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Title: Person hit by train between Bridgend and Swansea - 18 August 2013 Post by: Chris from Nailsea on August 18, 2013, 17:08:05 From First Great Western JourneyCheck:
Quote Line problem: between Bridgend and Swansea. Owing to a person hit by a train between Bridgend and Swansea all lines are blocked. Train services running to and from these stations may be delayed or revised at short notice. An estimate for the resumption of normal services will be provided as soon as the problem has been fully assessed. Message Received: 18/08/2013 14:28 Title: Re: Person hit by train between Bridgend and Swansea - 18 August 2013 Post by: Lee on August 18, 2013, 17:24:50 Trains now running normally - Clearly never easy on those involved in such incidents, though :(
Title: Re: Person hit by train between Bridgend and Swansea - 18 August 2013 Post by: Chris from Nailsea on August 18, 2013, 18:26:50 From the BBC (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-23749682):
Quote Person killed after being hit by First Great Western train at Pyle A person has been killed after being hit by a Swansea-bound train in the Bridgend area. British Transport Police (BTP) said the incident happened at 13:30 BST on Sunday in Pyle. South Wales Police and ambulance service also attended the scene. BTP said inquiries are continuing but the death is not being treated as suspicious. First Great Western said services were running normally by 17:00 BST. There had been delays of up to an hour on Sunday afternoon after the incident involving the service from London Paddington. Police said they had no details of the person's identity but asked for anyone with any information about the incident to contact BTP on freephone number 0800 40 50 40. This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |