The Anonymous Widower

Greater Anglia Completes Directly-Managed Norwich Victoria Sidings Project

The title of this post is the same as that of this article on Railway Gazette.

This is the introductory paragraph.

Greater Anglia has opened four sidings able to stable 12-car trains just outside Norwich station, with its first train using the facility on March 3.

Other information can be found in this and other articles.

• It was Greater Anglia’s biggest infrastructure investment to date.
• The sidings are on the South side of the Trowse Swing Bridge, that crosses the River Wensum.
• The project took nine months to complete.
• The sidings look to be fully electrified.

I would assume that each siding can take one of the following.

• A twelve-car Class 745 train, which are 236.6 metres long.
• A ten-car Class 720 train, which are 240 metres long.
• Two five-car Class 720 trains, which are 122 metres long.
• More than one Class 755 trains, which are 65 metres long (3-car) and 81 metres long (4-car)

They will certainly be able to pack in the trains.

April 4, 2020 - Posted by AnonW | Transport/Travel | Class 720 Train, Class 745 Train, Class 755 Train, Greater Anglia, Norwich Victoria Sidings