Network Rail are doing some engineering work on the Gospel Oak - Barking
line, with bustitution in place 6th - 21st August.

On weekends, when the whole line is bustituted, an end to end journey will
take no less than 114 minutes, for a distance (by rail) of 12.25 miles.
Surely one of the slowest ever bustitutions. No doubt the vehicles used will
also resemble the usual historic bus rally. Finding an alternative route is
highly recommended - or jog it and still beat the bus.

Chris

On Thu, 28 Jul 2005 23:10:08 +0000 (UTC), "Chris Read"
 wrote:


>On weekends, when the whole line is bustituted, an end to end journey will
>take no less than 114 minutes, for a distance (by rail) of 12.25 miles.
>Surely one of the slowest ever bustitutions. No doubt the vehicles used will
>also resemble the usual historic bus rally. Finding an alternative route is
>highly recommended - or jog it and still beat the bus.


I thought the GOBLIN was one of the few services that usually did not
get a replacement bus during engineering works, as it is so difficult
to serve quickly due to the local road layout, and there is plenty of
other transport anyway.

Neil

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On Thu, 28 Jul 2005 23:10:08, "Chris Read" 
wrote:

>
>Network Rail are doing some engineering work on the Gospel Oak - Barking
>line, with bustitution in place 6th - 21st August.
>
>On weekends, when the whole line is bustituted, an end to end journey will
>take no less than 114 minutes, for a distance (by rail) of 12.25 miles.
>Surely one of the slowest ever bustitutions. No doubt the vehicles used will
>also resemble the usual historic bus rally. Finding an alternative route is
>highly recommended - or jog it and still beat the bus.


Silverlink have a useful leaflet available here
http://www.wagn.co.uk/EngNews/Docs/PDFs/396_SILVERLINK%206PP.pdf
but (surprise, surprise!) there's nothing on the Network Rail website
to advise what's going on that requires this length of closure.

Can anyone advise what type of "engineering work" will be taking
place, please?

Paul Harley

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> On Thu, 28 Jul 2005 23:10:08, "Chris Read" 
> wrote:
> >
> >Network Rail are doing some engineering work on the Gospel Oak - Barking
> >line, with bustitution in place 6th - 21st August.
>
> Can anyone advise what type of "engineering work" will be taking
> place, please?
>

August MR has a snippet saying it's a GBP3.5 million project to replace 3.2
km of track. Why, sepecially with an extended blockade, does it cost over
GBP1 million per km to replace track?

Peter

On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 14:11:22, "Peter Masson"
 wrote:

>>
>August MR has a snippet saying it's a GBP3.5 million project to replace 3.2
>km of track. Why, sepecially with an extended blockade, does it cost over
>GBP1 million per km to replace track?


Perhaps it's due to quite a bit of it being on viaducts, with access
problems?  That said, I would have thought the Track Renewal Train
would be able to do the whole route both ways in the time it's closed!

Paul Harley

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On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 14:11:22 +0000 (UTC), "Peter Masson"
 wrote:


>
>"Paul Harley"  wrote in message
>news:6adke1hij1n6ditr49htdlhm2m9f68t37f@4ax.com...
>> On Thu, 28 Jul 2005 23:10:08, "Chris Read" 
>> wrote:
>> >
>> >Network Rail are doing some engineering work on the Gospel Oak - Barking
>> >line, with bustitution in place 6th - 21st August.
>>
>> Can anyone advise what type of "engineering work" will be taking
>> place, please?
>>
>August MR has a snippet saying it's a GBP3.5 million project to replace 3.2
>km of track. Why, sepecially with an extended blockade, does it cost over
>GBP1 million per km to replace track?


Anyone know how much is paid to Silverlink as compensation for the
line closure?  
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Peter Lawrence