Adrian Shooter Chairman, DB Regio UK Ltd and Chiltern Railways gave a presentation to 80 ICE and RCEA members at Austin Court on Tuesday 9th November.
explained how the Chiltern Railways route competed with Virgin and Great Western to link London to Birmingham. He outlined details of Project Evergreen 3 which would include track layout changes and line-speed improvements between Neasden Junction (London) and Aynho Junction (near Banbury), reducing journey times from Marylebone to London from 2 hours to 98 minutes and that other journey times will be reduced by around 20%.
Further changes to the Oxford Line would include a new route from Oxford to London, new multi-modal gateway at Water Eaton Parkway (north Oxford), quantum improvement in Bicester-Oxford service, direct rail service to Bicester Village retail attraction and facilitate East-West Rail.
Adrian’s presentation included details of the full programme, project financing and the company’s philosophy.
The event was well received by an audience of Civil Engineers from all disciplines. Comments from delegates after the event were:
‘the Chilterns Line is a demonstration of what can be done with vision’
‘this event gives our younger engineers a more holistic view of how our work as engineers fits into the bigger picture – we are after all a service industry.’
The event was sponsored by Amey and Bam Nutall. You can download the full presentation by clicking on the link below: