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Title: Bridge crash shuts railway line - Westbury / Trowbridge (30/10/08) Post by: Chris from Nailsea on October 30, 2008, 22:41:08 "A railway line was closed for several hours after a lorry smashed into a bridge in west Wiltshire. The HGV, which left the scene and has not been traced, left shards of wood embedded in the bridge over the B3907 near Yarnbrook. The track between Westbury and Trowbridge was closed until 1230 GMT on Thursday while a structural engineer examined the damage."
See http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wiltshire/7700195.stm and http://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/news/inyourtown/trowbridgenews/3805983.Lorry_crash_leads_to_rail_disruption/ Title: Re: Bridge crash shuts railway line - Westbury / Trowbridge (30/10/08) Post by: eightf48544 on October 31, 2008, 10:42:26 I think it's about time we got tough on this.
Automatic ban for the driver and a minimum of ^250,000 compensation to Networkrail, more if it's a mainline. As I've posted elsewhere the Departemnt for Roads should visit Magdeburg. They have two ways of preventing this happening on the long viaduct South of the town. The best is 600 volt tram lines and on non tram routes a sturdy RSJ across the road on RSJ legs designed to take the top off the lorry before it gets anywhere near the bridge. I like the tram idea you get deterence with excellent public transport. 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 |