Fatality In The Ealing Area (12/10/2008)

Lee

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Fatality In The Ealing Area (12/10/2008)

« on: October 12, 2008, 13:54:04 »

From the FGW^▸ website :

Train services between London Paddington and Reading are being disrupted due to a fatality in the West Ealing area.Short notice alterations, cancellations and delays of up to 45 minutes can be expected. First Great Western tickets are being accepted on the following routes : CrossCountry services between Reading and Oxford, SouthWest Trains between London Waterloo and Reading/Windsor, London Buses amd London Underground on all reasonable routes.

Train services between London Paddington and Reading are being disrupted due to a person hit by a train in the Ealing Broadway area.Short notice alterations, cancellations and delays of up to 45 minutes can be expected.


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Re: Fatality In The Ealing Area (12/10/2008)

« Reply #1 on: October 12, 2008, 16:13:16 »

Update from the FGW^▸ website :

Train services between London Paddington and Reading are now running normally in the West Ealing area.


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Re: Fatality In The Ealing Area (12/10/2008)

« Reply #2 on: October 12, 2008, 19:18:57 »

Thanks, Lee.

With these tragic incidents happening all over the rail network, I'm amazed at stories such as this:

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An artwork depicting a person falling to their death in front of a train will not be displayed at London's St Pancras Station. The image, commissioned by London & Continental Railways (LCR), was to be part of a bronze frieze by Paul Day. One of two scenes of a platform reflected in a pair of sunglasses showed a man in front of a train driven by a skeletal Grim Reaper figure. Train drivers and families of suicide victims condemned the piece.

See http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7666093.stm for the full story. Shocked


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Re: Fatality In The Ealing Area (12/10/2008)

« Reply #3 on: October 12, 2008, 20:03:23 »

Apparently, the pieces that were rejected also included a couple copulating. Nice.


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Re: Fatality In The Ealing Area (12/10/2008)

« Reply #4 on: October 13, 2008, 10:18:47 »

I Work For FGW^▸ blog post link on the Ealing fatality.
http://www.iworkforfgw.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=136&start=0&st=0&sk=t&sd=a


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Re: Fatality In The Ealing Area (12/10/2008)

« Reply #5 on: October 13, 2008, 18:11:09 »

Unfortunately this was a trainee Driver involved with this incident.

It always saddens me to hear about these things, there had been some progress made on this by introducing security guards at Southall station, however this just seems to have driven it to other locations.

My thoughts are with the driver and instructor and I sincerely hope they are both able to recover from this and continue in there chosen career.


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