual agreements

 

[The Planner]

Network change not agreed, so interesting if Stratford work has started outside of contractual agreements

Never stopped people before....

 

[mr_moo]

Interesting! I'm in no way involved in Network Change but I assume there's plenty of work going on to fix that...
The GA and NR teams have a good working relationship.