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Go ahead given to new railway stations and SWML upgrade Cardiff to Severn tunnel
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Go ahead given to new railway stations and SWML upgrade Cardiff to Severn tunnel
Posted by anthony215 at 22:27, 11th October 2024
 
Green light has been given to upgrade the relief lines between Severn tunnel junction and Cardiff Central allowing linespeeds to be raided to 90mph.

6 new stations including Magor will be constructed with the first due to open in 2027 the last in 2030.

TFW did propose running up to 2tph stopping services between Cardiff and Bristol Temple Meads.

TFW did want to run it using more additional class 756s.even if Filton Bank is fully wired could a temporary idea be to run 756s on batteries between Patchway and Bristol TM 




Re: Go ahead given to new railway stations and SWML upgrade Cardiff to Severn tunnel
Posted by ChrisB at 15:44, 13th October 2024
 
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Re: Go ahead given to new railway stations and SWML upgrade Cardiff to Severn tunnel
Posted by Noggin at 16:25, 13th October 2024
 
https://nation.cymru/news/810-million-railway-upgrade-announced-by-welsh-government/

https://tfw.wales/sites/default/files/2024-10/Burns-Prospectus-Oct-24_ENG.pdf

By my reading it's still more a shopping list than a request for tender, but happy to be proved wrong.

Two new stations a year is a pretty ambitious plan - perhaps WECA might be able to organised electrification of Filton to Temple Meads to enable electric through services? 

 

Re: Go ahead given to new railway stations and SWML upgrade Cardiff to Severn tunnel
Posted by anthony215 at 14:07, 14th October 2024
 
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Re: Go ahead given to new railway stations and SWML upgrade Cardiff to Severn tunnel
Posted by johnneyw at 15:38, 14th October 2024
 
- perhaps WECA might be able to organised electrification of Filton to Temple Meads to enable electric through services? 

This was a stated ambition from the WECA mayor but since being told by Labour head office that he can no longer seek re-election next year due to becoming an MP, his focus may now have shifted elsewhere with this policy getting quietly dropped.


 
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