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Journey by Journey => Portsmouth to Cardiff => Topic started by: Timmer on May 31, 2008, 11:42:23



Title: Fatality Bath Area
Post by: Timmer on May 31, 2008, 11:42:23
Line problem in the Bath Spa area.
Train services between Westbury and Bristol Temple Meads are being disrupted due to a fatality in the Bath Spa area.Short notice alterations, cancellations and delays of up to 30 minutes can be expected.

Replacement road transport is being sourced. Customers are advised not to travel between Westbury and Bath Spa for the next 3 hours unless essential.

Service incidents
08:25 Great Malvern to Westbury due 11:35
This train has been terminated at Bristol Temple Meads.It will no longer call at: Keynsham, Oldfield Park, Bath Spa, Freshford, Avoncliff, Bradford-On-Avon, Trowbridge and Westbury.This is due to a fatality.


08:52 Weymouth to Gloucester due 12:31
This train has been terminated at Freshford and restarted from Bristol Temple Meads at 11:41.It will no longer call at: Bath Spa, Oldfield Park and Keynsham.This is due to a fatality.


09:00 Brighton to Worcester Foregate Street due 14:29
This train will be restarted from Westbury.It will no longer call at: Brighton, Hove, Shoreham-By-Sea, Worthing, Barnham, Chichester, Havant, Cosham, Fareham, Southampton Central, Romsey, Salisbury and Warminster.This is due to a fatality.

09:22 Portsmouth Harbour to Cardiff Central due 12:41
This train has been terminated at Westbury and restarted from Bristol Temple Meads at 11:54.It will no longer call at: Trowbridge, Bradford-On-Avon and Bath Spa.This is due to a fatality.


10:30 Cardiff Central to Portsmouth Harbour due 13:51
This train has been terminated at Bristol Temple Meads and restarted from Westbury at 12:02.It will no longer call at: Bath Spa, Bradford-On-Avon and Trowbridge.This is due to a fatality.


10:43 Great Malvern to Brighton due 16:14
This train will be started from Worcester Shrub Hill.It will no longer call at: Great Malvern, Malvern Link and Worcester Foregate Street.This is due to congestion caused by earlier delays.




Title: Re: Fatality Bath Area
Post by: smithy on May 31, 2008, 15:13:32
someone chucked them selves in front of 1a13  10.30 btm to padd as it was entering bath platform,apparently they got chopped in to 4 pieces.


Title: Re: Fatality Bath Area
Post by: Timmer on May 31, 2008, 15:39:46
someone chucked them selves in front of 1a13  10.30 btm to padd as it was entering bath platform,apparently they got chopped in to 4 pieces.
Its tragic when anyone chooses to take their life, but even worse when they choose to do it in front of a platform full of passengers on what would have been a very busy platform 2 at that time of the day. Thoughts are with the family of the person and with the train driver.



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