Freight derailment east Somerset junction 20/3/17

[whole diary]

[signalandtelegraph]

Some great pics of the recovery operation taking place are being posted on the Network Rail Greater Western Twitter Feed:
https://twitter.com/networkrailwest

Its a shame the captions for the cranes are wrong.  The one they claim to be theirs is actually Balfour Beattie's Kirow, and the one they claim is the Kirow is actually their own breakdown crane.   

[chrisr_75]

Some great pics of the recovery operation taking place are being posted on the Network Rail Greater Western Twitter Feed:
https://twitter.com/networkrailwest

Interesting, thanks. Quite a mess it's made!

And there was me thinking all of the rail cranes had disappeared decades ago!

[Thatcham Crossing]

We contacted GWR^▸ (Great Western Railway) this evening (via FB messenger) and got a response within 10 mins. Apparently plan now is that line will re-open 10pm Friday :-)

[TaplowGreen]

We contacted GWR^▸ (Great Western Railway) this evening (via FB messenger) and got a response within 10 mins. Apparently plan now is that line will re-open 10pm Friday :-)

I hope you're right but according to the latest update on the website;

Train services running through these stations may be cancelled, delayed by up to 60 minutes or diverted. Disruption is expected until 23:59 25/03.

[Adelante_CCT]

Network Rails twitter account also states 10pm Friday.

https://twitter.com/networkrailwest

Work continues to remove the derailed freight wagons in Somerset.  We plan to re-open the line from 22:00 Friday.

[TaplowGreen]

Network Rails twitter account also states 10pm Friday.

https://twitter.com/networkrailwest

Work continues to remove the derailed freight wagons in Somerset.  We plan to re-open the line from 22:00 Friday.

Yes they & GWR^▸ (Great Western Railway) seem to be (almost) consistent now!

Due to a derailed train between Castle Cary and Westbury all lines are blocked.
Train services running through these stations may be cancelled, delayed by up to 60 minutes or diverted. Disruption is expected until the end of the day.

[bradshaw]

Looking at the latest NR^» (Network Rail - home page) twitter feed (#SomersetDerail); has the up Westbury been plain lined temporarily to get the line open tonight?

[TaplowGreen]

.....looks like it's been put back until tomorrow?

A freight train has derailed on the line between Castle Cary and Frome blocking all lines. Network Rail response staff are on site rectifying the situation however Network Rail have confirmed that the line will not be open until the 25th March 2017 at the earliest.

[grahame]

Now open, trains running at reduces speeds though, delays up to 10 minutes.

Customer Advice
Arrangements previously made with South West Trains to convey passengers have now been withdrawn.
Arrangements previously made with Cross Country to convey passengers have now been withdrawn.
Arrangements previously made with First Bus route 10: Weymouth (King's Statue) - Upwey (Broadwey Methodist Church) - Dorchester West (Brewery Square), First Bus route 2: Weymouth (King's Statue) - Upwey (Broadwey Methodist Church), First Bus route 57: Yeovil Pen Mill (Station Approach) - Sherborne, Stagecoach bus route 49: Swindon (Bus Station) - Trowbridge (Town Bridge) and the buses of Somerset route 54: Taunton (Bus Station) - Yeovil (Bus Station) to convey passengers have now been withdrawn.

What a shame ... why can't we have a public transport system that routinely allows travel by any reasonable route?

[TaplowGreen]

Now open, trains running at reduces speeds though, delays up to 10 minutes.

Customer Advice
Arrangements previously made with South West Trains to convey passengers have now been withdrawn.
Arrangements previously made with Cross Country to convey passengers have now been withdrawn.
Arrangements previously made with First Bus route 10: Weymouth (King's Statue) - Upwey (Broadwey Methodist Church) - Dorchester West (Brewery Square), First Bus route 2: Weymouth (King's Statue) - Upwey (Broadwey Methodist Church), First Bus route 57: Yeovil Pen Mill (Station Approach) - Sherborne, Stagecoach bus route 49: Swindon (Bus Station) - Trowbridge (Town Bridge) and the buses of Somerset route 54: Taunton (Bus Station) - Yeovil (Bus Station) to convey passengers have now been withdrawn.

What a shame ... why can't we have a public transport system that routinely allows travel by any reasonable route?

I'll say it before the usual suspect does..........."Ooooooooos gonna pay for it?" 

[LiskeardRich]

Now open, trains running at reduces speeds though, delays up to 10 minutes.

Customer Advice
Arrangements previously made with South West Trains to convey passengers have now been withdrawn.
Arrangements previously made with Cross Country to convey passengers have now been withdrawn.
Arrangements previously made with First Bus route 10: Weymouth (King's Statue) - Upwey (Broadwey Methodist Church) - Dorchester West (Brewery Square), First Bus route 2: Weymouth (King's Statue) - Upwey (Broadwey Methodist Church), First Bus route 57: Yeovil Pen Mill (Station Approach) - Sherborne, Stagecoach bus route 49: Swindon (Bus Station) - Trowbridge (Town Bridge) and the buses of Somerset route 54: Taunton (Bus Station) - Yeovil (Bus Station) to convey passengers have now been withdrawn.

What a shame ... why can't we have a public transport system that routinely allows travel by any reasonable route?

I'll say it before the usual suspect does..........."Ooooooooos gonna pay for it?" 

If it was all publicly run it would all be in the same pot. I'll run for cover now!

[didcotdean]

>If it was all publicly run it would all be in the same pot. I'll run for cover now!

In Ireland the lack of co-operation if not outright hostility between IE, Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus is legendary and they are all publicly owned.

[grahame]

What a shame ... why can't we have a public transport system that routinely allows travel by any reasonable route?

I'll say it before the usual suspect does..........."Ooooooooos gonna pay for it?" 

If it was all publicly run it would all be in the same pot. I'll run for cover now!

Needs modelling - but I would suggest that the net income across the board wouldn't be significantly down.  Indeed on of the barriers to people using public transport is the fare complexity and fear of having the wrong ticket or a high fare when better is available.   Tuesday afternoon I was at the ACoRP^▸ (Association of Community Rail Partnerships) / DfT^» (Department for Transport - about) seminar in Lincoln and our table did a very interesting exercise for which we chose the fare system and the need to sort out problems for our "exercise".  Although the meeting was "off patch", it was very much GWR^▸ (Great Western Railway) territory experts, most with far longer rail industry experience than me, in our group.

[LiskeardRich]

Through bus tickets are available for certain destinations, and interusable bus/train Rover tickets so there must be some form of revenue allocation in place. The bus companies won't be conveying for nothing.

[eightf48544]

IC^▸ (Inter City) and IR common fare basis.

Local Train trams bus ferries etc. Tariff Unions with interoperable zonal fares as per London. TFL^▸ (Transport for London) type organisations  to let  and specify and let all public transport as a concession  for all major cities and towns.

Trouble is it's a ghastly European socialist idea doesn't fit in with Laissez Faire and free markets!