LONDON TRANSPORT
Four-car trains complete London Overground’s electric train
fleet
Passengers are now enjoying the benefits of track and station upgrades with the introduction of the final four-carriage trains in London Overground’s fleet of electric trains.
The extra carriages are being added to 20 trains on the Clapham Junction to Stratford and Richmond to Stratford routes and will increase the capacity of the Class 378 electric trains by one third.
It has been made possible by recent platform lengthening works as part of a £326m upgrade project.
TfL London Rail managing director Ian Brown said:
“Passengers will notice the immediate benefit of these longer trains which greatly increase capacity. London Overground can deliver these benefits now because of the upgrade work carried out earlier this year and I thank our passengers for their patience during that time.
”We created London Overground only a little under three years ago and after a tremendous amount of work, I’m very pleased to see the benefits of our upgrade programme now starting to flow.”
Four-car electric trains are already running on London Overground’s Watford to Euston route and the East London Dalston to Croydon route which was opened in May.
N Network Rail awards major
Crossrail design contract
etwork Rail has awarded a major design contract for
Crossrail works to Balfour Beatty Rail. The contract covers the design phase for works on the two-mile stretch from Plumstead to Abbey Wood in south east London, including the design for the new Abbey Wood station, which is the terminus station on the south east section of the Crossrail route.
The station work will provide two new Crossrail platforms and improved access. In addition, a four-track railway will be created requiring Network Rail to improve five bridges and build two new overhead electrified railway lines between Plumstead portal (where the central tunnel section emerges) and Abbey Wood.
Robbie Burns, programme
director, Network Rail, said: “Network Rail is transforming the railway to make Crossrail a success and is working with its partners, including Balfour Beatty, to deliver a railway that is safe, efficient and fit for the 21st century.
“This work will deliver design work which will support the capacity requirements to carry 12 Crossrail trains per hour from the central tunnel section to Abbey Wood. The transformed Abbey Wood station will act as a catalyst for the regeneration of the surrounding area and provide opportunities for local employment, meeting the development aspirations of the two London boroughs it will serve, Greenwich and Bexley.” Peter Anderson, Balfour Beatty Rail managing director, added: “We are delighted to be part of such a multi-disciplinary
project and look forward to working in partnership with Network Rail to achieve its objective of transforming the railway infrastructure whilst developing the local community. Our integrated team will be led by Balfour Beatty Rail and supported by skills from across the Balfour Beatty Group including Parsons Brinckerhoff, Mansell, Balfour Beatty Regional Civil Engineering and Balfour Beatty Engineering Services. We are committed to delivering a safe and efficient railway for the 21st century.”
Network Rail is responsible for the design, development and delivery of the parts of Crossrail that are on the existing network, covering 70km of track and 28 stations from Maidenhead in the west to Abbey Wood and Shenfield in the east.
Final leg of London Overground’s multi million pound upgrade to be completed
T
ransport for London and Network Rail have announced the final
phases of re-signalling work on the London Overground network. The work is part of a multi million pound upgrade project to increase capacity on London Overground services due to be delivered by May 2011. In order to complete the work some closures will be required.
The upgrade work involves the testing and commissioning of the signalling systems that were installed in early 2010, the installation of further signalling, and completing the refurbishment of several stations.
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finished in mid 2011, London Overground will run more frequent services with longer trains providing greater capacity. Services from Richmond and Clapham Junction to Stratford will run four times per hour all day every day. There will be six trains per hour between Willesden Junction and Camden Road and eight trains per hour between Camden Road and Stratford.
Managing director of TfL London Rail, Ian Brown, said: “The benefits to passengers of the first phase of this massive upgrade are already being seen with the introduction of longer trains this month.
“The next closures will be much shorter in duration and we are doing all we can to minimise the disruption caused. These are essential works that will help us unlock the true potential of the London Overground network, which is to offer a far more frequent Metro-style turn up and go service.”
“We are closing these sections of the network because of the nature of the work. It is complex and requires close liaison with several other organisations. If we were to restrict the work to weekends and then have to restore the railway to working order each Monday morning, the disruption would be over a much longer period.”
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