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Sunbury Line Upgrade

In 2019 work started to upgrade signalling, overhead wiring and platforms to enable High Capacity Metro Trains to operate on the Sunbury line following the completion of the Metro Tunnel.

Hi-rail boom lift at work installing the new double wire traction power feeders at Albion

Tuesday 2 March 2021 3:10 PM
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New cantilevered overhead gantries replacing the 1920s Merz stanchions at the down end of Albion

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Tuesday 2 March 2021 3:08 PM
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New cantilevered overhead gantries replacing the 1920s Merz stanchions at the down end of Albion

Tuesday 2 March 2021 3:07 PM
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New overhead wires at the down end of Albion, new double wire traction power feeders also being added

Tuesday 2 March 2021 3:05 PM
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Metro Tunnel branded truck transports new overhead stanchions along St Albans Road, Albion

Tuesday 2 March 2021 3:04 PM
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Metro Tunnel branded truck transports removed 1920s Merz stanchions along St Albans Road, Albion

Tuesday 2 March 2021 3:02 PM
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Hi-rail boom lift at work installing the new double wire traction power feeders at Albion

Tuesday 2 March 2021 2:57 PM
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Installing the new double wire traction power feeders at Albion

Tuesday 2 March 2021 2:57 PM
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Hi-rail trucks at work installing the new double wire traction power feeders at Albion

Tuesday 2 March 2021 2:56 PM
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1920s Merz stanchion at Albion partially demolished

Missing the 22kV AC feeders, 1500V DC overhead, and crossbeam that linked the towers

Tuesday 2 March 2021 2:56 PM
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Crane atop a hi-rail truck installing the new double wire traction power feeders at Albion

Tuesday 2 March 2021 2:55 PM
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Hi-rail trucks at work installing the new double wire traction power feeders at Albion

Tuesday 2 March 2021 2:55 PM
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Installing the traction feeders outside the Albion tie station

Tuesday 2 March 2021 2:54 PM
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Both contact and catenary wires replaced at Albion, with new double wire traction power feeders added

Tuesday 2 March 2021 2:54 PM
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Piles of redundant copper contact wires waiting to be collected for recycling

Tuesday 2 March 2021 2:52 PM
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Cleaning out the staff toilets at the site compound

Tuesday 2 March 2021 2:52 PM
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New double wire traction power feeders and upgraded catenary wire at Sunshine

Tuesday 2 March 2021 2:52 PM
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Hi-rail elevated work platform at work stringing the new triple traction power feeders wires at Sunshine

Monday 1 March 2021 2:54 PM
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Hi-rail trucks at work stringing the new triple traction power feeders wires at Sunshine

Monday 1 March 2021 2:49 PM
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Role of copper feeder wire waiting to be installed at Sunshine

Monday 1 March 2021 2:46 PM
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Hi-rail elevated work platforms at work stringing the new triple traction power feeders wires at Sunshine

Monday 1 March 2021 2:46 PM
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Hi-rail trucks at work stringing the new triple traction power feeders wires at Sunshine

Monday 1 March 2021 2:45 PM
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Stringing triple traction power feeders wire at Sunshine

Monday 1 March 2021 2:44 PM
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