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Mad to think that it's been over a year since the last progressometer for the TRU OLE works!
TransPennine Wiring Progressometer Post 3.0 - accurate to 20/05/20.
Routes announced as 'to be wired' in CP6: Manchester Victoria - Stalybridge (via Ashton-u-Lyne); Huddersfield-Leeds (via Morley); Church Fenton - Colton Jct.
All mileages from Manchester Victoria unless stated otherwise. Bridge mileages are approximated where noted.
1. Man Vic Station - Man Vic East Jct - Miles Platting Jct (exc.); 0m 0ch to 1m 30ch
Fully wired and energised 2018-19.
29 Jan and 27/29 April 2020 - planning permission & exemptions granted for renewal of Queens Rd (A6010) U/B to ease the curve at Miles Platting Jct, raising max. speed to 55mph.
2. Miles Platting Jct (inc.) - Philips Park West Jct - Baguley Fold Jct - Ashton Moss North Jct - Ashton-under-Lyne (inc.); 1m 30ch to 6m 33ch
Brewery Triangle (Miles Platting Jct/Brewery Jct/PP West Jct) - unknown whether the Brewery Lines (linking PP W Jct & Brewery Jct) will be electrified.
Philips Park Triangle (PP West Jct/PP South Jct/Baguley Fold Jct) - unknown whether the Baguley Lines (linking PP S Jct & Baguley Fold Jct) and the Ashburys Lines (linking PP W Jct & Ashburys East Jct) will also be electrified.
Ashton Moss North Jct - unknown whether the Crowthorne Lines (towards Denton) will be electrified, and if so, how far.
In the area around Ashton-u-Lyne Station, white painted squares have been marked out on the platforms on trackside, indicating possible locations of future masts. At least 4 have been confirmed. A Keltbray Electrification compound is currently in operation at Ashton Moss too.
3. Ashton-under-Lyne (exc.) - Stalybridge Jct - Stalybridge (exc.); 6m 33ch to 7m 63ch
Major obstacle(s): Katherine St Tunnel (6m 55ch to 6m 60ch).
4. Stalybridge Station; 7m 63ch
Within the station, around 7 yellow squares had been spraypainted onto P2/3 & P4/5, marking out the possible locations of future masts. So far, these had only run as far as the ends of the bays (P3 & P5). It is not known whether these still remain.
Stalybridge - Mossley - Greenfield - Standedge Tunnel - Marsden - Slaithwaite - Huddersfield, previously due to remain unwired, is due to be announced for wiring by the DfT in the coming weeks. General speed improvements and preparation for ETCS is however in the scope.
Stalybridge may be redesigned yet again, removing the current Piccadilly Bay Platform (P2) and rebuilding P1-P3. The eastern track layout may potentially be remodelled to allow 50mph running.
4a. Stalybridge (exc.) - Mossley (inc.); 7m 63ch to 10m 39ch
Major Obstacles:
Stalybridge Tunnel (8m 10ch to 8m 41ch); Scout Tunnel (9m 79ch to 10m 08ch);
'Those' houses at Mossley.
4b. Mossley (exc.) - Greenfield (inc.); 10m 39ch to 12m 54ch
4c. Greenfield (exc.) - Standedge Tunnel (West Portal); 12m 54ch to 15m 11ch
Major Obstacles:
Saddleworth Viaduct
Environs around Diggle Jct (14m 59ch) - unknown if/what preparations for Standedge Tunnel will be made
4d. Standedge Tunnel; 15m 11ch to 18m 14ch
Major Obstacles:
The Tunnel. (Think that was obvious!)
4e. Standedge Tunnel (East Portal) - Marsden (inc.); 18m 14ch to 18m 76ch
Major Obstacles:
Environs around the tunnel portal (inc. Aqueduct taking the River Colne over the western line pair, and the canal infrastructure).
NB. Marsden is sited at 18m 59ch; 18m 76ch covers the Up Marsden Loop (P3 at Marsden Station).
