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Title: Wet one! Post by: grahame on December 13, 2008, 11:23:58 Recent General Alerts (as reported at First Great Western):
Quote Train services between Swindon and Gloucester are being disrupted due to flooding in the Kemble area.Short notice alterations, cancellations and delays of up to 150 minutes can be expected. Customers are advised not to travel today. All tickets will be valid for travel on Sunday 14th December 2008. Train services between Worcester Foregate Street and Hereford are now running normally in the Great Malvern area. Train services between Westbury and Castle Cary are being disrupted due to flooding.Short notice alterations, cancellations and delays of up to 30 minutes can be expected. Train services between Swindon and Bristol Parkway are being disrupted due to flooding.Short notice alterations, cancellations and delays of up to 150 minutes can be expected. All London Paddington to Swansea and Swansea to London Paddington services are being diverted via Gloucester. Services will no longer call at Bristol Parkway. Limited road transport will be in operation. Customers are advised not to travel today. All tickets will be valid for travel on Sunday 14th December 2008. Train services between Newbury and Westbury are being disrupted due to flooding.Short notice alterations, cancellations and delays of up to 60 minutes can be expected. All services from London Paddington to the West of England are currently suspended. Limited road transport will be in operation. Customers are advised not to travel today. All tickets will be valid for travel on Sunday 14th December 2008. Train services at Coombe Junction Halt are being disrupted due to safety checks being made.Short notice alterations can be expected. Trains are unable to call at Coombe station. Replacement road transport will be available. Good day to stay at home ... (http://www.wellho.net/pix/dec_chaos.jpg) Title: Re: Wet one! Post by: BBM on December 13, 2008, 13:39:35 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7781088.stm
Quote And rail passengers at Reading station say platforms are crowded, after trains bound for the south-west were turned back because of flooding. Title: Re: Wet one! Post by: IndustryInsider on December 13, 2008, 14:20:50 It would be even worse had it been next weekend as the trains would all be full of those travelling away/home for Christmas.
The usual locations causing all the trouble again. Surely MORE money has to be spent, as disruption is now happening several times a year. As I type Fenny Compton between Banbury and Leamington is just staying open with a 5mph restriction both ways - that will be next! Title: Re: Wet one! Post by: simonw on December 13, 2008, 14:33:51 Yet again services via Bristol Parkway services, and many others are devastated by rain.
I assume the usual suspsects, Chipping Sodbury tunnel, Wotton Bassett junction are flooded. Can NR not resolve these issues? Whilst today is not a normal working day, I still have been inconvenienced 2-3 times this year by flooding, and a landslide on track due to excessive rain. Title: Re: Wet one! Post by: Timmer on December 13, 2008, 16:24:03 Yet again services via Bristol Parkway services, and many others are devastated by rain. I assume the usual suspsects, Chipping Sodbury tunnel, Wotton Bassett junction are flooded. Can NR not resolve these issues? Whilst today is not a normal working day, I still have been inconvenienced 2-3 times this year by flooding, and a landslide on track due to excessive rain. Yes it was the usual suspects but Chipping Sodbury tunnel reopened much quicker than it used to after heavy rain so the investment made a few years back has paid off somewhat but it still floods. Yes it rained all night but we haven't had that much rain these past few weeks and yet we have chaos on the rail network accross the country ??? Title: Re: Wet one! Post by: 6 OF 2 redundant adjunct of unimatrix 01 on December 13, 2008, 17:03:18 what about some of those chinese cloud dispursing rockets?
i suspect that this is going to be a long time in its resolution as we all know money is tight and these things are not cheap to fix Title: Re: Wet one! Post by: inspector_blakey on December 16, 2008, 13:46:37 I ended up stuck in Reading on Saturday morning whilst travelling from Oxford to Bristol. Top marks to the duty manager and the dispatch staff on platform 4 who were doing an absolutely sterling job keeping us up-to-date and dealing with hordes of stroppy passengers who didn't seem to have any understanding of the situation ("it's not raining that much here" and "why don't you make the embankments higher?" were two of the more priceless comments I heard). Their patience and good humour under near-impossible circumstances was exemplary, and they did eventually manage to arrange buses and get us on our way.
Title: Re: Wet one! Post by: Ollie on December 16, 2008, 14:18:16 Had the same sort of comments on July 20th last year, anyone remember that day ;D
"But it's sunny mate" yeah maybe here in London but not in Swindon it's not. Title: Re: Wet one! Post by: inspector_blakey on December 16, 2008, 14:52:00 Yes, remember that one. I was trying to travel from Oxford to Birmingham for my sister's graduation and got marooned in Banbury!
Title: Re: Wet one! Post by: Chris from Nailsea on December 16, 2008, 20:37:09 Ah, yes: Wiltshire, in July - the height of summer ... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/6909869.stm ;D
Title: Re: Wet one! Post by: eightf48544 on December 17, 2008, 07:58:32 It would be even worse had it been next weekend as the trains would all be full of those travelling away/home for Christmas. The usual locations causing all the trouble again. Surely MORE money has to be spent, as disruption is now happening several times a year. As I type Fenny Compton between Banbury and Leamington is just staying open with a 5mph restriction both ways - that will be next! I'm intereted in the fact Fenny Compton flooded. It's at roughly the same height as the summit level of the Oxford Canal so water should be able to drain both North and South, plus there is not much higher ground around from which the excess water can come. Not like the Severn Valley where the water poured down the hillside and hit the railway bank at the bottom and washed it away. Must be poor drainage or blocked culverts etc. I did post Network Rail really ought to be looking at places like Fenny Compton where I've not heard of flooding before. I could understand flooding nearer Banbury or Leamington where the line levels out but not at the summit/watershed. Title: Re: Wet one! Post by: Super Guard on December 17, 2008, 11:10:32 Had the same sort of comments on July 20th last year, anyone remember that day ;D "But it's sunny mate" yeah maybe here in London but not in Swindon it's not. And the Plymouth passengers who said it didn't rain much over-night, while places like North-Exeter & Ottery-St-Mary had flash floods ;D Title: Re: Wet one! Post by: Tim on December 17, 2008, 13:54:24 Had the same sort of comments on July 20th last year, anyone remember that day ;D "But it's sunny mate" yeah maybe here in London but not in Swindon it's not. three things I remember that night, 1) hanging out of the window at Dauncey and seeting the rails but not the sleepers out of the water as we crawled along, 2) the jolly TM (young, short chap with a goatee) keeping us very well informed, 3) staff at Swindon letting me out of the station to buy some chips. Title: Re: Wet one! Post by: Btline on December 17, 2008, 15:33:39 Don't forget, the SVR (Severn Valley Railway) was engineered as a branch line to carry light trains a couple of times a day.
For the last 30 years or so, it has been carrying an intensive service, with trains made up of 8 coaches, on very low/cheap maintenance. So it is quite impressive that it survived until last summer without many major problems - and that was due to a freak storm! On the other hand, the GWML............ 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 |