Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Network rail Christmas improvement works between Finsbury Park and Harringay
25 December at 00:01
27 December at 5:00
Noise is expected to be highest between 7am and midnight, 25th and 26th December
There is a helpline you can contact 24 hours a day. 03457 11 41 41
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Permalink Reply by Madeline on
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They're always working on the track behind us here, about 500 yards north of FP station. And, it seems, every Christmas. That track machine grunts and sighs loudly, with added sirens, as it's moved along. They don't mention the spotlights which are oh so bright that you could read a book whilst still in your own home.
The helpline is not going to be very helpful either. I mean, they're not exactly going to stop or turn down the noise if someone rings up, are they?
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As I said above, they were working again in the middle of the night on 21/22nd Nov. We get no warnings of these works.
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Permalink Reply by Michael Anderson on
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Even though I'm not as close as you Madeline, we get the odd noise from works during the night. Kind of like my washing machine is on an eternal spin cycle.
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Permalink Reply by Glenn Wallis on
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Sounds (sorry!) like a tamping machine. These amazing bits of kit pick up the track it standing over and rams force the ballast back under the sleepers to return the track to its design spec. The siren is H&S requirement to warn those working around the machine that it is about to move.
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Michael, does this refer to the ECML through Harringay & Hornsey or the T&H Line through Harringay Green Lanes and Crouch Hill?
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Glen, from memory of the letter it's the Harringay and Hornsey bit of the line with the actual rail replacement work happening south of Haringay station. I assume there will be a lot of movement of the track laying machinery between Harringay station and Hornsey depot.
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Permalink Reply by Konrad B on
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Even more railway noise!!!
Just received a letter from Network Rail informing locals that work on the Gospel Oak to Barking electrification (including the East Coast link with GO to B line) will take place from Christmas Day to New Years Eve. Harringay / Stroud Green residents will mainly be affected from Sunday 27 December to New Year. The work will take place from 8am 'till 8pm
The work will involve piling for supports for the overhead power lines - two every 50 meters. I imagine that this will be very noisy.
So I, and others who live within earshot of both the East Coast mainline and Gospel Oak to Barking line are in for a very noisy week - thanks Network Rail.
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It's comforting (not) that Network Rail have such intimate knowledge of every corner of their empire. Unless the eGOBLIN plans have been further enhanced recently to include doubling the Harringay curve I think I can say with some confidence that the road-railer KGTs will only be piling for ONE mast every 50m!
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The letter states "Two piles are required about every 50 meters to support the new overhead line equipment allowing for the electrification of the route"
What's a road-railer KGT?
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Permalink Reply by Gordon T on
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One of these, coming soon, in multiple, to a railway near you..... and me (Umfreville, south side
)PS though am in the catchment area, no Network Rail letter yet (Wed 1930).
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Permalink Reply by Maddy on
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Me neither.
I guess they're doing the works over Christmas as they have to close the route.
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On a double track railway two piles are required, opposite each other on both sides of the line for two masts opposite each other. Harringay curve is single line so only one mast every 50 meters is required.
A 'KGT' is a 'JCB' type machine with retractable railway wheels that all kinds of equipment can be attached to and swapped over, including a pile driver for OHLE mast piles.
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