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23 Clapham Junction to Reading 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 />

Waterloo–Barnes Suburban capacity enhancement study Study complete by 2000 A<br />

St Margaret’s–Twickenham Capacity enhancement 2002 B<br />

Feltham Integrated transport interchange for Heathrow Airport 1999 C<br />

Staines New rail link to Heathrow Airport 2006 D<br />

Waterloo–Reading Route clearance work for Class 458 2000 E<br />

Waterloo–Reading Linespeed improvements 2001 FF<br />

Wokingham–Redhill Linespeed and capacity improvements 2001 G<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 Waterloo–Reading 70 15 33mph (1hr 19min) No change No change 35mph (1hr 14min)<br />

Reading–Gatwick Airport 81 7 40mph (1hr 15min) 42mph (1hr 12min) No change 50mph (1hr)<br />

LINESPEEDS (km of track)<br />

Up to 35mph 28 28 28 28<br />

40–75mph 388 388 388 388<br />

80–105mph 0 0 0 0<br />

110–125mph 0 0 0 0<br />

Over 125mph 0 0 0 0<br />

TOTAL 416 416 416 416<br />

GAUGE (km of route)<br />

W6A 202 202 202 202<br />

W7 43 43 43 43<br />

W8 33 33 33 33<br />

W9 10 10 10 10<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 44 44 44 44<br />

23.5 tonnes to 25.4 tonnes 372 372 372 372<br />

TOTAL 416 416 416 416<br />

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