EastSuffolk Linesafer after crossing upgrades
AXLEcounters have been installedat 27 sitesto improve the safetyof user-workedlevel crossingsalong the 49-mile East Suffolk Line between Ipswich and Lowestoft.
The equipment is connected by more than 15 miles of new cabling and linked to signalboxes.
The axle counters allow signallersto remotelydetermine whether a train is occupying a specificsectionof line between two points.Signallersthen use this information to authorisethe public to crossat user-worked level crossings.
Thissectionof line features 28 user-workedor footpath crossings,where a person travelling by car or foot needsto call a signallerto askpermission to cross.
The new equipment will allow signallersto make these decisionsmore quickly, reducing waiting times and increasingthe safetyof the crossings.
WORKto reinforcea lengthy embankmenat t Manningtree on the GreatEasternMainLine wascompletedinJune.
In recenyt earsthe embankmenht aserodedand becomeunstablep, osinga risk to passingtrains.
Vegetationanddrainage worksalsotookplaceandnew fencingwasinstalledto help keeptheembankmenstafe fromfutureerosion.
Moseleyplangoes to council
city THEreopeningofBirmingham's CampHilllineto passengers hastakena majorstepforward afterplansfor a newstationat Moseleyweresubmittedto the citycouncil.
KingsHeathandHazelwell stationshavealreadybeen givenplanningpermissionby the CityCouncil.
Thetrio of stationscould reopenby2022aspartof plans to reintroducebetterlocalrail serviceisn theWestMidlands.
Botley new track blockadesuccess
MOREthan a mile of new trackwaslaid between Farehamand Batleyduring a week-longblockadebetween May23-30.
Partof the newtrackwas installedthroughTapnage Tunnel,requiringthe useof NetworkRail's pecialistNew TrackConstructionTrain, which usesa continuous, automatedprocessto positionup to 1Osleepersper minute,and align and secure railsinto place.
ClactonOLErepairs
NETWORRKailengineers replacedhundredsof overheadlineequipmen(tOLE) componentos n the Clacton andWalton-on-the-Naze branchesin Esseoxverthe late MayBankHolidayweekend.
Trackmaintenancwe as alsoundertakenalongwith the installationof bridgetrack supportsbetweenThorpe-leSokenandClacton-on-Seaan,d newrailsatWeeley.