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37 North East England 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 PROPOSEDSOLUTION YEAR REF<br />

Tyne & Wear Metro Provide facilities for the integration of Metro (light rail) services with the existing national rail services<br />

between Newcastle, Sunderland and South Hylton. This exciting scheme will involve the electrification of<br />

the route, new junctions at Pelaw and Sunderland, new stations, and a completely new railway between<br />

Sunderland and South Hylton.<br />

2001 A<br />

Newcastle–Carlisle We are progressing a feasibility study to identify the work required to deliver our immediate target<br />

journey time of 75 minutes from Carlisle to Newcastle. Key to this is the need to modify the ways in<br />

which certain of the le vel crossings on the route operate.<br />

2000 B<br />

Leamside In conjunction with the ECML upgrade proposals (Route 2) we are supporting the proposal to open new<br />

stations on this route to provide a fast interurban service between Middlesbrough, Durham, Washington<br />

and Newcastle.<br />

2003 C DC<br />

Freight capability We have evaluated the route to Tyne Dock for high-gauge freight and determined that some infrastructure<br />

changes would be required. Work is now under way to identify the requirements to provide high-gauge<br />

facilities for Teesside.<br />

2005 DE<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 />

Newcastle–Sunderland 19 4 37mph (19min) No change No change 39mph (18min)<br />

Newcastle–Carlisle 97 14 45mph (1hr 21min) No change No change 48mph (1hr 15min)<br />

Sunderland–Middlesbrough 58 4 41mph (53min) No change No change 45mph (47min)<br />

Newcastle–Middlesbrough 82 9 50mph (1hr 01min) No change No change 63mph (48min)<br />

Northallerton–Middlesbrough 34 2 45mph (28min) No change No change 49mph (26min)<br />

Middlesbrough–Whitby 56 16 24mph (1hr 25min) No change No change 26mph (1hr 20min)<br />

LINESPEEDS (km of track)<br />

Up to 35mph 197 197 197 197<br />

40–75mph 479 479 479 479<br />

80–105mph 0 0 0 0<br />

110–125mph 0 0 0 0<br />

Over 125mph 0 0 0 0<br />

TOTAL 676 676 676 676<br />

GAUGE (km of route)<br />

W6A 410 410 410 410<br />

W7 399 399 399 399<br />

W8 399 399 399 399<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 676 676 676 676<br />

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

TOTAL 676 676 676 676<br />

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