4f. Marsden (exc.) - Slaithwaite (inc.); 18m 76ch to 21m 19ch
Major Obstacles:
Slaithwaite Viaduct (west)
Slaithwaite Station Layout
4g. Slaithwaite (exc.) - Huddersfield (exc.); 21m 19ch to 25m 60ch
Major Obstacles:
Slaithwaite Viaduct (east)
Milnsbridge Viaduct
Gledholt Tunnels (25m 04ch to 25m 15ch)
Huddersfield Tunnels (25m 20ch to 25m 51ch). Both tunnel pairs are due to be wired, with wires on the main line finishing by the Allen Row industrial estate next to the line. Wires on the Penistone Line are due to finish just shy of Longroyd Viaduct.
5. Huddersfield Station; 25m 60ch
Station is Grade I Listed, so may well require bespoke OLE solution within trainshed (probably headspans).
A potential redesign of the current layout is on the cards to improve through train capacity, but all subject to a lot of public consultation.
6. Huddersfield (exc.) - Deighton (inc.); 25m 60ch to 27m 60ch
Major Obstacles: Huddersfield Viaduct - bespoke wall fixings for OLE structures required if 4-tracks planned northwards. Electrification will probably come after 4-tracking complete.
Deighton will also need rebuilding if this is the case. ETCS readiness also planned as part of the scope.
6. Deighton (exc.) - Bradley Jct - Heaton Lodge Jct - Mirfield (inc.); 27m 60ch to 30m 54ch
Major Obstacles: Heaton Lodge Jct (for OLE clearances); Bridges over River Calder
Electrification will probably come after 4-tracking complete. ETCS readiness also planned as part of the scope.
Heaton Lodge Jct to be redesigned to cater for the new 4-track layout; while the current layout will become the Slow lines, the Fast lines will be built on a new alignment.
Mirfield to be rebuilt with 1 longer island platform on the Slow lines only. Hudds Broad Canal Bridge to be replaced. Colne Bridge Rd (B6118), Woodend & Sands Lane bridges to be rebuilt for OLE clearances. Wheatley's & Mirfield Viaducts to be strengthened, with sympathetic OLE steelwork added as both structures are Grade II listed.
7. Mirfield (exc.) - Mirfield East Jct - Thornhill LNW Jct - Ravensthorpe - Dewsbury (inc.); 30m 54ch to MDL1 33m 62ch
Major Obstacles: Thornhill LNW Jct (remodelling required, either a flyover/diveunder at Thornhill to the Wakefield Line).
Electrification will probably come after 4-tracking complete. Route will be ETCS ready. Ravensthorpe to be resited 300m to the west, with the line to Leeds built on a new alignment.
Electricity substation (probably a FS or ATFS) to be built in the Ravensthorpe area. Calder Road Bridge to be realigned if the flyover option is chosen
8. Dewsbury (exc.) - Batley - Morley (inc.); MDL1 33m 62ch to 38m 24ch
Major Obstacles: Dewsbury Viaduct; Batley Viaduct; Morley Tunnel (MDL1 36m 25ch to 38m 19ch)
Morley may have to be resited. Will be electrified and ETCS ready.
9. Morley (exc.) - Cottingley - Copley Hill East Jct (exc.); MDL1 38m 24ch to 42m 03ch
Major Obstacles: Copley Hill Jcts (possible grade-separation candidates?)
N.B. Copley Hill East Jct is 185m 02ch from Kings Cross on DOL2.
Will be electrified & ETCS ready.
10. Neville Hill East Jct (HUL4 18m 25ch) to Micklefield Jct (HUL4 10m 64ch; CFM 15m 63ch) - TBC. Expected to be electrified.
11. Micklefield Jct (HUL4 10m 64ch; CFM 15m 63ch) to Church Fenton South Jct (NOC/CFM 10m 77ch) - TBC. Expected to be electrified.
12. Church Fenton South Jct (NOC/CFM 10m 77ch) to Colton Jct (NOC 5m 41ch/ECM4 182m 79ch)
To be electrified, with completion scheduled for October 2022; steelwork up in May 2021 & wires up in Jan 2022.
UTX and track work ongoing. 6 Weeks of timetable amendments to take place in both September 2020 & September 2021.
Resignalling to srart in January 2021.
Track Sectioning Cabin to be built in Church Fenton.
Compounds established at Ulleskelf; Bolton Percy (Oxton Lane); Earfit Lane; Copmanthorpe (Moor Lane); Tadcaster Road, Copmanthorpe (by A64); and Model Railway, York.
(N.B. All dates are subject to alteration, whether due to COVID-19 or otherwise)
Do let me know if I've missed anything!
