Problems between Westbury & Castle Cary

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[Super Guard]

10 November 2008

Train services between Westbury and Castle Cary are being disrupted due to an obstruction on the line.Engineers are working as fast as possible to restore services to normal. Short notice alterations, cancellations and delays of up to 60 minutes can be expected.
The Line is now open but will be closed from 1700hours for the rest of the day. Replacement Road transport will continue to operate between Taunton and Castle Cary and Westbury and Castle Cary.

[Super Guard]

Further update.... not good at the moment:

10 November 2008
Train services between Westbury and Castle Cary are being disrupted due to an obstruction on the line.Engineers are working as fast as possible to restore services to normal. Short notice alterations, cancellations and delays can be expected.
The line is now closed from 1700 10 November 2008 until 1200 11 November 2008. Replacement Road transport will continue to operate between Taunton and Castle Cary and Westbury and Castle Cary. Customers are advised not to travel until after 1200 hours tomorrow.

[6 OF 2 redundant adjunct of unimatrix 01]

derailed frieght train wasnt it

[6 OF 2 redundant adjunct of unimatrix 01]

actually if the trains can get to castle cary can they not terminate at yeovil junction and alow passengers to change there i know a full divert is not possible at such short notice

[Super Guard]

From Nationalrail:

Last updated    10/11/2008 17:27

Because of an earlier derailed freight train between Castle Cary and Westbury, journeys are being delayed by up to 40 minutes.

Buses replace trains between Taunton and Castle Cary and between Castle Cary and Westbury

Trains between Taunton and London Paddington may be diverted between Taunton and Reading via Bristol and Bath Spa

Ticket Acceptance

First Great Western passengers are being accepted on South West Trains services between Templecombe and London Waterloo.

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Must be serious as this happened during the night, 1C99 PAD^» (Paddington (London) - next trains)-PNZ sleeper was diverted to Taunton where it had to wait for the possession to be given back from the weekend engineering between TAU^» (Taunton - next trains) & EXD^» (Exeter St Davids - next trains).

[signalandtelegraph]

derailed frieght train wasnt it

Off the road at Witham with a train from Merehead.  1C99 was waiting at Castle Cary for 1A40 to come up from Yeovil but due to the Up being blocked by the derailment it was decided to run 1C99 to Taunton to enable 1A40 to run round at Cary and go via Taunton as well.  

[Chris from Nailsea]

Just for the record:

Network Rail is closing the track between Westbury and Castle Cary at 5pm after a freight train from Merehead Quarry to Acton, west London, derailed at low speed at 2.40am.

Work to lift the train back onto the track is estimated to take several hours and the line will be reopened by 6am tomorrow.

It will result in delays for passengers travelling tonight on the main line, both ways, between London and Plymouth. Trains will now be diverted to Bristol and other nearby stations adding about 15 minutes to journey times.

See http://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/news/latestheadlines/3835226.Freight_train_derails/

[The SprinterMeister]

Pictures of the derailed stone train will be found on this link;

http://midis.fotopic.net/c1610828.html

[smithy]

Pictures of the derailed stone train will be found on this link;

http://midis.fotopic.net/c1610828.html

rumour has it signalman set signal but not the points? as i said just rumour so not confirmed

[6 OF 2 redundant adjunct of unimatrix 01]

Pictures of the derailed stone train will be found on this link;

http://midis.fotopic.net/c1610828.html

rumour has it signalman set signal but not the points? as i said just rumour so not confirmed

that looks like it was nasty!

[John R]

Pictures of the derailed stone train will be found on this link;

http://midis.fotopic.net/c1610828.html

rumour has it signalman set signal but not the points? as i said just rumour so not confirmed

I thought signalling systems prevented such basic errors, so the signal couln't be set to proceed unless the route was set. 

[smithy]

Pictures of the derailed stone train will be found on this link;

http://midis.fotopic.net/c1610828.html

rumour has it signalman set signal but not the points? as i said just rumour so not confirmed

I thought signalling systems prevented such basic errors, so the signal couln't be set to proceed unless the route was set. 

that might be the case as i said it was just a rumour,can anyone confirm?

[devon_metro]

Signalling interlocks do indeed stop signals from being set until points are locked in place. Likely a spad.

[The SprinterMeister]

Pictures of the derailed stone train will be found on this link;

http://midis.fotopic.net/c1610828.html

rumour has it signalman set signal but not the points? as i said just rumour so not confirmed

I can confirm that rumor is in fact entirely false.

[The SprinterMeister]

Signalling interlocks do indeed stop signals from being set until points are locked in place. Likely a spad.

Can also confirm that the incident was not the result of a SPAD^▸ (Signal Passed At Danger).