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Progress on the 1998 NMS
NEW STATION – WEST HAM Completed 1998
JOURNEY-TIME IMPROVEMENTS We are studying options to remodel three
junctions and realign curves to allow trains to run at 100mph and potentially save
3.5 minutes between Fenchurch Street and Upminster.
CUSTOMER-INFORMATION SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS A new main indicator
board has been installed at Fenchurch Street and we are working with LTS Rail
to improve passenger information at most stations.
TICKET BARRIERS AT STATIONS LTS Rail will have installed barriers at all
stations by the end of this year.
OVERHEAD-LINE RENEWAL Our £9M project was completed during the
summer of 1998.
FREIGHT CAPACITY NEEDS Additional signals at Woodgrange Park and South
Tottenham (NLL) will relieve pressure at Stratford so permitting further growth
for North Thameside freight services.
CLASS 357 CLEARANCE We are working with LTS Rail to ensure that its new
rolling stock is introduced as smoothly as possible.
DISABLED ACCESS We have provided access at five more stations.
TRACK RENEWALS We will have removed two permanent speed restrictions
by the end of 1998/99.
STATION REGENERATION PROGRAMME We will have completed 13 stations
in 1998/99, and plan to finish the rest by March 2000.
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