TransPennine Wiring Progressometer Post 3.0 - accurate to 20/05/20.
Routes announced as 'to be wired' in CP6: Manchester Victoria - Stalybridge (via Ashton-u-Lyne); Huddersfield-Leeds (via Morley); Church Fenton - Colton Jct.
All mileages from Manchester Victoria unless stated otherwise. Bridge mileages are approximated where noted.
1. Man Vic Station - Man Vic East Jct - Miles Platting Jct (exc.); 0m 0ch to 1m 30ch
Fully wired and energised 2018-19.
29 Jan and 27/29 April 2020 - planning permission & exemptions granted for renewal of Queens Rd (A6010) U/B to ease the curve at Miles Platting Jct, raising max. speed to 55mph.
2. Miles Platting Jct (inc.) - Philips Park West Jct - Baguley Fold Jct - Ashton Moss North Jct - Ashton-under-Lyne (inc.); 1m 30ch to 6m 33ch
Brewery Triangle (Miles Platting Jct/Brewery Jct/PP West Jct) - unknown whether the Brewery Lines (linking PP W Jct & Brewery Jct) will be electrified.
Philips Park Triangle (PP West Jct/PP South Jct/Baguley Fold Jct) - unknown whether the Baguley Lines (linking PP S Jct & Baguley Fold Jct) and the Ashburys Lines (linking PP W Jct & Ashburys East Jct) will also be electrified.
Ashton Moss North Jct - unknown whether the Crowthorne Lines (towards Denton) will be electrified, and if so, how far.
In the area around Ashton-u-Lyne Station, white painted squares have been marked out on the platforms on trackside, indicating possible locations of future masts. At least 4 have been confirmed. A Keltbray Electrification compound is currently in operation at Ashton Moss too.
3. Ashton-under-Lyne (exc.) - Stalybridge Jct - Stalybridge (exc.); 6m 33ch to 7m 63ch
Major obstacle(s): Katherine St Tunnel (6m 55ch to 6m 60ch).
4. Stalybridge Station; 7m 63ch
Within the station, around 7 yellow squares had been spraypainted onto P2/3 & P4/5, marking out the possible locations of future masts. So far, these had only run as far as the ends of the bays (P3 & P5). It is not known whether these still remain.
Stalybridge - Mossley - Greenfield - Standedge Tunnel - Marsden - Slaithwaite - Huddersfield, previously due to remain unwired, is due to be announced for wiring by the DfT in the coming weeks. General speed improvements and preparation for ETCS is however in the scope.
Stalybridge may be redesigned yet again, removing the current Piccadilly Bay Platform (P2) and rebuilding P1-P3. The eastern track layout may potentially be remodelled to allow 50mph running.
4a. Stalybridge (exc.) - Mossley (inc.); 7m 63ch to 10m 39ch
Major Obstacles:
Stalybridge Tunnel (8m 10ch to 8m 41ch); Scout Tunnel (9m 79ch to 10m 08ch);
'Those' houses at Mossley.
4b. Mossley (exc.) - Greenfield (inc.); 10m 39ch to 12m 54ch
4c. Greenfield (exc.) - Standedge Tunnel (West Portal); 12m 54ch to 15m 11ch
Major Obstacles:
Saddleworth Viaduct
Environs around Diggle Jct (14m 59ch) - unknown if/what preparations for Standedge Tunnel will be made
4d. Standedge Tunnel; 15m 11ch to 18m 14ch
Major Obstacles:
The Tunnel. (Think that was obvious!)
4e. Standedge Tunnel (East Portal) - Marsden (inc.); 18m 14ch to 18m 76ch
Major Obstacles:
Environs around the tunnel portal (inc. Aqueduct taking the River Colne over the western line pair, and the canal infrastructure).
NB. Marsden is sited at 18m 59ch; 18m 76ch covers the Up Marsden Loop (P3 at Marsden Station).
4f. Marsden (exc.) - Slaithwaite (inc.); 18m 76ch to 21m 19ch
Major Obstacles:
Slaithwaite Viaduct (west)
Slaithwaite Station Layout
4g. Slaithwaite (exc.) - Huddersfield (exc.); 21m 19ch to 25m 60ch
Major Obstacles:
Slaithwaite Viaduct (east)
Milnsbridge Viaduct
Gledholt Tunnels (25m 04ch to 25m 15ch)
Huddersfield Tunnels (25m 20ch to 25m 51ch). Both tunnel pairs are due to be wired, with wires on the main line finishing by the Allen Row industrial estate next to the line. Wires on the Penistone Line are due to finish just shy of Longroyd Viaduct.
