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Title: Something you dont see everyday Post by: basset44 on January 15, 2014, 15:58:32 Hi All,
Not your usual http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-25743400 Basset Title: Re: Something you dont see everyday Post by: Chris from Nailsea on January 15, 2014, 21:01:45 Thanks for posting that item, basset44! :D
For the benefit of any our readers who are not able to access or view such links easily on their particular devices, I've taken the liberty of quoting that BBC article (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-25743400) here: Quote Road trip for storm-hit Barmouth marooned trains (http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/72303000/jpg/_72303792_train2.jpg) The stranded trains were carried through Barmouth on the back of lorries Two trains marooned on a railway line during storms that hit the mid and north Wales coast are being moved by road for safety checks. Arriva Trains Wales decided to move the trains because they have been stranded at Barmouth since the Cambrian Coast line was damaged on 3 January. The sea wall was washed away at nearby Llanaber with 300 tonnes of ballast lost to the sea. The line is still closed and buses are operating instead of trains. An Arriva Trains spokesman said the two trains consisting of two carriages each had not been damaged by the storms. The first train started its 74-mile journey to Chester on Wednesday morning. The spokesman added: "The units have been will undergo routine safety checks and will be put back into operation elsewhere on the network." (http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/72296000/jpg/_72296886_train3.jpg) The trains are being taken to Chester Meanwhile Network Rail has started repair work on the line which runs between Machynlleth and Pwllheli. "The sea wall was washed away at Llanaber resulting in 300 tonnes of rail ballast lost to the sea and approximately 800 tonnes of debris across the line," said a Network Rail spokesman. "The tidal surge also caused damage to embankment and sea wall at Barmouth and Tywyn leaving the railway unsafe for operations." The spokesman said engineers had been taking advantage of improving weather conditions to start the recovery. "This includes a detailed assessment of the damage to help us determine the repair work required and when rail services can resume," he said. (http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/72296000/jpg/_72296508_train2.jpg) The trains started their 74-mile journey on Wednesday morning Title: Re: Something you dont see everyday Post by: grahame on January 16, 2014, 08:15:43 From the front page of the Arriva Trains Wales web site ...
Quote Cambrian Coast Buses replace trains between Machynlleth and Pwllheli in both directions until further notice. due to the severity of the storm damage, this is likely to be the case for a number of weeks at least Title: Re: Something you dont see everyday Post by: basset44 on January 16, 2014, 08:21:22 Thanks
Chris willl have to learn how to do quotes. Do you think the photo will end up being used has a stock photo with headlines like " New door to door transport introduced" " Trial of Intergrated Transport Methods" I do realise this is serious for this part of the coast line and will be expensive to repair. Basset 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 |