PhilipW
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The possibility of a flyover at Werrington Junction has been around for a while. With much freight traffic now planned to be diverted off the ECML via Spalding and Lincoln, is a flyover likely to happen ?
I am not personally familiar with the area but my understanding of the track layout around there is as follows:
1) From Peterborough heading north there are 4 ECML tracks with two Stamford tracks on the west side running parallel but slightly seperated as far as Helpston where the line diverges for Stamford.
2) These two Stamford tracks are electrified as far as Helpston where there is a connection back to the ECML.
3) The Spalding line joins the ECML at Werrington with connections to all 4 ECML tracks but not to the Stamford tracks.
If any of this is wrong, I am happy to be corrected.
The proposed Werrington flyover would (I think).
- Connect the 2 Stamford tracks to the 2 Spalding tracks with a flyover over the 4 ECML tracks.
- Connect the Down Slow ECML to the Spalding line using the same flyover
So once complete the Spalding line would be connectioned to the Stamford tracks and to the Down/Up Slow ECML but not to the Down/Up Fast ECML. This would allow freight to move from East Anglian lines through Peterborough and onto the Spalding line without touching the ECML at all.
Is this correct ?
I am not personally familiar with the area but my understanding of the track layout around there is as follows:
1) From Peterborough heading north there are 4 ECML tracks with two Stamford tracks on the west side running parallel but slightly seperated as far as Helpston where the line diverges for Stamford.
2) These two Stamford tracks are electrified as far as Helpston where there is a connection back to the ECML.
3) The Spalding line joins the ECML at Werrington with connections to all 4 ECML tracks but not to the Stamford tracks.
If any of this is wrong, I am happy to be corrected.
The proposed Werrington flyover would (I think).
- Connect the 2 Stamford tracks to the 2 Spalding tracks with a flyover over the 4 ECML tracks.
- Connect the Down Slow ECML to the Spalding line using the same flyover
So once complete the Spalding line would be connectioned to the Stamford tracks and to the Down/Up Slow ECML but not to the Down/Up Fast ECML. This would allow freight to move from East Anglian lines through Peterborough and onto the Spalding line without touching the ECML at all.
Is this correct ?
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