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28 Cardiff Valleys 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 />

Cardiff Queen Street–Cardiff Central We will evaluate options to increase capacity to accommodate proposed service increases 2000–03<br />

Bargoed–Rhymney Increase capacity to accommodate proposed service increases by extending double track through 1999–2002<br />

Bargoed Station and restoring the former up platform as the first phase of Rhymney Valley Line<br />

improvements<br />

Rhymney Valley Line Increase capacity and linespeeds through resignalling and track improvements 2000–02<br />

Pontypridd–Merthyr Tydfil–Aberdare Increase capacity by installing new loops at Mountain Ash and Merthyr Vale, restoring 1999–2002<br />

the loop at Penrhiwceiber, layout improvements and a new combined station at Abercynon<br />

Vale of Glamorgan Shorten signal sections and raise linespeed to accommodate the proposed 1999–2002 passenger 1999–2002<br />

service and facilitate freight growth<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 />

Cardiff Queen Street–Rhymney 37 14 25mph (55min) No change 26mph (53min) 28mph(49min)<br />

Cardiff Queen Street–Merthyr Tydfil 37 8 26mph (53min) No change No change 28mph (51min)<br />

Cardiff Queen Street–Treherbert 36 15 24mph (56min) No change No change 25mph (54min)<br />

Cardiff Queen Street–Barry Island 16 8 19mph (32min) No change No change No change<br />

Cardiff Queen Street–Penarth 7 3 16mph (16min) No change No change No change<br />

Cardiff Queen Street–Maesteg 13 9 22mph (20min) No change No change No change<br />

LINESPEEDS (km of track)<br />

Up to 35mph 86 86 86 86<br />

40–75mph 179 179 179 180<br />

80–105mph 0 0 0 0<br />

110–125mph 0 0 0 0<br />

Over 125mph 0 0 0 0<br />

TOTAL 265 265 265 266<br />

GAUGE (km of route)<br />

W6A 149 149 149 149<br />

W7 137 137 137 137<br />

W8 17 17 17 17<br />

W9 0 0 0 0<br />

W10 0 0 0 0<br />

AXLE WEIGHT (km of track)<br />

Up to 20.3 tonnes 78 78 78 78<br />

20.4 tonnes to 23.4 tonnes 133 133 133 133<br />

23.5 tonnes to 25.4 tonnes 54 54 54 55<br />

TOTAL 265 265 265 266<br />

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