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Title: Severn Tunnel - incidents - merged posts Post by: tramway on September 17, 2008, 16:47:08 Anyone know what the obstruction is?
17 September 2008 Train services between Bristol Parkway and Newport South Wales are being disrupted due to an obstruction on the line in the Severn Tunnel Junction area.Engineers are working as fast as possible to restore services to normal. Short notice alterations, cancellations and delays of up to 30 minutes can be expected. Train services from Cardiff Central to Portsmouth Harbour will start from Bristol Temple Meads. Trains services from Cardiff Central to Taunton will start from Bristol Temple Meads. Train services from Portsmouth Harbour to Cardiff Central will terminate at Bristol Temple Meads. Train services from Taunton to Cardiff Central will terminate at Bristol Temple Meads. First Great Western tickets are being accepted for CrossCountry and Arriva Trains Wales services between Newport -South Wales- and Cardiff Central. Title: Re: Problems around Severn Tunnel (17/09/08) Post by: devon_metro on September 17, 2008, 17:03:45 Probably the axle counters failing. Again.
Title: Re: Problems around Severn Tunnel (17/09/08) Post by: Chris from Nailsea on September 17, 2008, 17:38:20 Lots of service alterations being reported on the FGW website, described as "due to an operating incident."
Title: Re: Problems around Severn Tunnel (17/09/08) Post by: Chris from Nailsea on September 17, 2008, 17:54:10 An update from the FGW website on the 'obstruction on the line':
Quote Line problem in the Severn Tunnel Junction area. Train services between Bristol Parkway and Newport South Wales have been disrupted due to an obstruction on the line earlier in the Severn Tunnel Junction area. Engineers have worked as fast as possible to restore services to normal. Delays of up to 30 minutes may still occur. Still not clear what the 'obstruction on the line' was, nor whether the 'operating incident' refers to the same thing? Title: Re: Problems around Severn Tunnel (17/09/08) Post by: Electric train on September 17, 2008, 18:09:47 Could this be it http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/7621301.stm industrial action by ATW although it ended at mid day
Title: Re: Problems around Severn Tunnel (17/09/08) Post by: devon_metro on September 17, 2008, 20:08:53 Twas a broken windscreen on an HST
Title: Re: Problems around Severn Tunnel (17/09/08) Post by: tramway on September 18, 2008, 10:03:16 Thought it was going to be something entertaining like the giant hamburger incident a while back. ;D
Title: incident in the severn tunnel Post by: infoman on September 23, 2022, 06:33:32 https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/22564586.severn-tunnel-incident-passenger-reported-seeing-flames/?ref=rss&IYA-reg=c5c6b655-da5f-4e01-9158-c2dba51f50d6
Title: Re: incident in the severn tunnel Post by: tomL on September 23, 2022, 16:19:53 Seems my comments were taken and slightly adapted. ::)
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