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« on: October 14, 2008, 07:10:46 » |
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From FGW▸ website:
Line problem between Westbury and Bath Spa.
Train services between Westbury and Bath Spa via Trowbridge are being disrupted due to vandalism.Engineers are working as fast as possible to restore services to normal. Short notice alterations and delays of up to 35 minutes can be expected.
Limited road transport will be in operation between Westbury and Bath Spa.
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« Reply #1 on: October 14, 2008, 07:44:15 » |
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Update from FGW▸ :
Train services between Bath Spa and Westbury have been suspended in both directions due to vandalism in the Trowbridge area.
The line is expected to remain closed until 10:00 today (Tuesday 14 October).
Limited replacement road transport is in operation between Bath Spa and Westbury in both directions.
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« Reply #2 on: October 14, 2008, 08:07:41 » |
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I see trains up to 09:30 from Westbury down to Portsmouth and Weymouth are all showing as cancelled now, too...
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« Reply #3 on: October 14, 2008, 08:57:23 » |
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It appears that local youths placed a large industrial wheelie bin on the track which was struck by a freight train and is now lodged underneath the train.
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« Reply #4 on: October 14, 2008, 09:19:50 » |
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The local youth is lodged under the train, or the wheelie bin?
(harsh I know, but I must admit to having a preferred answer...)
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« Reply #5 on: October 14, 2008, 09:35:42 » |
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Further update from FGW▸ :
Train services between Westbury and Bath Spa via Trowbridge are being disrupted due to vandalism.Engineers are working as fast as possible to restore services to normal. Short notice alterations and delays of up to 60 minutes can be expected. Limited road transport will be in operation between Westbury and Bath Spa. South West Trains are accepting First Great Western customers between Southampton and Basingstoke and Cross Country are accepting First Great Western customers between Souuthampton and Reading.
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« Reply #6 on: October 14, 2008, 12:21:01 » |
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Further update from the FGW▸ website :
Line problem between Westbury and Bath Spa.
Train services between Westbury and Bath Spa via Trowbridge have been disrupted due to earlier vandalism.Engineers have worked as fast as possible to restore services to normal. Short notice alterations and delays of up to 40 minutes may still occur.
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« Reply #7 on: October 14, 2008, 15:26:32 » |
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« Reply #8 on: October 14, 2008, 23:07:16 » |
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« Reply #9 on: October 15, 2008, 06:21:26 » |
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Brickbats for the muppets who slated FGW▸ on 'This is Bath' They obviously cannot understand that the Railway, unlike most internet forums, is run to a set of rules These are designed to ensure safe working and tend to frown on the running of trains with large objects wedged underneath.
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« Reply #10 on: October 17, 2008, 06:56:15 » |
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« Reply #11 on: October 30, 2008, 15:01:30 » |
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For info the new bin at Trowbridge station is now firmly chained down and padlocked, probably not the one from platform security gates. If I was more organised I would have posted images, but pictures of Trowbridge station and large wheelie bins seemed a bit sad to be honest. Without labelling all skateboarders as delinquents the local park was a magnet for undesireables at the best of times, the attacton the new skate area is clearly leading to problems most people could have predicted, the most recent incident a prime example. I would just love to see the risk assessment for the project.  |
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« Reply #12 on: October 30, 2008, 23:45:19 » |
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.
"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.
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« Reply #13 on: November 15, 2008, 18:57:01 » |
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A 20-year-old man from Trowbridge and a 17-year-old boy from Salisbury will appear in court later this month after being charged with causing a freight train to crash in Trowbridge.
Matthew Robinson from Trowbridge and a 17 year old from Salisbury were charged with endangering the safety of persons upon the railway on Friday, after the two had initially been arrested on October 15 and released on bail.
The charges are in connection with an incident at 5am on October 14 when an EWS▸ freight train, travelling towards Bath, hit an industrial wheelie bin causing it to become wedged under the train.
The train was badly damaged and needed immediate repairs, closing the line in and out of Trowbridge train station and disrupting services.
By 9.19am repairs had been made to the train and Network Rail were able to reopen the line.
The freight train was running slightly early at the time, but if it had been running on time it would have been the 5.58am First Great Western passenger service from Trowbridge to Bath that would have collided with the bin.
Between 6am and 9.30am six trains had to be cancelled and 16 trains were partially delayed on the line.
For the full article, see http://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/news/latestheadlines/3837850.Two_charged_over_freight_train_crash/ |
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.
"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.
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« Reply #14 on: June 18, 2009, 18:55:26 » |
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From the Wiltshire Times: Sentencing date set for train crash duo
A 20-year-old man from Trowbridge and a 17-year-old boy from Salisbury will be sentenced later this month after they caused a freight train to crash.
Matthew Robinson, of Painters Mead and a 17-year-old from Salisbury, who can't be named for legal reasons, were charged with endangering the safety of people using the railway after they put an industrial wheelie bin on the train line near Trowbridge train station on October 14.
An EWS▸ freight train, travelling from Westbury towards Bath, hit the bin at about 5am causing ^34,000 worth of damage.
The freight train was running slightly early at the time, had it been running on time it would have been the 5.58am First Great Western passenger service from Trowbridge to Bath that would have collided with the bin.
The pair will be sentenced at Swindon Crown Court on June 26.
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.
"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.
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