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20 South Coastal Route: Portsmouth to Ashford 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 />

Portsmouth–Ashford Potential major enhancements, including electrification between Ashford and Or e 2007<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 />

Portsmouth & Southsea–Brighton 73 22 33mph (1hr 22min) No change No change 55mph (50min 4 stops)<br />

Brighton–Hastings 56 6 33mph (1hr 3min) No change No change 45mph (47min 2 stops)<br />

Hastings–Ashford 43 7 37mph (43min) No change No change 62mph (26min 1 stop)<br />

LINESPEEDS (km of track)<br />

Up to 35mph 24 24 24 24<br />

40–75mph 297 297 297 297<br />

80–105mph 47 47 47 47<br />

110–125mph 0 0 0 0<br />

Over 125mph 0 0 0 0<br />

TOTAL 368 368 368 368<br />

GAUGE (km of route)<br />

W6A 199 199 199 199<br />

W7 99 99 99 99<br />

W8 25 25 25 25<br />

W9 1 1 1 1<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 92 92 92 92<br />

23.5 tonnes to 25.4 tonnes 276 276 276 276<br />

TOTAL 368 368 368 368<br />

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