Re: Ringwood Station

["Stephen Devenish" <JohnnyR@bigpond.com>]

Yes the occupation is to connect the new Down end turnout to the centre
road, we will also be converting the Down to centre crossover to motor
operation and the centre to down to motor operation.  The Up end crossover
will be removed and straight tracked.  The final track full ocupation will
be 10/11 april to install the single compound and change 234D points to
motor operation.  In the end all turnoits will be motor operated and have
been refurbished - full pandrol kits (excepting the stabling turnouts). 
The back road will be built using 60kg rail and concrete sleepers (thanks
Jeff ).  We should be out of there by May with luck and head off to
Heidelberg to cause havock..........  Goodbye siding road and crossover
(like Fairfield)


Cheers 
Stephen Devenish
Senior Project Engineer


Christopher_Martin GORDON <cmgord@ecr.mu.oz.au> wrote in article
<7csess$daf$1@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU>...
> I can confirm that there will be total occupation at
> Ringwood on the Weekend of 26-28 March 1999.  Same
> as last time shut down at 2100 on Friday till 0400
> on Monday.  Buses from Mitcham to Lilydale/Belgrave
> adding way to many minutes on to the trip time.  I am
> not sure of the exact work planned but I belive it is
> installing one turnout from the down end of Platform 2
> (the current up platform, know to passengers as 1) to
> the centre line, where the centre line will have no 
> points just a curve into the turnout, as the rest of 
> the centre line has been removed.  Also I think they 
> will be removing the crossover on the Up side on the
> Wantirna Road bridge as this has been clipped for about
> 6 weeks now and is not on the final plan.
> 
> I believe the next weekend after this is planned for
> the 23-25 April, it is every four weeks till June/July.
> 
> 
> With regards to the Platform numbering, I have always 
> worked on Platform 3 (down) and Platform 2 (up) as 
> shown in most signalling diagrams and in the signal box
> since the 1960's.  In the WWT it shows Ringwood station
> with on island platform and one other.  The island
> platform is numbered 1, and a given length, the other
> platfrom is left blank.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --
> Chris Gordon
> http://www.ecr.mu.oz.au/~cmgord
>