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Title: Signalling problems Reading depot - 17 Oct 13 Post by: bobm on October 17, 2013, 05:15:55 From Journeycheck
Quote Due to a loss of signalling at Reading depot, trains are unable to depart. This is causing significant disruption on all London Thames Valley routes between London Paddington to Oxford / Bedwyn and Greenford, Reading to Basingstoke / Gatwick Airport and Slough to Windsor Central. Multiple cancellations can be expected. So far all the cancellations, eight of them, are on Reading to Basingstoke services. Title: Re: Signalling problems Reading depot - 17 Oct 13 Post by: bobm on October 17, 2013, 05:42:02 Services now suspended on the Greenford branch too.
In addition an HST service from Swindon to Cheltenham and its return to Paddington have been cancelled. The reason given is the problems at Reading so it may be to provide an extra HST to replace a Turbo. Title: Re: Signalling problems Reading depot - 17 Oct 13 Post by: bobm on October 17, 2013, 05:53:54 Some trains now able to leave the depot and the Swindon-Cheltenham-Paddington HST reinstated.
Title: Re: Signalling problems Reading depot - 17 Oct 13 Post by: BerkshireBugsy on October 17, 2013, 16:51:46 According to the train manger on the adelante service that I caught at Thatcham today there was a "total power outage" at the depot this morning but I don't know how accurate that was. It must be one of the few times I have been pleased to see ( and hear) a class 180
Title: Re: Signalling problems Reading depot - 17 Oct 13 Post by: Network SouthEast on October 17, 2013, 19:09:53 The new Reading depot is different from the one it replaced and the likes of Old Oak Common.
Train movements at Reading TCD are overseen through a controller setting points electrically and allowing movements using ground position lights. So no power supply makes it difficult for anything to get in or out. Older depots, like Old Oak Common have movements controlled by a shunter giving hand signals and setting points manually by hand. Although this system of work is unaffected by power cuts, it does means train movements are slower, and there are also greater risks of operational incidents such as derailments. 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 |