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16 Great Eastern Main Line and branches continued<br />

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

CAP<strong>AC</strong>ITY CHANGES TO MEET FRANCHISING DIRECTOR, PTE AND CUSTOMER REQUIREMENTS AND DELIVER ROUTE VISION<br />

LOCATION PROPOSED SOLUTION YEAR REF<br />

Ipswich–Lowestoft Provision of an additional loop probably at Beccles Not yet agreed<br />

Ipswich–Felixstowe Increase capacity of single line and passing loop 1999<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 />

London Liverpool Street–Southend 67 9 45mph (55min) 46mph (54min) No change No change<br />

London Liverpool Street–Colchester 83 5 70mph (44min) 72mph (43min) No change 77mph (40min)<br />

London Liverpool Street–Ipswich 111 1 71mph (58min) 73mph (57min) No change 80mph (52min)<br />

London Liverpool Street–Norwich 185 2 72mph (1hr 35min) 73mph (1hr 34min) No change 81mph (1hr 25min)<br />

LINESPEEDS (km of track)<br />

Up to 35mph 33 33 33 33<br />

40–75mph 689 689 689 689<br />

80–105mph 392 392 392 392<br />

110–125mph 0 0 0 0<br />

Over 125mph 0 0 0 0<br />

TOTAL 1114 1114 1114 1114<br />

GAUGE (km of route)<br />

W6A 644 644 644 644<br />

W7 404 404 404 404<br />

W8 404 404 404 404<br />

W9 0 106 106 213<br />

W10 0 0 0 107<br />

AXLE WEIGHT (km of track)<br />

Up to 20.3 tonnes 84 84 84 84<br />

20.4 tonnes to 23.4 tonnes 1030 1030 1030 1030<br />

23.5 tonnes to 25.4 tonnes 0 0 0 0<br />

TOTAL 1114 1114 1114 1114<br />

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