KEY

MMLe— Midland Main Line

Red poten�al loca�on of Hs2

Brown Leicester to Burton Line

Purple West Coast Main Line

Green Birmingham to Rugby

Black other lines

Yellow

diamonds Junc�ons

Midland Main Line Electrification programme

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Electrification of the Midland Main Line has resume d under plans announced as part of Sir Peter Hendy’ s work to reset Network Rail’s upgrade programme. Work on electrifying the Midland Main Li ne, the vital long-distance corridor that serves th e UK’s industrial heartland, will continue alongside the line-speed and capacity improvement w orks that were already in hand.

Electrification of the line north of Bedford to Ket tering and Corby is scheduled to be completed by 20 19, and the line north of Kettering to Leicester, Derby/Nottingham and Sheffield by 2023.

Outputs

The Midland Main line Electrification Programme known as the MMLe is split into two key output dates, the first running from 2014-2019 (known as CP5) and the second, 2019-2023 (CP6). There are a number of sub projects running under the main MMLe programme which are delivering various improvements in the Leicestershire area. Each sub project has dependencies with each other to enable the full ES001- Midland Main Line electrification programme to be achieved

A number of interfaces and assumptions link to thes e programmes and their sub projects will affect Lei cestershire.

ES001A- Leicester Capacity

The proposed 4 tracking between Syston and Wigston is located under sub project ES001A- Leicester Capacity which can be found on page 27 of Network Rails enhancements delivery plan . The project seeks to deliver a number of capacity enhancements along the Midland Main Line corridor including grade separation (a potential fly under) at MML Wigston junction, new 4 track provision between Wigston and Leicester to enable the separation of the up and down fast and slow lines. This in turn will allow for a new slow line platform to be installed at Leicester Station and new up and slow lines between Humberstone Road and Syston Junction. These works will also look at improved capacity in the Syston area, details of which are yet to be detailed and confirmed. These works are linked with the

EM001- long distance high speed services train leng thening project ; the removal of trackside vegetation removal will be carried out / signalling changes / new footbridges and platform extensions will be undertaken along the length of the route with phase 1 being from Bedford to Market Harborough from 2019 and phase 2 -Loughborough to Sheffield from 2023. These works are linked with

PJIF funded ES003K- Market Harborough- line speed i mprovements ; this sub project seeks to deliver realignment of the track through Market Harborough, station alterations and associated infrastructure changes to improve line speeds and passenger journeys. Critical Interdependencies include the Little Bowden level crossing closure with diversion of the existing right of way over a new footbridge.

Each project will be considered “under development” up to the single option stage known as Grip 3. Until this stage is reached, uncertainty over scope and timescales for delivery is likely, all sub projects being determined both in delivery and budget by the completion of any dependant sub projects, although not mutually inclusive.

The Hendy Enhancements delivery plan update can be viewed by following the link h&ps://www.networkrail.co.uk/Hendy-review

POST HENDY REVIEW—UPDATE

The Hendy Enhancements delivery plan update (Jan 20 16)

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RED = Proposed line of new track

Green Dashed– exis�ng track Lines to be removed

Pink = Proposed car park

Green—Network Rail land ownership

Rockingham road

Road bridge

Gt Bowden Road

To st Marys Road / Town Centre

To A6 Harborough bypass

Li"le Bowden

To Great Bowden

NORTH

Riverside

Riverside industrial

estate

Poten$al access

loca$on (A)

Poten$al access

loca$on (B)

Poten$al access

loca$on (C)

Gores Lane

Ke

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rin

g R

oa

d

MARKET HARBOROUGH LINE SPEED IMPROVEMENTS

HARBOROUGH STATION

Exis$ng sta$on

access

HARBOROUGH

TRAIN STATION

This plan is not to scale and is for iden�fica�on purposes only

A

A

Improved sta$on facili$es and enhanced car park with improved access

Removal of engineering sidings

Longer pla0orms

Staged construc$on

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Great Bowden Village

— Proposed Bridge and rail track works

Sta�on ID: SPC53/28F Sta�on road overbridge

Proposal : reconstruct

Bridge ID: SPC3/28D Main Street overbridge

Proposal : reconstruct

Bridge ID: SPC3/28E Footbridge /

PROW A49 Proposal : reconstruct

Exis�ng rail line to be removed

New track line

New track line

Exis�ng rail line

to be removed

Li"le Bowden rd

Sta$on Road

Ber

ry c

lose

The Green

Langton Road

Main Street

To B6047

Great Bowden

NORTH

PROPOSALS

Works to: Station road bridge, Footbridge & Main Street bridge

Line side vegetation clearance.

New track alignment through Pony Paddock (terminating ex-isting lease as NR land)

Likely to have minor change to Public Rights of Way (permanent diversion order to be submitted)

SUBJECT TO ALTERATION

This plan is not to scale and is for iden�fica�on purposes only

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Great Bowden Village

— Proposed Bridge and rail track works on Network R ail owned paddock land off Langton Road

Main Street

Dismantled railway line

Langton Road

Proposed new track line

Proposal : Not known at this �me

Paddocks land requiring planning

permission

Bridge ID: SPC3/28C foot / road bridge UB-

Langton Road with right of way

Bridge ID: SPC3/28B Skew Bridge

Bridge ID: SPC3/28A underbridge

Proposal : Not known at this �me NORTH

This plan is not to scale and is for iden�fica�on purposes only

Change of use to operational railway (Pony Paddocks)

