I was wondering if anyone had any links to resources (e.g. maps/diagrams) for learning the SEHS route. Specifically the HS1 portion that you run the Javelin over. I've seen track profiles/diagrams from the Network Rail Sectional Appendix site for BML, ECW, and GWR, (thanks Mkdog45!) but I can't find the St. Pancras - Ebbsfleet portion in any of the files. (Maybe I didn't look in the right place?) Apologies if this question was asked in an incorrect manner. While it seems to me that I could have simply asked my question in the thread "Route Learning Methods?", since the diagrams in question are located there, along with similar questions to mine, I didn't want to do so because it is almost two years old. Thanks all!
I've made this when I was first learning the route. It's not comprehensive in any way and is only for going to Faversham HS1 is not included as it's just a matter of learning the gradients and following TVM. As a route learning method I recommended making a map like this. It doesn't take as much time and effort as it seems and it is a big help.
Great idea, thanks! Aha, good points. I guess with systems such as TVM and ACSES you don't need to memorize or worry about where the signs are for speed reductions.
Other than those in and around St Pancras where there are signposted speeds in Kmph (black background, white numbers) I would have thought the reason for the lack of diagrams is because Network Rail don't own or manage the track? it's owned and managed by a third party (read asset management companies)
Basically yes, with the added "bonus" that the whole of HS1 section has a max speed of 225km/h because it's the max speed of the Javelin. Just remember that the speed limit is 100 for stratford and 130 for Ebbsfleet
I mean, if you fancy it, you can find the Sectional Appendix document for HS1 here, takes the better half of 5 seconds on Google to find it
Awesome thanks! I was only searching within the site that I quoted above. I don't know much about UK railroading (my first exposure was through this game). I assumed all passenger trains ran on track owned by "Network Rail". Thus, I figured that if the diagram wasn't in that list then it wouldn't be anywhere. Heck, I never would have thought of the term "sectional appendix" had I not chanced across that older thread on route learning. I call those types of documents "track diagrams" or "track profiles". Anyway, thanks!