5. Huddersfield Station; 25m 60ch
Station is Grade I Listed, so may well require bespoke OLE solution within trainshed (probably headspans).
A potential redesign of the current layout is on the cards to improve through train capacity, but all subject to a lot of public consultation.
6. Huddersfield (exc.) - Deighton (inc.); 25m 60ch to 27m 60ch
Major Obstacles: Huddersfield Viaduct - bespoke wall fixings for OLE structures required if 4-tracks planned northwards. Electrification will probably come after 4-tracking complete.
Deighton will also need rebuilding if this is the case. ETCS readiness also planned as part of the scope.
6. Deighton (exc.) - Bradley Jct - Heaton Lodge Jct - Mirfield (inc.); 27m 60ch to 30m 54ch
Major Obstacles: Heaton Lodge Jct (for OLE clearances); Bridges over River Calder
Electrification will probably come after 4-tracking complete. ETCS readiness also planned as part of the scope.
Heaton Lodge Jct to be redesigned to cater for the new 4-track layout; while the current layout will become the Slow lines, the Fast lines will be built on a new alignment.
Mirfield to be rebuilt with 1 longer island platform on the Slow lines only. Hudds Broad Canal Bridge to be replaced. Colne Bridge Rd (B6118), Woodend & Sands Lane bridges to be rebuilt for OLE clearances. Wheatley's & Mirfield Viaducts to be strengthened, with sympathetic OLE steelwork added as both structures are Grade II listed.
7. Mirfield (exc.) - Mirfield East Jct - Thornhill LNW Jct - Ravensthorpe - Dewsbury (inc.); 30m 54ch to MDL1 33m 62ch
Major Obstacles: Thornhill LNW Jct (remodelling required, either a flyover/diveunder at Thornhill to the Wakefield Line).
Electrification will probably come after 4-tracking complete. Route will be ETCS ready. Ravensthorpe to be resited 300m to the west, with the line to Leeds built on a new alignment.
Electricity substation (probably a FS or ATFS) to be built in the Ravensthorpe area. Calder Road Bridge to be realigned if the flyover option is chosen
8. Dewsbury (exc.) - Batley - Morley (inc.); MDL1 33m 62ch to 38m 24ch
Major Obstacles: Dewsbury Viaduct; Batley Viaduct; Morley Tunnel (MDL1 36m 25ch to 38m 19ch)
Morley may have to be resited. Will be electrified and ETCS ready.
9. Morley (exc.) - Cottingley - Copley Hill East Jct (exc.); MDL1 38m 24ch to 42m 03ch
Major Obstacles: Copley Hill Jcts (possible grade-separation candidates?)
N.B. Copley Hill East Jct is 185m 02ch from Kings Cross on DOL2.
Will be electrified & ETCS ready.
10. Neville Hill East Jct (HUL4 18m 25ch) to Micklefield Jct (HUL4 10m 64ch; CFM 15m 63ch) - TBC. Expected to be electrified.
11. Micklefield Jct (HUL4 10m 64ch; CFM 15m 63ch) to Church Fenton South Jct (NOC/CFM 10m 77ch) - TBC. Expected to be electrified.
12. Church Fenton South Jct (NOC/CFM 10m 77ch) to Colton Jct (NOC 5m 41ch/ECM4 182m 79ch)
To be electrified, with completion scheduled for October 2022; steelwork up in May 2021 & wires up in Jan 2022.
UTX and track work ongoing. 6 Weeks of timetable amendments to take place in both September 2020 & September 2021.
Resignalling to srart in January 2021.
Track Sectioning Cabin to be built in Church Fenton.
Compounds established at Ulleskelf; Bolton Percy (Oxton Lane); Earfit Lane; Copmanthorpe (Moor Lane); Tadcaster Road, Copmanthorpe (by A64); and Model Railway, York.
(N.B. All dates are subject to alteration, whether due to COVID-19 or otherwise)
Do let me know if I've missed anything!