What is railway ELR?
An Engineer’s Line Reference (ELR) is a three alpha, or four alpha-numeric, code used to uniquely identify a railway line on the main-line railway of Britain owned, or maintained, by Network Rail but official railway records retain the ELR codes for lifted branch lines and any structures such as bridge abutments.
How are railway bridges numbered?
Most of the railways terminating in London seem to numerically at least, head into the city, with their numbers counting upwards from outside the city heading in. Just two lines count the other way. So where should you go to see bridge number 1 in London.
How many miles Train UK?
The National Rail network of 10,072 miles (16,209 km) in Great Britain and 189 route miles (303 route km) in Northern Ireland carries 1.7 billion passengers and 110 million tonnes of freight annually. Urban rail networks are also well developed in London and several other cities.
When did Network Rail public?
1 September 2014
On 1 September 2014 Network Rail was reclassified from the private sector to the public sector, becoming an arm’s length central government body. We retain the commercial and operational freedom to manage Britain’s railway infrastructure within regulatory and control frameworks.
What do bridge numbers mean?
In the mathematical field of knot theory, the bridge number is an invariant of a knot defined as the minimal number of bridges required in all the possible bridge representations of a knot.
Why do bridges have numbers?
As the users commented, railway bridges are given number plates for purposes of identification. These were put in place when the bridges were built. A lot of the plates are made from metal, even cast iron, but you may spot some painted on or even with reflective plastic.
How fast do trains go UK?
Book travel across Europe Across the rest of the UK, trains have a maximum operational speed of 125mph, although many are capable of speeds of up to 140mph.
Are Network Rail staff civil servants?
He must convince staff, 36,000 in total, that Network Rail needs to completely revamp its culture following a technical accounting change in September 2014 that has, in effect, turned them all into civil servants and triggered the most turbulent period in the organisation’s already troubled 14-year history.
What was before Network Rail?
Network Rail Ltd. took over control by buying Railtrack plc, which was in “railway administration”, from Railtrack Group plc for £500 million; Railtrack plc was then renamed and reconstituted as Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd. The purchase was completed on 3 October 2002.
Why are bridges numbered?
Identification information addresses the bridge location uniquely and classifies the type of the routes carried out on and/or under the structure and locates the bridge within the spatial location. Each bridge is given a number by the highway department of the respective state or the agency that maintains the bridge.