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Title: Gas explosion near Bristol Temple Meads - 7 January 2010 Post by: matt_splatt on January 07, 2010, 18:02:49 this is bristol is reporting a explosion next to the line near bristol temple meads
http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/homepage/Explosion-Bristol-gas-depot/article-1683655-detail/article.html Edit note: As this particular incident is specific to Bristol, rather than weather related, I've split the relevant posts into a new topic here. Chris. Title: Re: Snow/Wintry conditions Post by: matt_splatt on January 07, 2010, 18:05:12 http://www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk/Content.aspx?id=4257 more info here
Title: Re: Snow/Wintry conditions Post by: super tm on January 07, 2010, 18:06:15 Yes all services Swindon to Bristol Temple Meads vi Bristol Parkway. Shuttle service Swindon to Bath and also Shuttle Swindon to Westbury.
Title: Re: Snow/Wintry conditions Post by: matt_splatt on January 07, 2010, 18:36:48 line from london to bristol tm to be shut for 24 hours just been said on points west
Title: Re: Snow/Wintry conditions Post by: clevedonian on January 07, 2010, 18:39:02 line from london to bristol tm to be shut for 24 hours just been said on points west line from Bristol to cheltenham is closed as well!! Title: Re: Gas explosion near Bristol Temple Meads - 7 January 2010 Post by: Phil on January 07, 2010, 20:31:57 My son just got in (Melksham, half past eight) after leaving Filton Abbey Wood at half past 4. His car was parked at Trowbridge. Apparently bus replacement services are running well, but there's a distinct lack of information available out there.
Title: Re: Gas explosion near Bristol Temple Meads - 7 January 2010 Post by: Chris from Nailsea on January 07, 2010, 22:34:44 From the BBC (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/8446635.stm):
Quote Three hurt in explosions at Bristol gas depot Three men have been injured in a series of blasts at a gas depot on an industrial estate in Bristol. Emergency services were called to the BOC Gases depot at Whitby Road in St Anne's shortly before 1450 BST. The main Bristol-to-Bath railway line, which runs near the site, has been closed and all services are diverted via Bristol Parkway station. Avon Fire and Rescue Service say the area will be cordoned off for 27 hours because of the risk of further blasts. Whitby Road, Feeder Road and other roads within 200 metres of the blast have also been closed and industrial units in the area evacuated. Title: Re: Snow/Wintry conditions Post by: smithy on January 08, 2010, 07:41:05 line from london to bristol tm to be shut for 24 hours just been said on points west line from Bristol to cheltenham is closed as well!! [/quote] apparently a freight train derailed. Title: Re: Snow/Wintry conditions Post by: grahame on January 08, 2010, 08:20:37 line from london to bristol tm to be shut for 24 hours just been said on points west line from Bristol to cheltenham is closed as well!! apparently a freight train derailed. It looks like some folks have been working VERY hard overnight. Both are re-opened and running more or less normally by the looks of things Title: Re: Gas explosion near Bristol Temple Meads - 7 January 2010 Post by: Chris from Nailsea on January 12, 2010, 22:22:14 From the BBC (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/8454404.stm):
Quote BOC 'sorry' for Bristol blast disruption BOC has apologised to the public for the disruptions caused by a gas explosion at its bottling depot in Bristol last week. Three men were hurt in the blast which occurred in a storage tank at the Whitby Road site on Thursday. Two were treated for minor wounds. Alan Garton remains in a stable condition at the burns unit of Frenchay Hospital. The BOC group said it was sorry for the road closures and other disruptions resulting from the blast. "Last week's incident and subsequent fire at the BOC site in Whitby Road, Bristol, taken on top of the huge disruption that the weather has brought all of us, has meant considerable inconvenience to local people and businesses," a statement said. "BOC is hugely sorry for this, but the safety of the public is the most important consideration." A spokesman for Avon Fire and Rescue Service said it was a complex incident involving a significant number of acetylene cylinders. "I appreciate for members of the public, especially those who have been affected by this incident, it is extremely frustrating as from the outside there is very little to see," he said. The cordon has been reduced, but a stretch of the road outside the site entrance is still in place until the fire is totally extinguished and the Health and Safety Executive is satisfied there is no further danger to the public. Most industrial units are now open, but there is still no access to the Renault garage on Whitby Road. 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 |