They're the "official" first passenger services to use the dive under with various local dignitaries / DfT representatives etc on board. They will be using the dive under, however the geography for the dive under doesn't go live in Network Rail planning systems until the December timetable change so they have to show they are using Werrington Jn. Should be a 9-car bi-mode.
A "ground-breaking" tunnel. Is there any other kind?Official press release.
Werrington Tunnel opens unlocking faster journeys on the East Coast Main Line
New rail freight tunnel brings significant improvements to passenger journeys as part of the East Coast upgrade.www.gov.uk
Somebody will, because they dug it!
They will never need to be in there with trains running will they? I assume that Werrington Junction has enough spare capacity at night that the dive under can have a decent length of time line block?
In short, no. The geometry would be challenging anyway and it'd have bumped the price up for very little benefit. A 158 clears Peterborough station throat fairly quickly, so finding 1 path an hour is not a massive issue in comparison to 775m 1800 tonne freight trains.
The structure is reminiscent of Chorley's flying arches (now reinforced by metal beams under the original stone arches).
Red zone working has now virtually been banned so they’d only get to go in with line blockage.
Would be interesting to know!
