 Nuneaton - chord
"Paul Scott" <notvalidpmscott@> wrote in message
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> Peter Masson wrote:
>> "Mwmbwls" <robertg.robinson@virgin.net> wrote
>>
>>> A £40 million rail link to reduce disruption to passenger services
>>> could be constructed at Nuneaton.
>>> The mile-long Nuneaton North Chord will allow freight trains to cross
>>> from Peterborough to the West Coast Mainline without holding up
>>> commuter traffic, Network Rail said.
>>
>> AIUI it is a chord from the flyover line to the Down Slow Trent
>> Valley north of Nuneaton. This will allow freight from Peterborough
>> and Leicester to reach the Down Slow towards Stafford without
>> crossing the Up Slow and Up and down Fast Trent Valley.
>>
>
> That seems to be the idea, but I'm surprised it still needs to meet the
> approval of the local planners as AFAICT it has been in the plans for a
> few years, i.e it isn't a new idea now... Fortunately it looks like there
> are no local residents on the route from the Google Earth overhead...
>
> Paul
>
Presumably it would join the WCML more-or-less at the site of the former
Tarmac Hartshill quarry sidings?
Brian |