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Thoughts as always go first and foremost to the driver and staff dealing with the incident.
Service involved was 1A07 0648 Weston-super-Mare to Paddington.
Elsewhere reported that FGWs▸ MD Mark Hopwood was on one of the services delayed in the area. I'm also on a heavily delayed service heading to Paddington. On board with us is FGWs head of PR▸ Dan Panes.
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"Good news for regular users of Euston Station in London! One day they will die. Then they won't have to go to Euston Station ever again." - David Mitchell
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« Reply #91 on: June 23, 2015, 18:28:13 » |
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Reports that the 15:55 from Cardiff to London has hit two people at Ealing Broadway.
Thoughts with those involved and those who will inevitably be caught up in the resulting disruption out of London Paddington tonight.
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« Reply #92 on: June 23, 2015, 18:48:17 » |
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Two people? Good Lord what happened? Thoughts with all concerned.
Below just for info.
Cancellations to services between Reading and London Paddington
Due to a person hit by a train between Reading and London Paddington all lines are blocked.
Impact:
Train services running to and from these stations may be cancelled or delayed by up to 60 mins. Disruption is expected until 20:00 23/06.
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« Reply #93 on: June 23, 2015, 19:27:16 » |
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« Reply #94 on: June 23, 2015, 19:52:08 » |
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Early reports seem too suggest woman and child(not confirmed) Frighteningly similar to a previous incident at Slough, if that is the case.  Confirmation on FGW▸ Twitter: Due to persons hit by train at Ealing, our tickets are being accepted on buses operated by @FirstBerkshire and @FirstBSA and @FirstWyvern. |
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« Reply #95 on: June 23, 2015, 23:42:27 » |
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Early reports seem too suggest woman and child(not confirmed) Frighteningly similar to a previous incident at Slough, if that is the case. Confirmation on FGW▸ Twitter: Due to persons hit by train at Ealing, our tickets are being accepted on buses operated by @FirstBerkshire and @FirstBSA and @FirstWyvern. I suspect in due course it will emerge that circumstances/background will turn out to be very similar to that incident in Slough a little while ago and Hayes & Harlington a few more years back. |
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« Reply #96 on: June 24, 2015, 00:04:44 » |
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From the BBC» : Two killed by train at Ealing Broadway
Two people, one believed to be a child, died when they were struck by a train in west London.
The pair were said to have fallen on to tracks at Ealing Broadway at 18:10 BST.
Police, who have appealed for witnesses, said they were treating the deaths as "unexplained" and had yet to identify the victims.
Heathrow Express services were suspended, while First Great Western said there were delays of up to 90 minutes to and from Paddington.
British Transport Police said: "We were called at 6.10pm to Ealing Broadway station following reports that someone had been hit by a train. We attended along with the Metropolitan Police, London Ambulance Service and London Fire Brigade and discovered two people had been struck and killed by the train. We're still working to determine the identities of the deceased or how they came to actually be on the tracks."
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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 #97 on: June 24, 2015, 00:35:31 » |
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Just a gentle reminder that we should all resist the temptation to speculate about this latest very sad incident. Thanks, Chris.  |
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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 #98 on: June 24, 2015, 06:28:09 » |
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"Good news for regular users of Euston Station in London! One day they will die. Then they won't have to go to Euston Station ever again." - David Mitchell
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« Reply #100 on: June 24, 2015, 16:30:04 » |
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very sad. sympathy to all concerned including the driver and emergency response crew.
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« Reply #101 on: June 26, 2015, 01:15:04 » |
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Indeed.  However, not everyone is so sensitive, apparently. From the Metro: Mother and daughter, 16, killed by rush-hour train in ^double suicide^ at Ealing Broadway
A mother and her 16-year-old daughter have died after being hit by a train during rush hour in a suspected double suicide.
Both are believed to have fallen onto the tracks in front of the train at Ealing Broadway, in west London, shortly after 6pm last night.
Shortly after the incident, rail workers reportedly had to stop dozens of commuters taking photographs of their bodies.
One witness ^ 26-year-old Lotti Strongman ^ described seeing people trying to take pictures from their phones as well as ^lots of shouting^.
She told MailOnline: ^I was on my way home from work and as the train pulled into the station I could hear lots of shouting.
^I looked over at the overground side and I could see station staff were trying to move people away from a section that was cordoned off and there were people trying to take pictures of the bodies.
^I didn^t hear it myself, but apparently an announcement was made to tell people on the platform to stop taking pictures. It was terrible.^
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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 #102 on: June 26, 2015, 10:07:37 » |
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that really doesn't surprise me. The General Public have some weird morals
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« Reply #103 on: June 26, 2015, 10:13:40 » |
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that really doesn't surprise me. The General Public have some weird morals
Some have none whatsoever. |
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« Reply #104 on: June 26, 2015, 12:50:45 » |
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Slightly off at a tangent... Why oh why oh why does the Mirror have to use the word "speeding" in their headline? Now replace "train" by "car" (i.e. a hypothetical incident, whose headline would be "Woman and 16-year-old girl killed by speeding car") and what picture does that conjure up? |
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