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Title: Closed by flooding - how often does this happen? Post by: grahame on January 27, 2013, 13:23:26 Quote Owing to flooding at Yeovil Pen Mill all lines are blocked. Impact: Train services running through this station may be terminated at and started back from Yeovil Pen Mill at short notice. All stations between Yeovil Pen Mill and Weymouth will not be served. Disruption is expected until 12:30 28/01. Posted at lunchtime on Sunday 27th January ... so that's all of today's services and half of tomorrow's. The Heart of Wessex seems rather susceptible to suspension due to flooding ... I'm not sure how many time it's happened so far this winter already, but I think it may now be 3 or 4. Has it always been like this? Perhaps members like swrural could tell us? Title: Re: Closed by flooding - how often does this happen? Post by: swrural on January 27, 2013, 13:42:35 @GE
You caught me during my lunchtime trawl of GWCS . Last night we had the most appalling storms down here (woke us up and kept us awake) and I suspect (can do no more than that) it was all too much for the little river Yeo. Title: Re: Closed by flooding - how often does this happen? Post by: JayMac on January 27, 2013, 14:02:16 GWCS?
Could we have full names at least once in a post before using the abbreviation. Googling 'GWCS' has me at a loss for anything rail related as it doesn't appear to be an abbreviation in common usage. Title: Re: Closed by flooding - how often does this happen? Post by: LiskeardRich on January 27, 2013, 14:06:41 GWCS? Could we have full names at least once in a post before using the abbreviation. Googling 'GWCS' has me at a loss for anything rail related as it doesn't appear to be an abbreviation in common usage. How about Great Western Coffee Shop putting 2 and 2 together with the fact he may have been trawling this forum at the time of his post Title: Re: Closed by flooding - how often does this happen? Post by: grahame on January 27, 2013, 14:07:39 GWCS? Could we have full names at least once in a post before using the abbreviation. Googling 'GWCS' has me at a loss for anything rail related as it doesn't appear to be an abbreviation in common usage. "Great Western Coffee Shop" ? A term of endearment, I suspect ;D Title: Re: Closed by flooding - how often does this happen? Post by: JayMac on January 27, 2013, 14:11:45 Aha. Sometimes one is blinded by the blindingly obvious!
In my defence it's not an abbreviation that I've ever seen used on this forum before. Title: Re: Closed by flooding - how often does this happen? Post by: Ollie on January 27, 2013, 22:05:44 Here is a picture that got tweeted: https://twitter.com/FGW/status/295551861698732033
Title: Re: Closed by flooding - how often does this happen? Post by: Chris from Nailsea on January 27, 2013, 22:12:32 Thanks, Ollie! ;)
And, from First Great Western JourneyCheck: Quote Network Rail have advised due to the extent of damage caused by the flooding the line will remain blocked for at least 24 hours (Monday 28/01/2013 12:30). Message Received: 27/01/2013 19:11 Title: Re: Closed by flooding - how often does this happen? Post by: inspector_blakey on January 27, 2013, 22:13:44 From what I've heard (and I could believe it as I drove through some biblical rainstorms yesterday evening) a culvert somewhere around Chetnole became overwhelmed and blocked during the downpours, which resulted in something like 20 - 30 tons of ballast being washed out. Repairs in hand but will take until Monday.
Title: Re: Closed by flooding - how often does this happen? Post by: swrural on January 28, 2013, 16:50:14 Apologies for the GWCS, as anyway, it should have been FGWCS, so apologies to Ollie as well (for missing off the F). Chetnole is fairly low lying, but not near a water course IIRC. It well qualifies for the phrase 'and we stopped at every farmyard'.
Title: Re: Closed by flooding - how often does this happen? Post by: inspector_blakey on January 28, 2013, 16:54:35 Line through Chetnole reopened to traffic with a 20 mph temporary speed restriction at 1231.
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