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R A I LT R AC K - The Railways Archive

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34 Lancashire 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 />

Lancashire None required<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 />

Hebden Bridge–Preston 60 3 40mph (56min) No change No change Under evaluation<br />

Lancaster–Heysham Port 14 2 19mph (27min) No change No change No change<br />

Colne–Preston 48 16 26mph (1hr 08min) No change No change No change<br />

Clitheroe–Bolton 38 8 27mph (52min) No change Under evaluation No change<br />

Preston–Ormskirk 24 3 32mph (28min) No change No change No change<br />

Kirkham–Liverpool South 20 6 28mph (26min) No change No change No change<br />

LINESPEEDS (km of track)<br />

Up to 35mph 18 18 18 18<br />

40–75mph 245 245 245 245<br />

80–105mph 0 0 0 0<br />

110–125mph 0 0 0 0<br />

Over 125mph 0 0 0 0<br />

TOTAL 263 263 263 263<br />

GAUGE (km of route)<br />

W6A 178 178 178 178<br />

W7 74 74 74 74<br />

W8 52 52 52 52<br />

W9 0 0 0 0<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 263 263 263 263<br />

23.5 tonnes to 25.4 tonnes 0 0 0 0<br />

TOTAL 263 263 263 263<br />

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