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Renewals expenditure to deliver the programme of route improvements (£M – 1998/99 prices)
PROGRAMME OF WORK 1998/99 1999/2000 2000/01 2001/02–2005/06 REF
Track 12.8 7.4 7.7 40.5
Structures 3.0 3.6 3.2 16.6
Signalling 15.5 10.5 1.0 19.4
Electrification 1.9 2.4 2.7 1.8
Plant & Machinery 0.1 0.2 0.1 1.1
Telecoms 0.1 2.6 1.9 6.1
Stations 11.1 12.9 6.1 14.8
Depots 3.0 0.4 0.0 1.9
TOTAL EXPENDITURE 47.5 39.5 22.9 102.2
Enhancement expenditure on schemes to achieve the route vision (£M – 1998/99 prices)
PROGRAMME OF WORK COMPLETION 1998/99 1999/2000 2000/01 2001/02–2005/06 CRR REF
COMMITTED
GE stations 2001 2.7 1.8 0.6 0.0
Renew and reprofile OLE at low bridges 1999 3.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
Anglia stations 2001 1.6 0.9 0.1 0.0
GE station security measures 1999 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
CONTRACTOR
Station car-park extensions 2002 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.5
Norwich Station shops & concourse 2000 0.5 0.8 0.0 0.0
Ipswich Station improvements 2000 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.0
THIRD PARTY
GE CIS upgrade 2001 0.2 1.2 0.2 0.0
Braintree Freeport new station 2000 0.1 1.0 0.0 0.0
Other schemes Various 1.0 2.9 1.9 5.6 31
TOTAL RAILTRACK EXPENDITURE 9.7 6.2 1.1 7.1 31
TOTAL NON-RAILTRACK EXPENDITURE 0.3 2.8 1.7 0.0
Progress on the 1998 NMS
OVERHEAD-LINE IMPROVEMENTS BETWEEN STRATFORD AND SHENFIELD
We will complete by March this year and deliver a 10mph improvement and a
one-minute journey-time reduction by 2000.
SIGNALLING & CAPACITY IMPROVEMENTS ON THE FELIXSTOWE LINE
Completion spring this year. Extending the loop at Derby Road, together with
signalling improvements will permit an hourly passenger and hourly freight service
each way.
SHERINGHAM LINE RESIGNALLING Work has started and completion planned
for early 2000.
UPGRADE ALTERNATIVE FREIGHT ROUTE BETWEEN GOSPEL OAK AND
BARKING (NLL) TO RELIEVE CAPACITY BOTTLENECK BETWEEN
STRATFORD AND FOREST GATE JUNCTION New signals between
Woodgrange Park and South Tottenham (NLL) will be completed during the
spring this year, which will allow additional freight trains to be diverted away
from Stratford.
ANTI-TRESPASS MEASURES Improvements to fencing and a joint
Railtrack–GER ‘Respect’ campaign.
GAUGE IMPROVEMENTS We have cleared the route between Harwich and
Forest Gate (Stratford) during 1998 to accommodate W9 gauge.
AWS We are installing the Automatic Warning System in the remaining GE
branches to Felixstowe, Norwich–Lowestoft, Great Yarmouth and Cromer.
DISABLED ACCESS AT STATIONS We have provided disabled access at five
more stations.
CUSTOMER-INFORMATION SYSTEM (CIS) IMPROVEMENTS Real-time CIS at
all unmanned Anglia Railways stations will be installed by late 1999. Enhanced CIS
at GE stations will be completed in 2000.
STATION REGENERATION PROGRAMME We will have completed 42 stations
in 1998/99, and plan to finish the rest by March 2001.
TRACK RENEWALS We will have removed two permanent speed restrictions
by the end of 1998/99.
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