'Person on track' accident at Twickenham

Chris from Nailsea

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'Person on track' accident at Twickenham - 18 September 2015

« on: September 19, 2015, 00:46:57 »

From the BBC^» British Broadcasting Corporation - home page):

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'Person on track' accident at Twickenham

Emergency services at Twickenham station

Emergency services are at Twickenham railway station after an "incident involving a person on the track", South West Trains has said.

The company said a "customer has had an accident" and train services in both directions would be delayed as crews attended the scene.

It happened as thousands of fans left Twickenham following England's victory over Fiji in the first clash of the rugby World Cup.

The station is being evacuated.


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Incident at Twickenham Station after Rugby World Cup opening

« Reply #1 on: September 19, 2015, 08:36:23 »

Just seen this on the BBC^»

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-34298951

An uncomfortable event following the opening match of the 2015 Rugby World Cup.


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Re: 'Person on track' accident at Twickenham - 18 September 2015

« Reply #2 on: September 21, 2015, 15:16:08 »

It's been an accident waiting to happen for some time I'm afraid and there have been a number of "near misses"....I'm a regular at Twickenham but always go for a few ales afterwards to let the "traffic" die down on the trains and walk to Whitton station rather than Twickenham.....the first hour post match is always a nightmare and the station simply isn't up to it, the late kick offs don't help as people are in more of a rush to get away so go straight back to the station - bad planning all round.


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