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10 Crewe to Newport via Shrewsbury continued<br />

<strong>The</strong>se are the route improvements we plan to deliver continued<br />

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 />

Newport–Crewe 204 8 54mph (2hr 21min) No change No change 55mph (2hr 18min)<br />

Newport–Hereford 70 2 53mph (49min) No change No change 55mph (47min)<br />

Newport–Shrewsbury 152 7 54mph (1hr 44min) No change No change 56mph (1hr 41min)<br />

Hereford–Shrewsbury 82 4 56mph (55min) No change No change 58mph (54min)<br />

Shrewsbury–Crewe 53 0 53mph (37min) No change No change No change<br />

LINESPEEDS (km of track)<br />

Up to 35mph 6 6 6 6<br />

40–75mph 84 84 84 84<br />

80–105mph 317 317 317 317<br />

110–125mph 0 0 0 0<br />

Over 125mph 0 0 0 0<br />

TOTAL 406 406 406 406<br />

GAUGE (km of route)<br />

W6A 204 204 204 204<br />

W7 204 204 204 204<br />

W8 204 204 204 204<br />

W9 0 0 0 0<br />

W10 0 0 0 0<br />

AXLE WEIGHT (km of track)<br />

Up to 20.3 tonnes 0 0 0 0<br />

20.4 tonnes to 23.4 tonnes 0 0 0 0<br />

23.5 tonnes to 25.4 tonnes 406 406 406 406<br />

TOTAL 406 406 406 406<br />

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