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Title: Delays for commuters at Hereford railway station - 19 March 2015 Post by: Chris from Nailsea on March 19, 2015, 21:53:13 From the Hereford Times (http://www.herefordtimes.com/news/11866483.Update__Delays_for_commuters_at_Hereford_railway_station/):
Quote Delays for commuters at Hereford railway station Arriva Trains Wales said normal service is resumed from Hereford railway station this morning after a driver reportedly parked a train in the wrong place. The train blocked the southbound track at the station from 5.40am until it was moved at 8am. A spokesman for Arriva Trains Wales said a freight train was blocking the line and they had to get a relief driver to come and move it. A caller to the Hereford Times newsroom, who was at the station this morning, said the delay was due to a driver parking a freight train in the wrong place on the line before going home. He said this meant platform 2 was out of use until another driver could come and move it. The Arriva Trains Wales spokesman said: ^It did disrupt our down the southbound service in and out of Hereford. We made arrangements for replacement bus services, taxis and arranged for rail tickets to be valid on other transport. ^It did cause a bit of disruption this morning which we are sorry for.^ He said services are now back to normal. There were delays of approximately one hour. Title: Re: Delays for commuters at Hereford railway station - 19 March 2015 Post by: phile on March 19, 2015, 22:13:29 News this morning indicated "Waiting driver". The length was such that it blocked access to the 2 Down Direction platforms. Passengers were blocked back to Craven Arms with delays up to 80 mins.
Title: Re: Delays for commuters at Hereford railway station - 19 March 2015 Post by: Thatcham Crossing on March 20, 2015, 14:17:59 Tea, no biscuits, interview for the driver, one would hope!
Title: Re: Delays for commuters at Hereford railway station - 19 March 2015 Post by: phile on March 20, 2015, 15:21:38 We don't know his circumstances or what his diagram was. He may have worked his maximum permissible hours or his Freight Company slipped up in not rostering relief.
Title: Re: Delays for commuters at Hereford railway station - 19 March 2015 Post by: TaplowGreen on March 20, 2015, 18:56:58 Can't wait to hear the excuse for that one!
Title: Re: Delays for commuters at Hereford railway station - 19 March 2015 Post by: phile on March 20, 2015, 19:09:40 No problem with the driver why he wouldn't work any further. He didn't know the road !!! Company responsibility
Title: Re: Delays for commuters at Hereford railway station - 19 March 2015 Post by: bobm on March 20, 2015, 20:39:06 Agreed the driver may have been prevented from working forward by hours or route knowledge, but I thought drivers were supposed to wait with their "charges" until their relief arrived?
Title: Re: Delays for commuters at Hereford railway station - 19 March 2015 Post by: phile on March 20, 2015, 21:47:56 Agreed the driver may have been prevented from working forward by hours or route knowledge, but I thought drivers were supposed to wait with their "charges" until their relief arrived? He might have done. I said that he didn't know the road beyond Hereford so whether he waited or not, the train still couldn't have proceeded. 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 |