59CosG95
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Morning all.
RAIL/LIAR (pick your preferred name) have revealed that 50% of King's Cross is to be closed for 2 months while the approaches into the station are renewed. All track, sub-systems and OLE are to be replaced (up to 1.5 miles from the buffers), while many existing crossovers at the ends of the platforms are due to be re-sited; either into Gasworks Tunnel or the cutting between Gasworks & Copenhagen Tunnels.
Words on their Facebook page also hint at the disused eastern tunnel being brought back into regular use; the amount of work required for that remains to be seen.
EDIT: The LNE Sectional Appendix lists the end of the Up Slow flyover at Holloway as being at 1.5 miles (1m 40ch for reference)
A final point: while the project is currently costed at £237m, the decision in January 2016 to defer it from a January 2019 completion to March 2020 has shaved £100m off the final cost.
The article can be found here: https://www.railmagazine.com/news/network/plans-unveiled-for-237m-king-s-cross-remodelling
In peace,
59CosG95.
RAIL/LIAR (pick your preferred name) have revealed that 50% of King's Cross is to be closed for 2 months while the approaches into the station are renewed. All track, sub-systems and OLE are to be replaced (up to 1.5 miles from the buffers), while many existing crossovers at the ends of the platforms are due to be re-sited; either into Gasworks Tunnel or the cutting between Gasworks & Copenhagen Tunnels.
Words on their Facebook page also hint at the disused eastern tunnel being brought back into regular use; the amount of work required for that remains to be seen.
EDIT: The LNE Sectional Appendix lists the end of the Up Slow flyover at Holloway as being at 1.5 miles (1m 40ch for reference)
A final point: while the project is currently costed at £237m, the decision in January 2016 to defer it from a January 2019 completion to March 2020 has shaved £100m off the final cost.
The article can be found here: https://www.railmagazine.com/news/network/plans-unveiled-for-237m-king-s-cross-remodelling
Discuss.King’s Cross is to partially close for three months in early 2020 to allow for major track remodelling and asset renewal, RAIL can exclusively reveal.
Network Rail has confirmed that up to 50% of the UK’s ninth busiest station will be shut between January and March 2020, to complete the £237 million project.
The work will involve all track, sub-systems and overhead line equipment being renewed in the station throat for a distance of up to 1.5 miles from the buffer stops, while the approaches will also be rationalised for the first time since 1972 (when most of the current layout was installed by British Rail).
This includes re-siting a large number of switches and crossings currently located near to the platform ends. They will be moved further north to either within Gasworks Tunnel or the cutting between Gasworks Tunnel and Copenhagen Tunnel, in order to reduce conflicting movements and increase line speeds.
- For the full story, read RAIL 843, published today, and also available on Android and iPad.
In peace,
59CosG95.
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