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Author Topic: Railway bridges struck by road vehicles - merged topic, ongoing discussion  (Read 177593 times)
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« Reply #510 on: April 19, 2022, 14:33:38 »

https://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/20077698.live-a36-closed-lorry-crashes-wilton-bridge/

Another one today in Wilton.
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« Reply #511 on: April 30, 2022, 12:48:21 »

WARNING - This next story comes from the Daily Mail. I apologise. If you have an old or slow computer or phone it may take a long time to load.

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Totally wiped out! Toilet roll lorry crashes into low railway bridge in London, sparking traffic chaos with roads gridlocked and South Eastern train services suspended
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« Reply #512 on: May 12, 2022, 08:35:08 »

Delays to services between Westbury and Weymouth via Yeovil Pen Mill
Due to a road vehicle colliding with a bridge between Westbury and Castle Cary the line is closed. Disruption is expected until 10:00 12/05.
Train services between Westbury and Weymouth via Yeovil Pen Mill may be delayed

Bridge appears to be to the west of Westbury.
Also posted same on Transwilts page
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« Reply #513 on: May 28, 2022, 20:28:34 »

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-61618365
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« Reply #514 on: June 15, 2022, 16:11:28 »

https://www.thisisoxfordshire.co.uk/news/20209907.bus-stuck-railway-bridge-oxford/

Today in Oxford. A bus under the Botley Road railway bridge.
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« Reply #515 on: June 23, 2022, 21:00:36 »

https://www.thisisoxfordshire.co.uk/news/20209907.bus-stuck-railway-bridge-oxford/

Today in Oxford. A bus under the Botley Road railway bridge.

That's odd. I'm sure I have been under that bridge in a double deck bus within the past month.
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« Reply #516 on: June 23, 2022, 22:41:51 »

There are buses, and Botley Road buses. One is shorter than the other.
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« Reply #517 on: June 27, 2022, 17:40:11 »

There are buses, and Botley Road buses. One is shorter than the other.

That's a bit dangerous, isn't it?
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« Reply #518 on: June 27, 2022, 17:59:13 »

There are buses, and Botley Road buses. One is shorter than the other.

That's a bit dangerous, isn't it?

Only in one direction.
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« Reply #519 on: June 28, 2022, 15:22:04 »

https://www.wiltshirelive.co.uk/news/wiltshire-news/a36-wilton-lorry-crash-live-7265285

It's that Wilton bridge again today.
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« Reply #520 on: June 28, 2022, 16:50:48 »

It is not just railway bridges, the Hanging Chapel at Langport was struck by an HGV two months ago and the road is still closed
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-61896518
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« Reply #521 on: June 30, 2022, 09:09:07 »

Maybe bridge strikes can be a job for the new Road Safety Investigation Branch (RSIB)

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-launches-countrys-first-ever-investigation-branch-focused-on-road-safety

But might be too mundane for a body whose remit includes "provide real insight into how new technologies – such as self-driving and electric vehicles – can be rolled out on our roads".
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« Reply #522 on: July 01, 2022, 06:53:31 »

and it is not only the bridges that suffers

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-61996652
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« Reply #523 on: July 18, 2022, 15:44:23 »

https://www.wiltshirelive.co.uk/news/wiltshire-news/a36-lorry-crash-live-wilton-7346662

That bridge in Wilton again today. That's at least the third time this year that it has been hit.
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« Reply #524 on: July 18, 2022, 21:27:30 »

https://www.wiltshirelive.co.uk/news/wiltshire-news/a36-lorry-crash-live-wilton-7346662

That bridge in Wilton again today. That's at least the third time this year that it has been hit.

Ah, it takes a lot of scrolling down to understand what hit the bridge (Clue - It wasn't the tanker). I had been scratching my head trying to work out how the tanker in the first photo could have been too tall to do that, so assumed it must have been a side strike.
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