MT Route Remix - Watley EV

MT Route Remix - Watley EV

A reworking of Meyshollop's 'Watley Junction' route, Watley EV shows the line having gone through electrification and modernisation.

The Watley Line is a small line that runs from Lightwood to Watley, with a small branch line to Poppy Lane. The line was never a major route, and since the early 90s has seen a steady decline in maintenance, with the line only seeing an hourly service at times, and operated by a contingent of Class 150 units beginning to show their age, and badly in need of refurbishment.

In 2008, it was decided that the line would be closed provisionally for a year, and if no solution could be found, the trackwork would be removed and the land sold off. In late 2009, SIGMA Transport, a newly formed company submitted a proposal to completely regenerate the line, which was accepted, and work started on the mainline in 2010, with the Poppy Lane branch reopening almost immediately.

This route depicts the line after the regeneration is complete, with both the main line and Poppy Lane branch electrified, and the new EMU depot at Hurtmore open.

The aged class 150s have been withdrawn and transferred elsewhere, and with the integration of the Poppy Lane branch into the main route, the entire line is now operated by Class 478 units.

MT Route Remix - Watley EV
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