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Title: 5 mph speed restriction at Newton Abbot Post by: woody on April 11, 2010, 19:28:20 Anyone know whats the reason is for the 5mph speed restriction through Newton Abbot station on the down side at the moment.
Title: Re: 5 mph speed restriction at Newton Abbot Post by: inspector_blakey on April 12, 2010, 03:17:23 It's only an educated guess but it may be indicative of a fairly serious PW fault. There are a range of things that a maintenance supervisor can stick a 5 mph TSR on to enable traffic to continue until a repair can be arranged.
Title: Re: 5 mph speed restriction at Newton Abbot Post by: woody on April 12, 2010, 07:41:18 It's only an educated guess but it may be indicative of a fairly serious PW fault. There are a range of things that a maintenance supervisor can stick a 5 mph TSR on to enable traffic to continue until a repair can be arranged. Being just 5mph thats what I thought.Title: Re: 5 mph speed restriction at Newton Abbot Post by: gaf71 on April 12, 2010, 10:50:47 It's on the down main (reversible), across a set of points, so I would hazard a guess at some problem with said points!
Title: Re: 5 mph speed restriction at Newton Abbot Post by: Super Guard on April 13, 2010, 00:08:58 Yeah no comment as to the reason on the Late Notices.
Title: Re: 5 mph speed restriction at Newton Abbot Post by: devon_metro on April 13, 2010, 00:11:14 For once everybody on the Newton Road stuck in traffic will be travelling faster than the train :D
Title: Re: 5 mph speed restriction at Newton Abbot Post by: gaf71 on April 13, 2010, 08:52:11 The restriction is only about 100 yards.
Title: Re: 5 mph speed restriction at Newton Abbot Post by: Super Guard on April 13, 2010, 18:29:03 And I see they are trying to route down trains via the Up-Main where possible.
Title: Re: 5 mph speed restriction at Newton Abbot Post by: The SprinterMeister on April 16, 2010, 20:54:57 Anyone know whats the reason is for the 5mph speed restriction through Newton Abbot station on the down side at the moment. I believe the 'V' in the points (where the rails cross over each other) has failed a routine ultrasonic test and requires replacement. Some of the sleepers / bearers at the points (1987 or so) don't look that clever either.Title: Re: 5 mph speed restriction at Newton Abbot Post by: woody on May 02, 2010, 22:01:21 I see that 5mph speed restriction at Newton has now been lifted.Was there yesterday but gone today.
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