|
Title: Line problem between Swansea and Cardiff Central (8 March 2010) Post by: Chris from Nailsea on March 08, 2010, 14:16:15 From FGW live updates (http://www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk/LiveUpdateList.aspx):
Quote Line incident Line problem between Swansea and Cardiff Central. Train services are being disrupted due to vandalism between Swansea and Cardiff Central. Engineers are working as fast as possible to restore services to normal. Delays of up to 30 minutes can be expected. Last Updated: 08/03/2010 12:08 Title: Re: Line problem between Swansea and Cardiff Central (8 March 2010) Post by: IndustryInsider on March 08, 2010, 14:25:25 Guess what....? More cable stolen! This time affecting the operation of level crossing barriers.
Title: Re: Line problem between Swansea and Cardiff Central (8 March 2010) Post by: matt473 on March 08, 2010, 14:48:15 And the honesty of staff was welcome on train I can guarantee. I was on the 9.28 from Swansea and arrived at Bristol Parkway nearly an hour late :-\ The Train manager was honest and put the blame of the delays on the theft of the cable. Meant I missed uni but what can you do. Nobodies fault apart from the the thieving beggars
Title: Re: Line problem between Swansea and Cardiff Central (8 March 2010) Post by: devon_metro on March 08, 2010, 15:45:42 The area is a cable theft hotspot, however South Wales seems quite prone in general!
Title: Re: Line problem between Swansea and Cardiff Central (8 March 2010) Post by: Deltic on March 08, 2010, 15:52:25 Since cable theft by scrotes is an increasingly common cause of operational failure on the railways, what is being done to find alternative methods of communication that can either keep the trains running in the event of cable theft (or other damage) or obviate the need for cable at all?
By the way, what a good word "scrote" is! ;D Title: Re: Line problem between Swansea and Cardiff Central (8 March 2010) Post by: matt473 on March 08, 2010, 16:09:14 Since cable theft by scrotes is an increasingly common cause of operational failure on the railways, what is being done to find alternative methods of communication that can either keep the trains running in the event of cable theft (or other damage) or obviate the need for cable at all? By the way, what a good word "scrote" is! ;D Apparently they have started replacing the cable in many areas with cable that is worth next to nothing. However the thieves still think there is copper cable being used so gets ripped up regardless. Title: Re: Line problem between Swansea and Cardiff Central (8 March 2010) Post by: Deltic on March 08, 2010, 16:16:42 I was thinking of some kind of wireless solution.
Title: Re: Line problem between Swansea and Cardiff Central (8 March 2010) Post by: matt473 on March 08, 2010, 16:28:11 I was thinking of some kind of wireless solution. In short term I'd say no as realistically the only reliable form is cbaleotherwise it owuld have been done away with by now. Maybe if ERTMS tests are succesful then maybe we could see it change in the future but for now we're stuck with tried and tested Title: Re: Line problem between Swansea and Cardiff Central (8 March 2010) Post by: Timmer on March 08, 2010, 17:12:08 By the way, what a good word "scrote" is! ;D Yes it is but sadly it gets used all to often on this forum because of what the scrotes get upto on the railways.Title: Re: Line problem between Swansea and Cardiff Central (8 March 2010) Post by: devon_metro on March 08, 2010, 18:16:53 I was thinking of some kind of wireless solution. Most of the cable thefts are of power cables as far as I know. If you've invented a wireless way of transferring power then I must say, you are a very very rich man ;) Title: Re: Line problem between Swansea and Cardiff Central (8 March 2010) Post by: Deltic on March 08, 2010, 19:20:54 Fair point :) and sadly not! :(
Title: Re: Line problem between Swansea and Cardiff Central (8 March 2010) Post by: clevedonian on March 08, 2010, 19:38:49 I was thinking of some kind of wireless solution. Most of the cable thefts are of power cables as far as I know. If you've invented a wireless way of transferring power then I must say, you are a very very rich man ;) Wireless power is already a possibility, all be it small scale at the moment, but give it a few years I am sure that this will be commonplace and we can do away with the power cables. see link. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8165928.stm 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 |