Crossrail announces that tunnelling machine Jessica has completed her 900 metres journey from Limmo Peninsula to Victoria Dock..in nine weeks.
Station revamps(Shottle, Henley -in-Arden).. reopening the Woodhead line from Sheffield would be better than HS2.. but Liverpool has more positive ideas about high speed rail and its benefits.
And an upcoming conference in Bergen , Norway.(10th and 11th September 2014) takes a look at "Fire Protection and Safety in Tunnels"
A Network Rail press release recounts the vital role of the railways in World War 1...
And Alstom launches a major photographic competition..so get clicking!
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Headlines
UK
Child in buggy blown on to London Tube station tracks.(BBC News.).
Derby City Council has its own £350,000 steam loco.(Derby Telegraph)
Shottle railway station reopens to passengers.(BBC News)
Henley-in-Arden station £2m revamp due to finish.(BBC News)
Ernest Sykes: Railway man VC winner recalled.(BBC News)
Transport minister agrees to meeting with Liverpool High Speed Rail campaign backed by ECHO.(Liverpool Echo)
Call to axe HS2 in favour of reopening Woodhead line from Sheffield.(The Star)
South Tyneside MP tracking Siemens train order.(The Shields Gazette)
Rail service ‘not fit for purpose’.(Hebden Bridge Times)
Full steam ahead for rail electrification?(Halifax Courier)
WATCH: Reopening Caernarfon to Bangor train line 'would be cheaper than £100m bypass' .(Daily Post)
Crossrail
11 August 2014
PRESS RELEASE
Crossrail tunnelling machine Jessica completes her journey
· New tunnel from Limmo Peninsula to Victoria Dock is finished. Click here to download images and here for a YouTube video of the tunnel machine break through.
· Crossrail’s rail tunnels are now 83% complete
· Europe’s largest construction project remains on time and within budget
Crossrail’s tunnel boring machine Jessica has completed a new train tunnel from Limmo Peninsula, near Canning Town, breaking into Victoria Dock Portal in east London.
The 1,000 tonne machine, named after Olympic champion Jessica Ennis-Hill CBE, completed her 900 metre journey in just 9 weeks, travelling as far as 41 metres per day. The machine will now be dismantled, with parts returned to manufacturer Herrenknecht for use on other tunnelling projects.
Jessica is 150 metres long and 7.1 metres in diameter and was staffed by teams of 20 people. Tunnel segments were made in Chatham, Kent and transported to Limmo by river barge. It is Jessica’s second Crossrail tunnel drive, having already created one of the two tunnels forming the spur from Pudding Mill Lane near Stratford to Stepney Green.
Jessica’s sister tunnelling machine, Ellie, will start the remaining twin tunnel from Limmo to Victoria Dock in the coming weeks. Crossrail’s rail tunnels are 83% complete, with TBM tunnelling due to complete early next year.
Andrew Wolstenholme, Crossrail Chief Executive said: “We continue to make good progress on Crossrail’s tunnels. The end is now in sight on Crossrail’s tunneling marathon, but there is much more to do in the form of installing railway systems and fitting out the stations.”
Joint Venture Dragados Sisk is constructing the eastern tunnels between Pudding Mill Lane and Stepney Green, Limmo Peninsula and Farringdon, and Victoria Dock Portal and Limmo.
It is estimated that Crossrail will generate at least 75,000 business opportunities and support the equivalent of 55,000 full time jobs around the UK. When Crossrail opens it will increase London's rail-based transport network capacity by 10%, supporting regeneration and cutting journey times across the city. Crossrail services are due to commence through central London in 2018.
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Network Rail
Vital role of Britain’s railway in World War One showcased in new exhibition
The story of the vital role Britain’s rail network and its staff played in World War One is told in a roving exhibition launched this weekend at London Waterloo station.
Produced by the Rail Delivery Group, which brings together Network Rail and the owners of Britain’s passenger train and freight operators, the exhibition uses original photographs, documents and historical facts to bring to life the achievements of the railway in helping mobilise hundreds of thousands of troops and thousands of tonnes of equipment. It also tells the story of the women who kept the network running while men were fighting on the front line, sowing the seeds of social change in the process.
