Freight Paths Through Aberdeen
Robert Gauld made this Freedom of Information request to Network Rail Limited This request has been closed to new correspondence. Contact us if you think it should be reopened.
Dear Network Rail Limited,
I would like a list of all paths allocated to freight traffic between Stonehaven station (STN) and Dyce station (DYC). The list should include:
* Train describer/head code as used by the signalling system.
* Allocated days/times and an indication of how heavily the path has been used (e.g. every time, half the time, occasionally) during the most recent 12 month period. Please provide the dates used for this calculation. If the 12 months cover multiple recording periods please split your response accordingly.
* What the train carries (just loco, empty chemical tanks, containers etc).
* How many wagons form the train (a minimum, maximum and typical length).
* Where it came from and where it is going to (if a train is merged/split at any point outside the area specified then please use the point of merging/splitting and list all origins/destinations separately).
Yours faithfully,
Robert Gauld
Reference number: FOI2017/01438
Dear Mr Gauld,
Information request
Your correspondence was received by Network Rail on 6th December 2017. I can confirm that your request is being processed under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)/Environmental Information Regulations (EIR).I will endeavour to respond to you as soon as possible and in any event by 8th January 2018
On occasion we may need to consult with third parties about requests, in line with the recommendations in the Code of Practice issued by the then Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs.
If you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact me.
Please remember to quote your reference number in all future communications.
Yours sincerely,
Joanne West
Senior Information Officer
Freedom of Information Team
The Quadrant
Elder Gate
Milton Keynes
MK9 1EN
Telephone: 01908 782405
Email: [Network Rail request email]
Web: http://www.networkrail.co.uk/FOI/
Reference number: FOI201701438
Dear Mr Gauld
Please find attached correspondence relating to your Freedom of Information request.
If you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact me.
Yours sincerely,
Joanne West
Senior Information Officer
Freedom of Information Team
The Quadrant
Elder Gate
Milton Keynes
MK9 1EN
Telephone: 01908 782405
Email: [Network Rail request email]
Web: http://www.networkrail.co.uk/FOI/
Dear FOI,
I mean A full list of all permanently allocated train paths in the current working timetable (WTT).
Yours sincerely,
Robert Gauld
Reference number: FOI2018/00008
Dear Mr Gauld
Please find attached our response to your Freedom of Information request.
If you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact me.
Yours sincerely,
Joanne West
Senior Information Officer
Freedom of Information Team
The Quadrant
Elder Gate
Milton Keynes
MK9 1EN
Telephone: 01908 782405
Email: [Network Rail request email]
Web: http://www.networkrail.co.uk/FOI/
Dear FOI,
Thank you for those pointers to other sources of information, I think a combination of the working timetable (which I've just fetched) and the information you said that you could supply would allow me to get what I'm after. So please could I have the following details for the freight trains which actually ran between Stonehaven station and Dyce station between Sunday 21st May 2017 and Saturday 9th December 2017:
• Headcode
• Operators type ( I.e. Ballast)
• Date
• Time
• Origin
• Destination
• Lateness
If possible could it be provided in a form easily accessed by a spreadsheet (for example a CSV file or an ODF spreadsheet file)?
Yours sincerely,
Robert Gauld
Reference number: FOI2018/00141
Dear Mr Gauld,
Information request
Your correspondence was received by Network Rail on 31st January 2018. I can confirm that your request is being processed under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). I will endeavour to respond to you as soon as possible and in any event by 28th February 2018.
On occasion we may need to consult with third parties about requests, in line with the recommendations in the Code of Practice issued by the then Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs.
If you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact me.
Please remember to quote your reference number in all future communications.
Yours sincerely,
Joanne West
Senior Information Officer
Freedom of Information Team
The Quadrant
Elder Gate
Milton Keynes
MK9 1EN
Telephone: 01908 782405
Email: [Network Rail request email]
Web: http://www.networkrail.co.uk/FOI/
Reference number: FOI2018/00141
Dear Mr Gauld
Please find attached our response to your Freedom of Information request.
If you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact me.
Yours sincerely,
Joanne West
Senior Information Officer
Freedom of Information Team
The Quadrant
Elder Gate
Milton Keynes
MK9 1EN
Telephone: 01908 782405
Email: [Network Rail request email]
Web: http://www.networkrail.co.uk/FOI/
Dear FOI,
Hi, I think a miscommunication may have caused some data I was after to be excluded. Please, can you either confirm that I'm mistaken or provide it. Looking at the working timetable shows a number of paths which are allocated but not included in the data, these paths either start or finish within the requested area (making me think that you thought I only wanted services using the whole length of the specified track). An example being 3Q56 which runs from Clayhills to Dundee.
Yours sincerely,
Robert Gauld
Dear Mr Gauld
Thank you for your email of 15 April 2018.
I will look into this as an internal review of the handling of your request, to see if any further information should have been included in our response.
I will endeavour to respond by 14 May 2018. I will write to you if an extension is required.
Please quote reference FOI2018/00438 in any future correspondence about the internal review.
Yours sincerely
Colin Bendall
Information Officer – Compliance & Appeals
Freedom of Information Team
Network Rail
The Quadrant
Elder Gate
Milton Keynes
MK9 1EN
Telephone: 01908 782405
Email: [email address]
Web: www.networkrail.co.uk/foi
Dear Mr Gauld
Our reference: FOI2018/00438
Please find attached our response to your request for an internal review.
Yours sincerely
Colin Bendall
Information Officer – Compliance & Appeals
Freedom of Information Team
Network Rail
The Quadrant
Elder Gate
Milton Keynes
MK9 1EN
Telephone: 01908 782405
Email: [email address]
Web: www.networkrail.co.uk/foi
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Dave left an annotation ()
3Q56 isn't a freight path, it's a Network Rail test train path that will only run a limited number of times each year, if you want these including I would suggest you will need to make a new request specifying this. Additionally there may be other Class 3 trains but these could Empty Coaching Stock movements which, again, are not freight paths.