Flying Phil
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Thanks for that Up Main and the GCRN Cutting 'Edge team.....do helpers just turn up at that location? .....and if lots turn up, could the bridge site area also be cleared?
Thanks for that Up Main and the GCRN Cutting 'Edge team.....do helpers just turn up at that location? .....and if lots turn up, could the bridge site area also be cleared?
Hi Phil, do you mean then that the double track would end between Loughborough station and the shed and then stay single from there onwards or do you mean putting in a loop from just north of the shed on the new section?As there is now a "pause" in construction work I have been wondering about the possible operation of the line in the future. In a much earlier post (#22) "Flipper" outlined the case for double track around the shed, over the canal bridge and as far North as possible along the embankment behind PreciSpark. Obviously this will be a massive cost in trackwork and signalling. Might it be better - certainly initially, just to run a single track alongside the shed, with a point between the shed and bridge. Then have the section of double track as a long loop. Even that loop might not be installed initially. That way we get most of the benefits (Through running and access to NR rails) of joining the "Gap" in a shorter timescale and reduced cost.