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Great Bowden Village

— Proposed Bridge and rail track works on Network R ail owned paddock land off Langton Road 2

A6 Harborough

Bypass to

Kibworth

Dismantled railway line

Langton Road

Proposed new track line Change of use to opera$onal

railway

Bridge ID: SPC3/28A - CHATERS CATTLE

BRIDGE with PROW BOAT A47

PROPOSAL: reconstruct

Proposal : Not known at this �me

NORTH

This plan is not to scale and is for iden�fica�on purposes only

Langton Road

Bridge ID: SPC3/28 A6 Harborough Bypass

PROPOSAL: Raise parapets only

A6 Harborough Bypass to

Market Harborough

To Great

Bowden

To Thorpe

Langton

Exis$ng track line 28

Overview plan

Harborough Council:

Environmental screening to inform decision on Environmental Impact Assessment

Car Park planning application

Prior approval of new station & footbridge

Change of use to operational railway (Pony Paddock)

Part 8 notification for permitted development

Listed building consent

Leicestershire County Council

Diversion order for Public Rights of Way (temp & permanent)

Highway authority:

Highway approval for new station access route

Change to bridges

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Name of structure

Structure Class

ELR IDPost code

Highways Authority

Planning Authority

Description of Structure

Liability / Property Issues

Consents Proposal

Under Hill Bridge

Footbridge SPC5

49 LE127LP Leicestershire County Council

Charnwood Borough Council

Lattice two span skewed footbridge

NR owned & maintained for public footpath rights.

N/A Reconstruction to 5100mm

Humble Lane Bridge

Overbridge SPC5

44 LE74US Leicestershire County Council

Charnwood Borough Council

Approach arches and two span steel flat deck

NR owned & maintained for public highway rights.

N/A Reconstruction to 5175mm

Syston Road Overbridge SPC5

43 LE74UZ Leicestershire County Council

Charnwood Borough Council

Two span wrought Iron deck

NR owned & maintained for public highway rights.

N/A Reconstruction to 5175mm

Meadow Lane

OverbridgeSPC

578 LE111LE Leicestershire

County Council

Charnwood Borough Council

Two brick arch & New concrete deck

NR owned & maintained for public highway rights.

N/A

Jack existing flat deck and reconstruct central Arch with a flat deck to match jacked structure, side arch to remain.

Barkby Thorpe Lane

Overbridge SPC5

29 LE48GT Leicestershire County Council

Charnwood Borough Council

Two span concrete flat deck

NR owned & maintained for public highway rights.

N/A Reconstruction to 5175mm

Barkby Lane Overbridge SPC5

30 LE72BA Leicestershire County Council

Charnwood Borough Council

Two span concrete flat deck

NR owned & maintained for public highway rights.

N/A Reconstruction to 5175mm

Nottingham Road A60

Overbridge SPC5

75LE111H

WLeicestershire County Council

Charnwood Borough Council

Brick arch & New concrete deck

NR owned & maintained for public highway rights.

N/AJack existing flat deck and reconstruct arch with a flat deck to match jacked structure.

Chaters OverbridgeSPC

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LE167HS

Leicestershire County Council

Harborough District Council

Three span brick arch

NR owned & maintained for a Byway Open to All Traffic BOAT

N/A Reconstruction to 5100mm

Grammar School Bridge

Overbridge SPC3

18 LE89JB Leicestershire County Council

Harborough District Council

Three span brick arch

NR owned & maintained for public footpath rights.

Conservation Area

Reconstruction with flat deck to 5175mm

Taylors Lodge

Overbridge SPC3

3LE182Q

TLeicestershire County Council

Oadby and Wigston Borough Council

Single span deckNR owned & maintained for private vehicular rights.

N/A Jack existing structure to 5175mm

Update on Bridge enhancements (phase 1)

The following bridges were previously identified and committed in the Midland Mainline Electrification programme as

requiring enhancement works. Following the unpausing of the electrification and Hendy review in September 2015, Network rail is currently in the progress of replanning the programme and as yet has not yet been able to provide LCC with a new programme timetable for the delivery of these phase 1 works. Other bridges in Leicestershire were also identified as requiring works but as they remain uncommitted .

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Location of bridges and junctions affected by the Midland Main Line Electrification programme

North of Leicester

WIGSTON

FLY UNDER

KEY

Blue Circle— Bridges iden�fied in the MMLe

programme as requiring works

Dashed orange

circles Syston Junc�ons and sta�on

Wigston Junc�on and Wigston

Fly under loca�on

Dashed orange Length of track involved in the

Leicestershire capacity project

Bridge iden�fica�on

Blue wording Commi&ed works phase 1

Black wording uncommi&ed works

not iden�fied

(Iden�fied in Leicester Capacity)

(Iden�fied in Leicester Capacity ES001A)

(Iden�fied in

Leicester Capacity)

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Location of bridges and junctions affected by the Midland Main Line Electrification programme

North of Leicester

KEY

Blue Circle— Bridges iden�fied in the MMLe

Phase 1 programme as requiring works

Dashed orange CroD sidings

circles

orange oval Market Harborough line speed

improvements project

Yellow line Track works outside of county

south of Leicestershire to be

completed in key output 1

2014-2019

Bridge iden�fica�on

Blue wording Commi&ed works phase 1

Black wording uncommi&ed works

CROFT SIDINGS

not iden�fied

Iden�fied in

Leicester Capacity

Iden�fied in

MHLSI (ES001A)

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