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Title: Bathford Road bridge: masonry fallen into the road Post by: Mark A on August 19, 2023, 18:04:41 A twitter post with a couple of photos. Buses aren't going under, trains aren't going over.
Mark https://twitter.com/LukeJohnEmmett/status/1692917640409305346/photo/2 Title: Re: Bathford Road bridge: masonry fallen into the road Post by: bobm on August 19, 2023, 18:51:33 Middle Hill Bridge. Just the Bath side of the more famous Box Tunnel.
Title: Re: Bathford Road bridge: masonry fallen into the road Post by: Mark A on August 19, 2023, 19:12:14 Ah, the bus information (and the traffic congestion and photos) indicate that this is the rail bridge over the A363 by Bathford.
Mark Title: Re: Bathford Road bridge: masonry fallen into the road Post by: bobm on August 19, 2023, 19:58:00 You could well be right. There seems to be conflicting information on the location.
Title: Re: Bathford Road bridge: masonry fallen into the road Post by: froome on August 20, 2023, 11:55:58 You could well be right. There seems to be conflicting information on the location. There was conflicting information on the trains as well. I was on a train coming back from Didcot Parkway, and at Swindon there was an announcement that due to this problem, the train would now be diverted by Bristol Parkway to go directly to Temple Meads, with those travelling to Bath being told to stay on and change at Temple Meads, and those going to Chippenham being told to get off and await announcements about alternative travel arrangements. The train then sat at the platform for about another 10-15 minutes, and then moved off... but to Chippenham and Bath Spa. En route there was a rather embarrassed sounding announcement apologising for the conflicting information. I hope those going to Chippenham did get told to get back on! Title: Re: Bathford Road bridge: masonry fallen into the road Post by: grahame on August 20, 2023, 17:17:09 There was conflicting information on the trains as well. I was on a train coming back from Didcot Parkway, and at Swindon there was an announcement that due to this problem, the train would now be diverted by Bristol Parkway to go directly to Temple Meads, with those travelling to Bath being told to stay on and change at Temple Meads, and those going to Chippenham being told to get off and await announcements about alternative travel arrangements. The train then sat at the platform for about another 10-15 minutes, and then moved off... but to Chippenham and Bath Spa. En route there was a rather embarrassed sounding announcement apologising for the conflicting information. I hope those going to Chippenham did get told to get back on! I have to wonder why that reversal facility they put in at Bradford Junction during the "electrification" between Chippenham and Bath is so rarely used. 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 |