After war was declared at 11pm on 4 August 1914, rail helped move troops to from across Britain to London. Sunday,10 August 2014 marks 100 years to the day since the first soldiers arrived in the capital's railway stations before travelling to the south coast for onward travel to France. Over the next 21 days, one troop train would reach the docks at Southampton every 12 minutes over the course of a 14-hour day.
By August 31 1914, trains to Southampton transported:
Robin Gisby, managing director of operations for Network Rail, said: "When Britain declared war against Germany in 1914, it was the railway that enabled the rapid mobilisation of British forces and their equipment to France. From that point on, rail played a crucial role in the war effort, not just through transportation; stations were places to advertise vital information and feed and welcome home troops on leave or those brought back injured.
"As Britain commemorates the centenary of the start of the war, there are so many stories but we wanted to make sure that those railway workers who fought abroad and worked at home were remembered and their story told to a new generation of rail staff and passengers alike."
Michael Roberts, director general of the Rail Delivery Group, said: "As the country looks back 100 years to commemorate the start of World War One, the rail industry is marking the important contribution made by the railway, and its workers, during the conflict. The pictures and words in the exhibition touring some of our biggest stations tell the story of rail’s crucial role in quickly mobilising our armed forces, and how women kept the railway running when men left for war and labour shortages threatened the transport of vital supplies to the Front Line.”
To launch the exhibition, a regiment of living historians, the Khaki Chums re-enacted the journey of World War One soldiers arriving at the station on Saturday evening, sleeping on railway land overnight before departing on a train bound for Southampton on Sunday morning. They performed a march through the station to pay their respects to those who stood in their shoes a century ago.
The exhibition will remain in Waterloo until 9 September before touring five of the biggest stations across the country over the next year. It will then be redesigned each summer with a new theme relating to the railway's war effort from 100 years before.
Thanks to the National Railway Museum for supplying exhibition photography. All relevant images accompanying this press release should be credited to: National Railway Museum.
After war was declared at 11pm on 4 August 1914, rail helped move troops to from across Britain to London. Sunday,10 August 2014 marks 100 years to the day since the first soldiers arrived in the capital's railway stations before travelling to the south coast for onward travel to France. Over the next 21 days, one troop train would reach the docks at Southampton every 12 minutes over the course of a 14-hour day.
By August 31 1914, trains to Southampton transported:
- more than 118,000 army personnel
- 37,000 horses
- 314 guns
- 5,200 vehicles
- 1,800 bicycles, and
- more than 4,500 tons of baggage
Robin Gisby, managing director of operations for Network Rail, said: "When Britain declared war against Germany in 1914, it was the railway that enabled the rapid mobilisation of British forces and their equipment to France. From that point on, rail played a crucial role in the war effort, not just through transportation; stations were places to advertise vital information and feed and welcome home troops on leave or those brought back injured.
"As Britain commemorates the centenary of the start of the war, there are so many stories but we wanted to make sure that those railway workers who fought abroad and worked at home were remembered and their story told to a new generation of rail staff and passengers alike."
Michael Roberts, director general of the Rail Delivery Group, said: "As the country looks back 100 years to commemorate the start of World War One, the rail industry is marking the important contribution made by the railway, and its workers, during the conflict. The pictures and words in the exhibition touring some of our biggest stations tell the story of rail’s crucial role in quickly mobilising our armed forces, and how women kept the railway running when men left for war and labour shortages threatened the transport of vital supplies to the Front Line.”
To launch the exhibition, a regiment of living historians, the Khaki Chums re-enacted the journey of World War One soldiers arriving at the station on Saturday evening, sleeping on railway land overnight before departing on a train bound for Southampton on Sunday morning. They performed a march through the station to pay their respects to those who stood in their shoes a century ago.
The exhibition will remain in Waterloo until 9 September before touring five of the biggest stations across the country over the next year. It will then be redesigned each summer with a new theme relating to the railway's war effort from 100 years before.
Notes:
The exhibition is produced by the Rail Delivery Group, which brings together Network Rail and the owners of Britain’s passenger train and freight operatorsThanks to the National Railway Museum for supplying exhibition photography. All relevant images accompanying this press release should be credited to: National Railway Museum.
