I wonder if there talking about using Network Rails HBOC for that job then?
Can't ballast clean through a platform
I wonder if there talking about using Network Rails HBOC for that job then?
I had to laugh a bit when at Woking earlier, with the "next fastest train" board having Cranbrook listed, a tad early me thinks going by the latest delays.
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A DATE has finally been revealed for the opening of Cranbrook’s long-awaited train station.
The much-delayed East Devon railway station has been given its official opening date by South West Trains, after the project has hit the buffers several times over the last few years.
Services are now timetabled to begin on Sunday, December 13.
And the 8.46am to Exeter St David’s christening the westbound tracks and the 9.39am to London Waterloo christening the eastbound....
According to my local rag, Network Rail have formally announced the opening date of Sunday 13th December, with an opening ceremony planned for the first train to call, the 0809 to Waterloo.
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The article you linked quoted different times and said nothing about a ceremony. According to RTT the first train is as you state, but are they really going to get VIPs there for 0809 on a Sunday morning?According to my local rag, Network Rail have formally announced the opening date of Sunday 13th December, with an opening ceremony planned for the first train to call, the 0809 to Waterloo.
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Should now be opening 13th December, dependant on ORR Authorisation.
Any reason why that ORR authorisation has not already been given, with a mere matters of a very few days to go that the date you have stated.
Basically because the project has been late providing the information the ORR requires, it's a simple as that. It's a relatively new process, Railway Interoperability Regulations, and Projects are on a rather vertical learning curve getting to know what is required of them. For something relatively simple like Cranbrook it revolves around meeting the Technical Standard for Interoperability for Persons with Reduced Mobility and the National Network Technical Rule for platform to train access (think it's GI/RT7016).
Oh great, so there is still one more hurdle to jump over then, even though the local rag yesterday stated the opening is still on for this Sunday.
Opening is still on, ORR just waiting for the last bits of paper which will be provided tomorrow.
Good. I'm on the first train bound for the capital on Sunday, the 9.39 to Waterloo which I'm getting to Salisbury. Looking forward to it.
A £5m railway station has opened for the first time in a new eco-community in Devon.
The single platform at Cranbrook Station, funded by Devon County Council and Cranbrook New Community Partners, will serve almost 3000 residents.
Hourly services will run on the existing Exeter to London Waterloo line, providing new links to Exeter, Salisbury and Basingstoke. .....
I know I'm a cracked record on this but the station is not exactly integrated into the new community, is it? If eventually, housing goes up on the northern side with shops etc around the station, then it would become indeed, a hub. Until then I would be worried about my daughter getting off the last train on Saturday night from Central. Hope the gist of what I am writing is clear.
(On the subject of Newcourt station, two comments include the distinct lack of parking there, and the fact that the platform seems remarkably low for what is a new station. Witnessing two sets of parents get their buggies off the train drew my attention to it; again, just wondering why this is.)
I had kind of guessed that was the case, just was a bit of a surprise, particularly as there were seven disabled spaces and no non-disabled spaces (my car, and one other was parked in an area that was 'hashed out' with yellow boxes).There's no great distance between Newcourt and the stations either side of it and pretty much having to drive very close to the stations either side of it to get to it. Basically it is there to serve the developments immediately around it.