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« Reply #15 on: February 22, 2015, 22:38:56 » |
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The train is now moving under its own power to Westbury (currently over 4 hours late). Passengers will then be transferred to an empty HST▸ for their journey onto the West Country.
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« Reply #16 on: February 22, 2015, 22:47:26 » |
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The train is now moving under its own power to Westbury (currently over 4 hours late). Passengers will then be transferred to an empty HST▸ for their journey onto the West Country.
From RTT» it looks like an empty HST was sent from Bristol towards Bedwyn but never got any further east than Lavington for some reason: http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/O75807/2015/02/22/advanced |
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« Reply #17 on: February 22, 2015, 22:48:24 » |
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Think it was turned back to Westbury once the failed train got moving again.
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« Reply #18 on: February 22, 2015, 22:51:33 » |
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Think it was turned back to Westbury once the failed train got moving again.
@dangilby has just Tweeted: "Now ended up back on the same train & heading to Westbury - turns out 800 passengers won't fit on a rural station platform #bedwyn" EDIT: RTT» now showing that the rescue train appears to be heading west again from Lavington about 10 minutes behind 1C89 |
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« Reply #19 on: February 22, 2015, 23:25:14 » |
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Looks like a very late arrival to penzance. They keep saying on Twitter that buses and taxis will be used onwards from exeter, but this has appeared in journey updates.
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« Reply #20 on: February 22, 2015, 23:28:00 » |
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Reading through @FGW▸ on twitter and FGW on Facebook this afternoon/evening I have to say that the social media team have done an excellent job in keeping people informed. Particularly those tweeting from (or about people on) the affected train. Such direct Customer Service on a Sunday afternoon/evening would have been unthinkable as little as five years ago.
One father very concerned about his son getting to boarding school in Tiverton.
FGW have also said on twitter that passengers will be compensated following this incident. An incident that would normally fall outside of FGW's Passenger Charter compensation commitments.
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« Reply #21 on: February 22, 2015, 23:31:35 » |
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Latest is a replacement HST▸ running as 1Z89 2315 Westbury to Penzance.
I pity to people heading to quieter stations in Cornwall. Arriving at 2-3am...
Latest from the incident site is that 33ft of Bridge parapet ended up on the tracks on the Reading side of the bridge.
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« Reply #22 on: February 22, 2015, 23:32:19 » |
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Tonight's sleepers will have an interesting route I guess. They've got to go Honiton/Yeovil due to line closures in the taunton area, so at a guess they will then have to go via melksham after westbury or is there an alternative option?
Melksham will see a few extra trains today and tomorrow passing I would think?
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« Reply #23 on: February 22, 2015, 23:34:17 » |
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Latest is a replacement HST▸ running as 1Z89 2315 Westbury to Penzance.
I pity to people heading to quieter stations in Cornwall. Arriving at 2-3am...
0230 from Plymouth with a 0430 arrival into penzance. It's now being run past exeter as a spare driver and TM‡ were found, due to the high number of passengers on board heading for cornwall. |
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« Reply #24 on: February 22, 2015, 23:46:55 » |
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Least worst option from the operator's point of view.
Trying to find enough accommodation and/or onward road transport for a full and standing HST▸ would probably have taken just as long as transferring passengers to another train and continuing the journey.
Getting multiple hundreds of passengers from a quiet corner of Wiltshire, either to a bed for the night (and onward transport in the morning) or onto replacement transport to multiple destinations (remembering that this was a diverted service with scheduled calls at both Yeovil stations) would be a logistical nightmare.
I just hope those for Taunton and Tiverton were catered for once the decision was made to provide a replacement HST from Westbury. Bit of a pain for them if they have to go to Exeter via Yeovil Junction and then get a taxi home.
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« Reply #25 on: February 23, 2015, 00:16:06 » |
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Looks like the Newbury Weekly News got the scoop: Train services between Newbury and Westbury are currently suspended after a lorry crashed into a railway bridge near Froxfield and a passing train hit debris.
Wiltshire Police who are currently at the scene said that they are dealing with a single vehicle road traffic collision in which a large vehicle has collided with a now partially collapsed railway bridge at Oak Hill near Froxfield.
Police said the collision which happened around 5.30pm tonight (Sunday) had caused ^some damage^ to the bridge which has left debris on the railway line.
The 16.34 train service from London Paddington to Penzance subsequently hit the debris, with no reported injuries.
National Rail said that train services had been suspended at Newbury because of the obstruction on the line between Bedwyn and Hungerford and that ^there is no firm estimate yet of how long disruption will last.^
Services between Westbury and Reading may divert via Chippenham and Melksham.
West Country Travel said on Twitter that due to the partly collapsed bridge all lines are blocked and that trains to Kintbury, Hungerford, Bedwyn and Pewsey will not be served.
Disruption is now expected to continue into Monday morning rush hour.
West Country Travel said: ^The train in question is reported full and standing ^ no injuries to passengers and now First Great Western are looking to rescue them ^ the means by which this will be achieved still being arranged (empty train about to leave Bristol to stand by at Westbury).^
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« Reply #26 on: February 23, 2015, 00:22:42 » |
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« Reply #27 on: February 23, 2015, 00:32:58 » |
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BNM CfN they are an actual source... https://mobile.twitter.com/wctravThe truck involved is a Stobart lorry. |
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« Reply #28 on: February 23, 2015, 00:37:45 » |
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In which case, my apologies.  How do they apparently have the ability to provide more up to date and detailed information than First Great Western? |
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« Reply #29 on: February 23, 2015, 00:45:41 » |
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In which case, my apologies. How do they apparently have the ability to provide more up to date and detailed information than First Great Western? I wondered that myself. Their website is informative. They seem to have a number of sources for info. |
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