Joint Head of Performance for LNER and Network Rail East Coast. Views generally my own...
York, UK
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With wetter, more windy weather already in the forecast we're taking steps to mitigate any impact on performance for all our customers 👇 @LNER @NetworkRailEC
New drone technology is helping our teams respond more quickly and safely to severe weather on the East Coast Main Line.
By providing views of hard-to-reach areas, drones can help engineers make informed decisions to keep passengers and freight moving.
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Plenty of sunshine & showers on the East Coast this afternoon as 801222 arrives at Peterborough with 1A22 Leeds to Kings Cross. Don't forget there are changes to train times this Sunday as maintenance & renewal work is carried out between here and Doncaster @LNER @NetworkRailEC – at Peterborough, England
Using technology to ensure a more reliable service for our customers-some of the latest finds from PANDAS-V monitoring kit fitted to our Azumas, identifying potential overhead line faults which are fixed before they can cause disruption @LNER @NetworkRailEC – at York, England
ALT Thin contact wire wear (left) Excess wire stagger (centre) Broken jumper cable (right) - all identified by PANDAS-V enabling a proactive fix by our overhead line teams
Thanks to @LNER KGX driver Steve James for the run to Lincoln today. As ever lots of useful insight, filling up pages of my notebook with performance improvement actions! Always good to see the auto power change on an Azuma in action, its an amazing bit of kit! @NetworkRailEC – at York, England
ALT Ready to leave Lincoln on the return run
ALT Passing an IC225 near Grantham
ALT Approaching Lincoln
ALT Semaphore signals between Newark and Lincoln
Advance notice for our customers on the East Coast that will affect @LNER @LumoTravel @Hull_Trains @GC_Rail services. Another round of improvement and renewals work to help provide a more reliable railway for the future @NetworkRailEC 👇 – at York, England
East Coast improvements are taking place on Sunday 18 October.
We’re replacing track near Newark, renewing drainage at Grantham, carrying out repairs at Stoke Tunnel and upgrading electrical equipment to help deliver a more reliable, resilient railway.
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Good to see use of this technology being further extended on the network. Already fitted to several @LNER Azumas & Class 91s, PANDAS identifies potential overhead line issues before they cause an issue. Next to fit similar onto @GNRailUK @TLRailUK units @NetworkRailEC 👇 – at York, England
👀 Did you know we've installed cameras and sensors on the roof of some @ScotRail trains to monitor our overhead line equipment?
It's called PANDAS-V and helps us spot problems like this loose connection at Dumbarton, before it causes delays to your journey. ⚡
Read more here about the £7.1m of improvements completed this weekend at the north end of the East Coast Main Line. Thanks to our customers for their patience during weekend diversions, and our engineering teams for successfully completing all the work @LNER @NetworkRailEC – at York, England
A £7.1m package of improvements has been completed, including major drainage upgrades at Scremerston and renewals at Heaton North, Morpeth, Alnmouth and Tweedmouth.
Thanks for your patience over the past three weekends.
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The final weekend of north main line closures this week, with @LNER again diverting via Carlisle. Plenty going on with @NetworkRailEC upgrading drainage at Scremerston near Berwick-a high flood risk location, ensuring we're prepared for the worst of this autumn's weather – at York, England
After a tough few weeks for performance, the end of a much better week. Our named Azumas look the part, here 'Darlington' on the left off 1E01 meets 'Gresley 150' about to work 1D10. Great to see plenty of customers travelling through King's Cross too! @LNER @NetworkRailEC – at London, England
ALT Azuma 801207 'Darlington', left, meets 801228 'Gresley 150' on the right
Another overhead line update from Alnmouth on on 27/08, which also disrupted services the following day. This was a ceramic bead insulator failure-forensic analysis is being undertaken by @NetworkRailEC & @LNER now has PANDAS-V OLE monitoring kit fitted to 5 of our Azuma trains – at London, England
ALT Overhead line and pantograph damage due to a defect near Alnmouth in August. Forensic analysis is being undertaken to understand the failure mode and corrective actions will be put in place
Cable theft is a big issue on the railway at the moment-on the East Coast @NetworkRailEC & @LNER are working together to help overcome this, benefiting all users of the route, both passengers and freight. Read more here 👇
networkrailmediacentre.co.uk… – at York, England
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In The Cab - Digital Signalling Goes Live on the East Coast Main Line
A really insightful report on the latest progress with the East Coast Digital Programme from @SRichardBowker and the team at Green Signals! Featuring @LNER driver Tara and our Engineering & Safety Director Dr Linda Wain plus other industry experts - well worth a watch! @_ECDP @greensignallers
youtu.be/sYyrB1GXfk0?is=-2vc…
Update on the Hitchin overhead line incident on 16/8-a ceramic insulator failure on a wire run, with recent heat likely to be a factor. We're around 65% into replacing these with more reliable polymeric ones, but are reviewing how we can acclerate this work @NetworkRailEC @LNER – at London, England
ALT Update on the Hitchin overhead line incident that occurred on Sunday 16 August
As we move towards an East Coast Integrated Business Unit the @LNER @NetworkRailEC Joint Ops Team visited @GBRailfreight at Doncaster today. So interesting to hear more about the challenges of operating freight on rail, explore how we can help and get to see new Class 99 locos! – at Doncaster, England
ALT New Class 99 bi-mode loco 99008
ALT Joint Ops Team meets GBRf
ALT New Class 99 cab interior
ALT Class 66 maintenance underway
Yesterday's @LNER @NetworkRailEC Joint Ops Business Review included a visit to the NX signalling panel training facility at Doncaster, followed by a trip to the actual box. Great to get some experience on the simulator, then meet the team who actually keep the East Coast moving! – at York, England
ALT NX signalling panel simulator at Doncaster
ALT Working through the plan!
ALT Doncaster NX signalling panel
ALT Grantham area panel at Doncaster
Details of weekend engineering work coming up to renew East Coast infrastructure between Newcastle and Edinburgh during Sept and Oct. Once again @LNER will be diverting some services via Carlisle and the West Coast 👇 – at York, England
We’re delivering a £7m programme of rail upgrades between Newcastle and Scotland from 19 September.
Over three weekends, engineers will renew track, improve drainage and upgrade overhead line equipment to help improve journeys.
⬇️Full details
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Apologies to everyone affected by yesterday's incident which caused disruption for @LNER and other customers for much of Sunday, and to a lesser extent also today. More detail below, engineers will be going in tonight to fully repair the damage for a full service tomorrow – at North Muskham, England
End of another busy week at @LNER @NetworkRailEC - already we're one week into Period 5 of the 26/27 rail year! Anyhow, here's a nice shot of 91110 'Battle of Britain Memorial Flight' working this afternoon's 1N09 to Newcastle at York @225groupuk – at York, England
ALT 91110 heads todays 1N09 1433 King's Cross to Newcastle service at York
As part of today's Joint Operations Review session we visited the Gate Gourmet catering facility underneath London King's Cross station. Interesting to see another side of the @LNER operation supplying our customers with food and drink! @NetworkRailEC – at London, England
ALT Gate Gourmet's facility beneath King's Cross station
ALT Joint Ops team visit
ALT Subway access to all platforms
Visit to Helpston box north of Peterborough this morning. This oversees a number of busy crossings on the ECML which can impact performance. Plenty to take away to improve comms between the box, signallers & drivers as we build a unified team before GBR @LNER @NetworkRailEC – at Peterborough, England
ALT Inside Helpston box
ALT Helpston box panel
ALT Busy crossing for both road and rail users!
ALT Always busy on the East Coast!