I paid a brief visit to Huyton station this morning and in a marked contrast to yesterday there was almost nothing going on. I take this as good sign that the work is pretty much complete.
One gang of orangemen were digging a hole adjacent to the fourth track for a new sign, another TSR board maybe, or perhaps a permanent "Restricted Clearance" board.
So I think everything is looking good for Monday morning, I'm guessing we'll see a test train on Sunday. Anyone going for a ride on 2P11 06:15 Liverpool Lime Street to Preston on Monday, the first passenger train over the new track? No, me neither!
Literally as I was typing the above, one of the new signalling berths came to life on my diagram (http://charlwoodhouse.co.uk/rail/livesig/3) so it looks like signalling testing is under way.
I was supposed to be on that train.
ReplyDeleteIt was cancelled. I ended up getting the 8:30 as that was the first one to show.
Allowed me to get a bacon sandwich. Which was a nice bonus.
Unfortunately, or maybe not as it turned out, I've been away for a few days so missed all the "fun" this morning!
DeleteMany problems today due to signalling issues
ReplyDeleteI got the 7.14 (7.31 when it turned up!) to Victoria from Platform 4 this morning.
ReplyDeleteWhat advantage will the extra platform give?
So you've already ticked off the "uncommon" move from P4 to Chat Moss. Usually Victoria trains will go from 3. The gain is just the overtaking possibility given by the extra track.
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