Doncaster Power Box

We have used a 1979 track plan

Doncaster railway station is on the East Coast Main Line in England, serving the town of Doncaster, South Yorkshire. It is 155 miles 77 chains (251 km) down the line from London King's Cross and is situated between Retford and York on the main line. It is managed by London North Eastern Railway.

It is a major passenger interchange between the main line, Cross Country Route and local services running across the North of England. It is also the point from which London North Eastern Railway services branching off to Leeds diverge from the main route continuing north towards Edinburgh.

History

The railway station was built in 1849 replacing a temporary structure constructed a year earlier.It was rebuilt in its present form in 1938 and has had several slight modifications since that date, most notably in 2006, when the new interchange and connection to Frenchgate Centre opened.

Doncaster Royal Mail Terminal can be entered or exited from the Fast lines South of Doncaster, or by the Down Slow Up No1 for South running trains.

Signal 100 on the Up Fast is for southbound trains to change loco.

Platform Lenghts

P1						                17
P2						                 8
P3A						                 9
P3B						                 9
P4						                16
P5						                 8
P6						                 8
P7									     8
P8								    	16
Middle Siding		     				 8

Sidings

TWG1									25
TWG2									25
No1 Siding  							12
Transfer Line						    28 (between sig 259 and 250)
Up Goods								30
Up East Slow							23
Dn Reception							18
Dn Sheffield Goods						18
Up Sheffield Goods						18

Location

1	Doncaster Station
2	Dn Shunt Neck						n
3	No 1 Siding							s
4	Up Goods							U Includes Transfer Line & Up East Slow
5	Dn Shunt							d
6	Dn Reception						R
7	Sheffield Lines						S
		 
Line Abbrevations

Up ShefGoods							Up Sheffield Goods
DSU1									Down Slow Up No1
DS2										Down Slow No2
Dn/Up Hex								Down/Up Hexthorpe Goods
Dn/Up WS1								Down/Up West Slow 1
Dn/Up WS2								Down/Up West Slow 2
TWG 1									Two Way Goods 1
TWG 2									Two Way Goods 2

Start up screen photo

This was taken by David Palmer, looking north from platform 3A

Acknowledgements

This simulation was developed by David Palmer & Richard Wade, and used PC Rail developoment software supplied by John Dennis.

Thanks to Joe for his help and all the testing team.