you drill a hole, fill it with concrete and cast bolts in it, like what they did before piling became the norm. Drilling the massive hole in the rock is the challenge, but not impossible.What do they use instead of piles when the line is running across hard rock rather than the stuff you soft southerners are used to?
Or even just drill holes in the rock and resin-bond anchor bolts straight into it...you drill a hole, fill it with concrete and cast bolts in it, like what they did before piling became the norm. Drilling the massive hole in the rock is the challenge, but not impossible.
Before piling became the norm, masts were planted in the concrete while it cured.you drill a hole, fill it with concrete and cast bolts in it, like what they did before piling became the norm. Drilling the massive hole in the rock is the challenge, but not impossible.
Before piling became the norm, masts were planted in the concrete while it cured.
According to an article in Private Eye this work has been postponed due to protests from neighbouring residents.NR are clearing the vegetation for a survey of the EK line
Who, the local birds?According to an article in Private Eye this work has been postponed due to protests from neighbouring residents.
According to an article in Private Eye this work has been postponed due to protests from neighbouring residents.
Some guys too I believe!Who, the local birds?
pun intended I presume!Christ , i noticed they have started it at the very end of the branch at EK station.
pun intended I presume!
I actually saw a couple of guys with tree pruning equipment accessing the line just south of Clarkston station a week or two back so I’m not convinced it is stopped. They took so much away a year or so back that I’m surprised they need to do more.
According to a post on a local Facebook page, Network Rail are restarting this work in the coming days.Last night i noticed some plant and access point just to east of Busby station .
Monday 10 Feb 2020
Residents invited to find out more about tree cutting
Region & Route:
Scotland
Ahead of work to cut back trees and vegetation on the railway between Pollokshaws and Barrhead, Network Rail is inviting local people to ‘drop-in’ to find out more about the work.
Clearing the trees and vegetation along the four-mile railway corridor will begin on February 24 and will enable further site and geological investigation(SI/GI) which will inform proposals for future investment in the railway. Work will be ongoing until the end of June.
As well as vegetation clearance, this work will include a general tidy up and will address any issues with fencing uncovered as the vegetation is cleared. It will be delivered in a combination of both day and night time working, including at weekends.
(List of drop-in meetings...)
IIRC the previous notice covered Crosmyloof to East Kilbride, this is extending it to Barrhead.It’s on Tw*tter and NetworkRail’s media pages
https://www.networkrailmediacentre....invited-to-find-out-more-about-tree-cutting-1
or is this a different operation?
According to a post on a local Facebook page, Network Rail are restarting this work in the coming days.
Last night i noticed some plant and access point just to east of Busby station .
Hello just seeing this post.
Sub Contractor were on site around this time installing cess drainage in the area.
No, just routine drainage renewals.Is that related to electrification?
Having a chainsaw gang working midnight-5am at the bottom of your garden would be a touch sub optimal!View attachment 74213 Have received a letter from Network Rail regarding resumption of clearance work and potential future developments.
I’ll live with that minor inconvenience if they electrify the line and deploy suitable rolling stock.Having a chainsaw gang working midnight-5am at the bottom of your garden would be a touch sub optimal!
I’ll live with that minor inconvenience if they electrify the line and deploy suitable rolling stock.
New to this thread, but would like to know who is it that makes the decisions about what's going to be electrified, and when? Scottish Government / National Rail / Scotrail / whomever? And when are the next announcements expected, and what's likely to be included, in addition to East Kilbride, and what are the expected completion dates? Many thanks
Looks like they are finally getting the EK line electrified. About time, walking through Central High Level, I've seen all of these EMU's on multiple different lines that the DMU service to EK sticks out like a sore thumb. Not to mention, it's a highly populated area.
When it eventually happens, what stock would they use? Are there actually much EMU's available? They should have kept a handful of 314's around on the Circle (no Gourock or Wemyss Bay diagrams though, disgrace that they were used in Inverclyde for so long) which would have allowed a few 320's, 318's and 380's to go on EK (and potentially Barrhead) duties.
Maybe time for more 320/4's to come up (I can't stand those units and purposely try to avoid them on North Clyde & Argyle Lines but any extra EMU's are welcome if needed).
If the East Kilbride and Barrhead lines are electrified it will probably be timed quite nicely for the class 318/320 units to be replaced. I would expect sometime around 2025-28 a new order of electric units will be required for the Glasgow area.
My own view is that any new units should be concentrated on the North Clyde/Argyle Line routes - this way these lines would all be served by the same type of unit allowing more flexibility. The Class 334 units, of which there are 40, can cascade onto the South bank services - Cathcart/Neilston/Newton, Inverclyde, and hopefully, East Kilbride and Barrhead too, working alongside class 380s.