Ah, thanks. RTT doesn't show the trains directly, you have to trick it by searching for Newcastle with 'later calls' / 'previous calls' 'Edinburgh'. I did a search for 'TPE only' to save wading through every train. That'll teach me for taking a lazy option
You can get it to show you the trains if you manually edit RESTON to RSN in the URL.Ah, thanks. RTT doesn't show the trains directly, you have to trick it by searching for Newcastle with 'later calls' / 'previous calls' 'Edinburgh'. I did a search for 'TPE only' to save wading through every train. That'll teach me for taking a lazy option
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I believe it's 'Grid Supply Point'
Signal EG402 is actually situated just North of the border at Marshall Meadows, about seven miles South of Reston....and is the first signal controlled by Edinburgh SC
They are not the same, although they are very close to each other. Reston (the station) is replacing Reston GSP as a mandatory timing point from the December change.
It’s “Ground Switch Panel”, according to the SA glossary, on the track plan it’s adjacent to a pair of crossovers at 47m 14ch.
It performs the same function as a ground frame but has electrical switches instead of mechanical levers.
Thanks - it’s one of those multipurpose abbreviations of course, there will be grid supply points that use the same GSP initials, but I suspect they’re unlikely to be timing points…
Searching GSP only seemed to turn up 'Grid Supply Point', seems a mistake to use the same abbreviations for different things!
Fine in theory, but where does one stop? All sorts of letter combinations mean different things to different people. MCB = miniature circuit breaker or manually controlled barrier (level crossing) or Markham Colliery Branch or Moulsecoomb station. Then there's things that also have meanings to, for example, emergency services with repercussions on the healthcare industry. And there will be other examples. Context tells you a lot (like grid supply points are not shown in the sectional appendix).
AIUI the grid supply points are also normally treated as part of the grid or distribution network, although they‘re often mentioned in a railway electrification context they are not really part of the railway’s equipment even when physically located alongside a feeder station.
How would you get to Eyemouth?
Soham station opened on a Monday due to engineering works on the Sunday preventing it opening then.
A nine-car Azuma from Edinburgh has become the first train to stop at Reston in 58 years.
National operator LNER arranged the special service to Berwickshire to allow a series of safety checks to be carried out ahead of the station's reopening.
Onboard was a specialist team onboard who had just 15 minutes before the train had to depart to avoid holding up other trains on the busy East Coast Main Line.
As part of the validation exercise, as it is known in the rail industry, multiple compliance checks are necessary before passenger services can call at any newly built station.
These measures include checking the physical stepping distances between the train and platform for all 18 passenger doors, as well as to confirm that other access and sighting requirements have been satisfied from a customer, driver and onboard perspective.
John Doughty, Engineering Director at LNER, said: “A lot of work from a number of teams across LNER goes into station platform and train interface safety validation. A time, agreed with Network Rail Scotland, and a train must be secured for the exercise, and a specialist team qualified to carry out the compliance checks.
“These exercises, though short, are incredibly important, as they relate to the safety and accessibility of our customers and colleagues as well as ensuring a smooth introduction to services at new stations. We will continue to work behind the scenes in preparation to serve Reston later this year.”
Although exact timings are to be confirmed, LNER is expected be the first and last train service each day to stop at Reston which is located approximately 50 miles south of Edinburgh Waverley.
Meanwhile, Scottish Borders Council leader Mark Rowley says it's "shameful" that no ScotRail trains are planned to serve the station - despite the investment in the new stop in an area previously starved of public transport.
From memory all cars except the driving cars have a higher floor engine or not, but I understood that meant internally a slope up from the doorways rather than higher doorways.
Harrington Hump to solve that problem?
The platform is compliant - does not need a hump! I repeat, the problem is the rolling stock (or certain types) - for many other types, for instance 380, 385 etc the step will be compliant. How East Linton will Fare is anyone’s guess - planned to be built on a non compliant reverse curve!
