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Title: Work to resume on rail line after staff threatened at gunpoint Post by: grahame on March 04, 2019, 04:16:20 From the Irish News (http://www.irishnews.com/news/northernirelandnews/2019/03/04/news/work-to-resume-on-rail-line-after-staff-threatened-at-gunpoint-in-lurgan-1564404/)
Quote ENGINEERING work is due to resume today on the main Belfast to Dublin rail line after being suspended when staff were threatened at gunpoint in Lurgan. A group of employees were carrying out work on the track on Saturday when they were approached by a man believed to be armed with a firearm. Police said the workers were threatened shortly after 11am before the man made off. Translink said the work, part of an £11.9m investment to upgrade the line, was "suspended for the safety and welfare of the engineers involved". [continues] Title: Re: Work to resume on rail line after staff threatened at gunpoint Post by: jamestheredengine on March 04, 2019, 08:09:33 The Belfast Telegraph (https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/mla-hits-out-after-lurgan-railway-workers-threatened-with-firearm-37871411.html) adds:
Quote This is not the first time the railway line at Lake Street has been targeted. In August last year, two petrol bombs were thrown on the tracks and another was thrown at a pump house near to the railway line barrier by youths. Police said they believed "violent dissidents" orchestrated the attack. 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 |