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R A I LT R AC K - The Railways Archive

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CAPABILITY CHANGES TO <strong>AC</strong>HIEVE ROUTE VISION<br />

JOURNEY TIMES km STOPS CURRENT POSITION 2001 POSITION SUSTAINING THE ROUTE <strong>AC</strong>HIEVING ROUTE VISION<br />

Paddington–Reading 58 0 86mph (25min) No change 91mph (24min) No change<br />

Reading–Swindon 67 1 84mph (30min) No change 89mph (28min) 92mph (27min)<br />

Swindon–Bristol Temple Meads 66 2 57mph (43min) No change 62mph (40min) No change<br />

Swindon–Bristol Parkway 56 0 79mph (26min) No change 82mph (25min) 89mph (23min)<br />

Bristol Parkway–Cardiff 53 1 52mph (37min) No change 55mph (35min) 60mph (33min)<br />

Cardiff–Swansea 74 3 51mph (54min) No change No change No change<br />

LINESPEEDS (km of track)<br />

Up to 35mph 36 36 36 37<br />

40–75mph 250 176 176 178<br />

80–105mph 235 309 309 309<br />

110–125mph 555 555 555 555<br />

Over 125mph 0 0 0 0<br />

TOTAL 1075 1075 1075 1079<br />

GAUGE (km of route)<br />

W6A 429 429 429 429<br />

W7 400 400 400 400<br />

W8 368 368 368 368<br />

W9 0 0 0 240<br />

W10 0 0 0 240<br />

AXLE WEIGHT (km of track)<br />

Up to 20.3 tonnes 23 23 23 23<br />

20.4 tonnes to 23.4 tonnes 20 20 20 21<br />

23.5 tonnes to 25.4 tonnes 1033 1033 1033 1034<br />

TOTAL 1075 1075 1075 1079<br />

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