2021年2月，我们完成了一个长期的项目，让更长的货运列车进入南安普顿港。
The Southampton Freight Train Lengthening (SFTL) scheme has enabled our freight operators to run longer trains into Southampton Western Docks in Millbrook and the Freightliner Maritime Terminal in Redbridge, two key parts of Britain’s freight network.
DB货物和GB Railfreight运营现在可以运行列车up to 750 metres long at Western Docks, carrying vehicles, gypsum and intermodal containers. Freightliner can now operate trains up to 775 metres long to and from their Maritime Terminal, the country’s second busiest container port. That’s an increase of up to 20% more goods being transported by rail.
How we did it
Work was carried out over three phases. The first phase, which began in late 2019, saw us install new sidings in the Redbridge area, giving longer freight trains sufficient space to stop before being loaded and unloaded.
The second phase in late 2020 was dedicated to increasing the speed at which freight trains could travel between Southampton Central and Redbridge. By installing new track we were able to raise the speed limit for freight services in the area, meaning that trains could cross from passenger to freight lines quicker.
This was an important change as longer freight trains take more time to clear signals and switches and crossings. With new track and a higher speed limit, they can now move out of the way of passenger services quicker, removing the potential for delays.
In early 2021 the third and final phase of the project saw big modifications to track and the commissioning of new signalling.
The lines around the two freight terminals were extensively remodelled to provide greater flexibility to our freight operators. Before the remodelling, trains had to move in and out of the area to load and unload goods, but by remodelling they can stay in one place and there is less of a need for shunting containers and wagons. Efficiency has improved by as much as 30% as a result.
In mid-February 2021 the lines between Southampton Central and Brockenhurst and Romsey were closed for a week while we commissioned 22 new signals to go with the mile of new track we installed across all three phases.
2月19日，我们完成了项目的主要工作，我们的三个货运经营者开始运行更长的列车。
环境效益
All three freight operators in Southampton are now able to carry more goods by rail, including intermodal containers. Freightliner alone will be able to transport up to 84 extra containers per day with their six, 775 metre long trains that travel to the Midlands and the North.
随着每个容器具有与一辆重型货车相同的承载能力，这对当地道路和环境来说是个好消息。由于HGV和更多的货物运输的货物较少，道路和排放的拥堵都减少了。
In the project’s first phase, when we installed new sidings in the Redbridge area, we had to make a number of changes to areas of land around the railway. For every tree that we were forced to remove, we funded Southampton City Council to plant up to twice as many in their place and handed back an area of land for the council to create a new park.
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