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« on: January 20, 2010, 05:05:27 »
Co-incidence that all three of these have cropped up at the same time ...

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Train services are being disrupted due to a problem currently under investigation between Truro and Falmouth Docks.Short notice alterations, cancellations and delays of up to 60 minutes can be expected. Services are severely disrupted, supplementary road replacement transport is being sourced.Last Updated: 20/01/2010 04:16

Train services are being disrupted due to a problem currently under investigation between St Ives and St Erth.Short notice cancellations can be expected. Services are suspended, road replacement transport is being sourced.Last Updated: 20/01/2010 04:14

Train services are being disrupted due to a problem currently under investigation between Penzance and Plymouth.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. Last Updated: 20/01/2010 04:28

... or is there linkage?  What's the weather like in Cornwall this morning?
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« Reply #1 on: January 20, 2010, 05:06:01 »
Posting this here rather than the London-the West forum as it specifically affects Plymouth-Penzance.

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Train services are being disrupted due to a problem currently under investigation between Penzance and Plymouth.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.

FGW not being too specific about this - anyone know any more information?
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« Reply #2 on: January 20, 2010, 05:13:47 »
Quote from: grahame on January 20, 2010, 05:05:27
Co-incidence that all three of these have cropped up at the same time ...

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Train services are being disrupted due to a problem currently under investigation between Truro and Falmouth Docks.Short notice alterations, cancellations and delays of up to 60 minutes can be expected. Services are severely disrupted, supplementary road replacement transport is being sourced.Last Updated: 20/01/2010 04:16

Train services are being disrupted due to a problem currently under investigation between St Ives and St Erth.Short notice cancellations can be expected. Services are suspended, road replacement transport is being sourced.Last Updated: 20/01/2010 04:14

Train services are being disrupted due to a problem currently under investigation between Penzance and Plymouth.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. Last Updated: 20/01/2010 04:28

... or is there linkage?  What's the weather like in Cornwall this morning?

lol - managed to post this at the same time as you! FGW▸ (First Great Western) not being too specific about this are they?

EDIT: Just had a look on Twitter and according to Sky News it is a derailed train near Penzance.
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« Reply #3 on: January 20, 2010, 06:02:32 »
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Services through Cornwall are disrupted due to an incident currently under investigation at Penzance depot. Train services are currently unable to exit the depot which will cause disruption to services from the start of service today.
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« Reply #4 on: January 20, 2010, 06:27:20 »
It looks like several of us woke up to spot this ... I have merged the several topics that we started at the same time.
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« Reply #5 on: January 20, 2010, 06:49:18 »
Didnae wake to it.....me body clock is up the swanny Cheesy
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« Reply #6 on: January 20, 2010, 08:01:16 »
apparently an "incident" at Long Rock which is preventing access to and from the depot. Various units & HSTs▸ (High Speed Train) blocked in
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« Reply #7 on: January 20, 2010, 08:38:43 »
Quote from: grahame on January 20, 2010, 06:27:20
It looks like several of us woke up to spot this ... I have merged the several topics that we started at the same time.

I didn't wake to spot it either - I was hoping we'd be under lots of snow and trains from Acton-Paddington would be cancelled - no such luck though!
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« Reply #8 on: January 20, 2010, 08:56:50 »
A derailment at Long Rock.

Falmouth branch started an hourly service at 0820 from Truro. St. Ives branch was a bus for the start of the day.
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« Reply #9 on: January 20, 2010, 11:32:26 »
Without knowing what happened, I am wondering: if the line were still double right into Pz, would this have caused as much havoc?
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« Reply #10 on: January 20, 2010, 11:48:20 »
Two or four lines into Penzance would not make a difference if the problem is on the depot (I believe it is) thus no trains can exit Long Rock Depot Undecided
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« Reply #11 on: January 20, 2010, 12:09:07 »
153 off the road at Long Rock
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« Reply #12 on: January 20, 2010, 12:41:19 »
Mmmm........

This should not happen.  Long Rock has two exits (as all properly designed depots should have) and not all stabled trains should be trapped so I would be interested to see exactly where the derailment occurred.
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« Reply #13 on: January 20, 2010, 12:51:33 »
If it was a 153, it must have happened on the mainline, as I believe DMUs▸ (Diesel Multiple Unit) are stabled at Penzance station overnight?
I still can't think of where this could have happened, as there are 2 exits.
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« Reply #14 on: January 20, 2010, 12:56:58 »
Quote from: marky7890 on January 20, 2010, 12:51:33
If it was a 153, it must have happened on the mainline, as I believe DMUs▸ (Diesel Multiple Unit) are stabled at Penzance station overnight?
I still can't think of where this could have happened, as there are 2 exits.

DMUs go to Long Rock for fuelling. I suspect it was 5C52 Long Rock - Penzance, which then forms the 0521 to Truro that was the problem, as it is formed 2 x 153 and the first Up Paddington got through o.k.
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