I think everyone is hoping and assuming that growth and falls in interest rates will free up well over 5bn in English spending over the next couple of years, which would cover the 500m gap.
I know the SNP love to blame Westminster but some official auditor said it was largely down to their own policy choices.
The EK line is due to be completed by the end of 2025 and appears to be on schedule or ahead of it.
Which are long lead time items anyway, so as long as those plans have not been cut back too much, there is still hope for some progress.
There is a further document in May 2022, "https://www.transport.gov.scot/publication/zero-emission-energy-for-transport-forecasts-national/" - Zero Emission Energy for Transport Report National Demand Forecasts for Electricity and Hydrogen. From page 123 the Rail Demand Assumptions details a comprehensive calendar of works and resulting outcomes up to 2035 however as you say there's been no update since and most of the timescales are not going to be met now. Not sure this calendar of work was ever more than an assumption or aspiration but it gives a good idea of the work flow and fleet outcomes.
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So perhaps a mix of both STCs and TTCs?
Yeah on the curve at saughton.
Which in fairness seems to be the case with most/all of recent electrification schemes.
Surprisingly that's far too close together! You only really get masts spaced like that around crossovers; most mast separations are around 55-60m, with perhaps a little less (circa 50m) at overlaps. The foundation count may of course be skewed if foundations for backtied structures are also being counted, but given that SSAs (Simply Supported Anchors; also known in this forum as "wicket-keepers") tend to be first preference now, that seems unlikely.
There are loops and sidings just south of Dalmeny station that could add to the stk's to be wired. There may also be a runoff along the curve towards Winchburgh.
No. Nothing heard in over two years. We really need to be hearing something about battery train procurement.
Does seem to be bits and pieces,from what I can or can't see there are still gaps in the pilings though there still looks like there's plenty lying at the compound at Turnhouse.
Yes it seems with quite a few railway infrastructure projects that nothing seems to happen for ages. Then, all of a sudden, plenty of visible progress.
Surely you'd have a length of non-energised wire/conductor bar at either end of the electrified sections for exactly this reason?
Well the whole Scottish approach of taking their time to wire and use battery/AC bimode EMUs is, they have bought themselves time. No need to tie to a timetable change and plenty of time to test components.
Numerous other large and famous bridges which are - or should be - UNESCO World Heritage Sites have catenary strung across them....
True that it's repeatedly stated but I think this more of an urban myth. Just a case of using gantry designs that look like a proper sensible railway.
That's funny, because what I've seen experts say is that it should be fine after a design has been made that is sensitive to the structure and capable of surviving the unusually salty environment. Isn't network rail doing some tests for that at the moment?
A Listed Building Consent did go in. (22/04987/LBC | Temporary installation of electrification equipment. | Forth Rail Bridge Hawes Brae South Queensferry.)
