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Title: Whats going on at Guildford tonight? Post by: Mookiemoo on October 01, 2009, 18:42:15 Glad I was not stingy and paid for a cab to Wokingham rather than Crowthorn.
Just as I get to Reading, the Banbury train shows cancelled and the all the Gatwick trains are showing delayed. Announcer bod advises that Guildford station is closed due to an incident on a train! Am intrigued. Title: Re: Whats going on at Guildford tonight? Post by: Chris from Nailsea on October 01, 2009, 20:42:51 From the FGW website (http://www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk/LiveUpdateList.aspx):
Quote Line incident Line problem at Guildford. Train services are now running normally at Guildford. Last Updated: 01/10/2009 20:34 Title: Re: Whats going on at Guildford tonight? Post by: Steve Bray on October 01, 2009, 21:46:37 According to BBC Surrey's website, 20 firefighters were called to attend a fire in a train's traction unit at Guoldford station at 5.50pm this evening. Hence all the delays.
Title: Re: Whats going on at Guildford tonight? Post by: Chris from Nailsea on October 01, 2009, 21:58:09 From the FGW website (http://www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk/LiveUpdateList.aspx):
Quote Service incidents 21:03 Gatwick Airport to Reading due 22:19 This train has been cancelled. This is due to a fire at a station earlier. Last Updated: 01/10/2009 20:42 Title: Re: Whats going on at Guildford tonight? Post by: Mookiemoo on October 01, 2009, 22:34:32 Question answered - I was just interested as to why when I had a narrow escape (normally I fall foul) a train incident closed a station - was it a cross country train per chance?
Title: Re: Whats going on at Guildford tonight? Post by: JayMac on October 01, 2009, 22:46:29 Question answered - I was just interested as to why when I had a narrow escape (normally I fall foul) a train incident closed a station - was it a cross country train per chance? No Vomiters due through Guildford at that time (unless ECS). Title: Re: Whats going on at Guildford tonight? Post by: Mookiemoo on October 01, 2009, 22:48:24 Question answered - I was just interested as to why when I had a narrow escape (normally I fall foul) a train incident closed a station - was it a cross country train per chance? No Vomiters due through Guildford at that time (unless ECS). So why was a banbury train cancelled? Title: Re: Whats going on at Guildford tonight? Post by: JayMac on October 01, 2009, 22:55:24 Question answered - I was just interested as to why when I had a narrow escape (normally I fall foul) a train incident closed a station - was it a cross country train per chance? No Vomiters due through Guildford at that time (unless ECS). So why was a banbury train cancelled? Huh? Direct train to Banbury? Only one a day, destination Newcastle at 0609. Title: Re: Whats going on at Guildford tonight? Post by: Super Guard on October 01, 2009, 23:45:39 According to my pager, it was precious stock belonging to SWT.
Title: Re: Whats going on at Guildford tonight? Post by: Mookiemoo on October 01, 2009, 23:50:06 Question answered - I was just interested as to why when I had a narrow escape (normally I fall foul) a train incident closed a station - was it a cross country train per chance? No Vomiters due through Guildford at that time (unless ECS). So why was a banbury train cancelled? Huh? Direct train to Banbury? Only one a day, destination Newcastle at 0609. Wash showing on the Reading boards as destination Banbury.........cancelled - hence my query Title: Re: Whats going on at Guildford tonight? Post by: willc on October 02, 2009, 01:06:44 The Banbury cancellation was probably the 17.25 from Paddington, going by the running reports here http://www.savethetrain.org.uk/running.php (http://www.savethetrain.org.uk/running.php)
There's a whole string of rolling stock issues noted here for yesterday and glancing at the FGW site in late morning there seemed to be a number of short-formed Turbo workings around, so it may well be that by the middle of the evening peak they had run out of stock to juggle around. Title: Re: Whats going on at Guildford tonight? Post by: JayMac on October 02, 2009, 01:23:51 The Banbury cancellation was probably the 17.25 from Paddington, going by the running reports here http://www.savethetrain.org.uk/running.php (http://www.savethetrain.org.uk/running.php) There's a whole string of rolling stock issues noted here for yesterday and glancing at the FGW site in late morning there seemed to be a number of short-formed Turbo workings around, so it may well be that by the middle of the evening peak they had run out of stock to juggle around. So in all likelihood the Banbury cancelation was unrelated to the Guildford barbecue. Title: Re: Whats going on at Guildford tonight? Post by: IndustryInsider on October 02, 2009, 16:59:19 So why was a banbury train cancelled? I believe it conked out en-route at Maidenhead. Title: Re: Whats going on at Guildford tonight? Post by: Mookiemoo on October 02, 2009, 18:13:14 The Banbury cancellation was probably the 17.25 from Paddington, going by the running reports here http://www.savethetrain.org.uk/running.php (http://www.savethetrain.org.uk/running.php) There's a whole string of rolling stock issues noted here for yesterday and glancing at the FGW site in late morning there seemed to be a number of short-formed Turbo workings around, so it may well be that by the middle of the evening peak they had run out of stock to juggle around. Looks like they had another set of breakdowns as well. From my reading of the current running on the FGW website looks to me like at least 1 HST, 1 Turbo and one of the bristol area thingies all failed. Title: Re: Whats going on at Guildford tonight? Post by: Chris from Nailsea on October 02, 2009, 21:37:35 Meanwhile, the fire at Guildford station, apparently caused by 'an electrical fault', is being investigated.
From the BBC (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8287515.stm): Quote Passenger train fire investigated A rail firm has started an investigation after an electrical fault caused a fire on a passenger train at Guildford railway station in Surrey. More than 20 firefighters were called to the incident on the Havant to Waterloo service at about 1800 BST. South West Trains said no-one was injured and services resumed about an hour later. The firm said there had been an electrical fault on the train and apologised passengers for any delay. A spokeswoman added: "In line with our safety procedures, passengers were asked to leave the train at Guildford as a precautionary measure. There were no injuries to any passengers or staff as a result of the incident. Regular updates were provided to passengers throughout the disruption. We are currently investigating the cause of the electrical fault and we would like to apologise to passengers whose journeys were disrupted. Safety is our absolute priority and services resumed as soon as it was safe to do so." Title: Re: Whats going on at Guildford tonight? Post by: Ollie on October 02, 2009, 22:30:53 So why was a banbury train cancelled? I believe it conked out en-route at Maidenhead. PA fault I believe. Title: Re: Whats going on at Guildford tonight? Post by: John R on October 02, 2009, 22:51:16 Cancelled mid-journey because the PA wasn't working? Sounds like the safety Taliban were working overtime.
Title: Re: Whats going on at Guildford tonight? Post by: Ollie on October 03, 2009, 06:14:20 Cancelled mid-journey because the PA wasn't working? Sounds like the safety Taliban were working overtime. Well you could class the PA as a bit of safety equipment, it will become vital in the event of an incident. Title: Re: Whats going on at Guildford tonight? Post by: IndustryInsider on October 03, 2009, 15:12:11 It is classed as an 'out of service at the first convenient location' fault I believe. Maidenhead would fit that as it could be emptied and taken into sidings. Though, in my opinion, it is a bit of a over reaction. Quite right, Ollie, it could be very important in the event of an emergency, but a driver on a DOO turbo has no idea at any time whether all speakers are working effectively in all carriages - only that the system is either active or faulty - so if it's that important why isn't it subject to a full test before every departure?!
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