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Russia
The first voyage of the double-set high speed train Sapsan
(Courtesy The Russian Railways on YouTube)
Published on 11 Aug 2014
Anton Petrov managed to catch it at the Yamuga railway station. August 1st, 2014
The very first double-set high speed train Sapsan (from Moscow to Saint-Petersburg) was launched on August 1st in 2014, with Vladimir Yakounin present at the ceremony.
The train is now capable to carry more than 1050 passengers at a time! Leaving Moscow each day, these white athletes will help more than 284 thousands of people get to Saint-Petersburg by the end of 2014.
Btw, within the first week of service the double Sapsan trainset carried more than 10.5k passengers.
The very first double-set high speed train Sapsan (from Moscow to Saint-Petersburg) was launched on August 1st in 2014, with Vladimir Yakounin present at the ceremony.
The train is now capable to carry more than 1050 passengers at a time! Leaving Moscow each day, these white athletes will help more than 284 thousands of people get to Saint-Petersburg by the end of 2014.
Btw, within the first week of service the double Sapsan trainset carried more than 10.5k passengers.
USA
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Nowhere fast.(Worcester Telegram)
Trade Short-Haul Air for High Speed Rail and Help the Climate.(The Fiscal Times)
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Trams, trains and locomotives from Škoda - Railway Gazette
It's not too late to join us at Fire Protection and Safety in Tunnels on the 10th and 11th September. The agenda boasts several operational case studies where speakers will share their experiences on various projects.
Project Manager from the Ringway West Tunnel (Norwegian Public Road Administration) will be analysing the challenges of further extension work on tunnels as well as detailing the challenges of using separate suppliers for the tunnel installations and how legacy systems can be integrated for extension work. Another key highlight of the project is exploring the safety systems in place in the Ringway West in order to highlight where the safety priorities are for the operator.
This year's site visit will take place at the Ringway West Tunnel on 9th September. For more information and to book your place please contact us today.
Further operational case studies include:
- A holistic approach to safety and emergency for the Follo Line. Emergency Manager, The Follo Line Project (Norwegian National Rail Administration)
- Fire Response strategies and collaboration across borders. Director Operational Policy and Resilience, Kent Fire and Rescue Service
- Upgrading the safety equuipment of existing railway tunnels: Infrabel's approach for Kennedytunnel (1969) and Brussels North-South Junction (1955). Head of Division Risk Management, Emergency Planning & Business Continuity, Infrabel
- Exploring best practice in operational response strategies using the Hai Van Tunnel, Vietnam to explore operational performance improvements. Tunnel Safety Officer, PIARC, World Road Association
To view the full conference agenda and speaker faculty please read more..
Alstom invites travellers all over the world to share their passenger experience
11/08/2014
Alstom is launching a major photo competition on the Internet on 11 August. Anyone can submit a photo that illustrates their experience of travelling with Alstom. The photo, of a person or a group, can be taken on a train, a tram, a metro or when setting off for a journey in a station or on a platform.
To take part, just post the photo via Twitter, Instagram or Iconosquare (http://iconosquare.com/contests/withalstom) using the hashtag #withAlstom. The community can vote for their favourite photos, and the 50 entries with the most votes will be presented to a jury who will select the winners. They will receive a Leica camera. A selection of the best images will be on display from 23 September on Alstom's booth at InnoTrans, the biggest global trade show dedicated to the rail sector, which is held every two years in Berlin.
Alstom Transport offers a complete range of solutions for urban and mainline trains. In urban transport, one tram and one metro out of four operating worldwide are Alstom products. These references include the metros of Paris, New York, Panama, Budapest, Chennai, Amsterdam, Singapore and Shanghai and the trams of Dubai, Casablanca, Buenos Aires, Istanbul, Rotterdam and 22 French cities.
For mainlines , 1200 regional trains have been sold worldwide and one train in three running at over 200 km/h uses Alstom technology. For example, many regional trains in Germany and Sweden, the Seoul-Pusan line in Korea, the St Petersburg-Helsinki line, the Eurostar[1], the Thalys[2], the Lyria, all the French TGVs[3] and the AGV.italo in Italy are Alstom trains.
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