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Title: Horse box wedged under bridge near Burnham station (Maidenhead Advertiser 27/08) Post by: JayMac on August 26, 2011, 12:15:09 From the Maidenhead Advertiser (http://www.maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk/news/article-22844-horse-box-wedged-under-bridge-near-burnham-train-station/):
Quote A horse box became wedged under a bridge near Burnham train station on Sunday, leading to fresh calls from residents concerned about its safety. Station Road was closed for about an hour-and-a-half after the trailer smashed into a beam along the top of the bridge at about 4pm. More than 20 residents gathered to watch as two fire crews from Slough attempted to free it. A horse was trapped inside for nearly an hour before eventually being released unharmed. In August last year the steel beam was installed and a permanent traffic order enforced preventing vehicles more than 2.5m high from passing through. Regular collisions into the bridge had caused Network Rail to become concerned about its strength. Hazel Shackleton, of nearby Sandringham Court, said: "Since they changed the bridge there are constantly accidents and someone's going to be seriously injured if nothing's done about it." A Network Rail spokesman said: "The height of this bridge is well signposted in advance and on the bridge itself, and it is the responsibility of drivers to make sure they follow the rules of the road." Title: Re: Horse box wedged under bridge near Burnham station (Maidenhead Advertiser 27/08) Post by: eightf48544 on August 26, 2011, 13:50:58 Good to see the "Magdeburg Solution" working, large steel beam in front of actual bridge work. Thus lorry hits beam before bridge. Hopefull preventing damge to road bridge and allowing trains to continue running. Should be installed in front of all low bridges. Cost peanuts save millions in delays.
My view is drivers should be automatically prosceuted and maybe banned from driving. Maybe Take away HGV or PSV licence. Plus at last a robust response from Networkrail. Magdeburg solution is my name after seeing such beams in front of low bridges in Magdeburg in 1996. they also have another even more drastic solution 600V tram wires. That I'd like to see more of this country because it would mean more trams, the finest form of inner urban transport, and before any says that they impede the traffic that's why they are so good! Title: Re: Horse box wedged under bridge near Burnham station (Maidenhead Advertiser 27/08) Post by: Worcester_Passenger on August 26, 2011, 17:43:14 Magdeburg solution is my name after seeing such beams in front of low bridges in Magdeburg in 1996. they also have another even more drastic solution 600V tram wires. That I'd like to see more of this country because it would mean more trams, the finest form of inner urban transport, and before any says that they impede the traffic that's why they are so good! Alas, City of Edinburgh Council is destroying the case for trams single-handed. For the latest, see http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-14678578 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-14678578) - the trams will only operate from the Airport to Haymarket station. Digging up Princes Street was (a) pointless and (b) apparently needs to be done again (!). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yOqU4-zE5w (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yOqU4-zE5w) has the usual Hitler rant - "^500 million quid to replace the number 22 bus".Title: Re: Horse box wedged under bridge near Burnham station (Maidenhead Advertiser 27/08) Post by: Chris from Nailsea on August 27, 2011, 23:12:32 Quote ... has the usual Hitler rant - "^500 million quid to replace the number 22 bus". Cough, splutter ... ;) :D ;D 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 |