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Title: Reading <-> Basingstoke disruption 12/08/19 Post by: Jason on August 12, 2019, 18:52:33 Due to a broken down train between Reading and Basingstoke all lines are blocked.
Impact: Train services running to and from these stations may be cancelled or delayed by up to 60 minutes. Disruption is expected until 20:30 12/08. Looks like a freight train (476P) stuck at Bramley Title: Re: Reading <-> Basingstoke disruption 12/08/19 Post by: GBM on August 13, 2019, 07:08:31 What happened to clear the logjam? I noted several Basingstoke - Reading trains stuck at Basingstoke
Title: Re: Reading <-> Basingstoke disruption 12/08/19 Post by: bobm on August 13, 2019, 07:48:53 A rescue loco had to be sent from Southampton to move the failed freight train.
The line towards Reading re-opened just before 9pm. Replacement buses ran between Basingstoke and Reading prior to that. It also meant two GWR units were at the Basingstoke end of the line for a time so one was stabled in the rarely used siding next to platform 5. Title: Re: Reading <-> Basingstoke disruption 12/08/19 Post by: GBM on August 13, 2019, 07:54:40 Thanks bobm. I stopped viewing just after the unit ran from platform 1 out and back to the siding. Wondered if that was somehow going to run round the failed freight but seems not. ;D
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