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Author Topic: Infrastructure problems in Thames Valley causing disruption elsewhere - ongoing, since Oct 2014  (Read 1243752 times)
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« Reply #135 on: October 10, 2014, 11:13:02 »

..............ah but for how long this time I wonder?  Huh

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« Reply #136 on: October 10, 2014, 11:32:12 »

I can still hear the trains sounding their horn as they come through the west of Maidenehad.. That is usually an indication that there is something not quite right with the service
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« Reply #137 on: October 10, 2014, 11:36:36 »

I can still hear the trains sounding their horn as they come through the west of Maidenehad.. That is usually an indication that there is something not quite right with the service

This could also be that there are still network rail personnel out on the track side. I believe the rule is drivers have to sound the horn and they (track side personnel) should raise a hand to acknowledge the presence of the approaching train?
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« Reply #138 on: October 10, 2014, 15:44:02 »

There must be an average of 300 or so track workers of various disciplines on average between Reading and London at the moment whilst all the various upgrades are going on.  That's a lot of worn out horns!
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« Reply #139 on: October 10, 2014, 16:21:36 »

There must be an average of 300 or so track workers of various disciplines on average between Reading and London at the moment whilst all the various upgrades are going on.  That's a lot of worn out horns!


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« Reply #140 on: October 10, 2014, 16:39:37 »

There must be an average of 300 or so track workers of various disciplines on average between Reading and London at the moment whilst all the various upgrades are going on.  That's a lot of worn out horns!

I would think that must be quite stressful for drivers.  You know they will get out of the way but just occasionally.....
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« Reply #141 on: October 10, 2014, 18:28:56 »

There must be an average of 300 or so track workers of various disciplines on average between Reading and London at the moment whilst all the various upgrades are going on.  That's a lot of worn out horns!

I would think that must be quite stressful for drivers.  You know they will get out of the way but just occasionally.....

Not as stressful for the folks on the track if the drive doesn't blow you off  Shocked  (being blown off is a term used when a drive sounds their horn to warn people on or about the railway)
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« Reply #142 on: October 10, 2014, 18:29:16 »

Could I just add a few comments to the debate that was raging earlier.

Normally, I travel to London (from Kingham) about once or so a month. This week I had to go to London on Tuesday and Thursday. On Monday I had a meeting in Oxford with someone from London. The Monday meeting was cancelled after I'd got to Oxford so I wasn't best pleased - the other party couldn't get there in time for obvious reasons. Having seen the shambles unfold throughout Monday I had a contingency plan to drive to Banbury on the Tuesday which would have meant getting up at 5am (instead of 5.45am to go to Kingham). At about 9.30pm on Monday it still wasn't clear if they'd fixed the problem so I was awake at 4am checking the FGW (First Great Western) website which indicated everything OK. Indeed Tuesday was relatively OK except for the disruption due the fatality (which thankfully I escaped due to arriving back at Paddington in time to see the 1552 was cancelled and so just getting an earlier train to Oxford). Then yesterday delays into Paddington because of more signalling problems, though the 1420 Adelante back to Kingham was bang on schedule.

I don't think it is fair to blame FGW (as some people appear to be doing) although I don't find their website that helpful compared to earlier versions some years ago. But it seems to me Monday should have declared a "void" day with full refunds etc.

Network Rail clearly deserve the full bucket load of critiscism and I trust somebody senior at NR» (Network Rail - home page) is being severely "roughed up" as there are too many problems at the moment. I understand from an earlier post there are several sets of contractors running around the Reading to London area with electrification, Crossrail etc. Why? Surely - and I know I'm not an engineer - overhead electrification is the same for both schemes and there must be a considerable degree of commonality in the works. But even so, NR should control this properly. If disruption continues will somebody pay the price that would happen in private industry?

And for those who have to use the line day in day out, you have my sympathy.

 
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« Reply #143 on: October 10, 2014, 21:11:10 »

There must be an average of 300 or so track workers of various disciplines on average between Reading and London at the moment whilst all the various upgrades are going on.  That's a lot of worn out horns!

I would think that must be quite stressful for drivers.  You know they will get out of the way but just occasionally.....

Quite stressful when they don't bother acknowledging you sounding the warning horn.
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« Reply #144 on: October 11, 2014, 08:41:55 »

I would think that must be quite stressful for drivers.  You know they will get out of the way but just occasionally.....

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« Reply #145 on: October 11, 2014, 12:21:29 »

Another incident today - "Emergency Services dealing with an incident"
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« Reply #146 on: October 11, 2014, 13:32:19 »

There's been a lot of talk about the need for FGW (First Great Western) to put pressure on Network Rail, but if I have understood correctly it is their contractors who have been doing the damage with their own staff left to mend the damage.  Perhaps we should be urging Network Rail to apply more pressure on their contractors.
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« Reply #147 on: October 11, 2014, 13:35:07 »

Another incident today - "Emergency Services dealing with an incident"

Is this to do with the gas leak at Reading Station (reported elsewhere on this forum I believe)
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« Reply #148 on: October 11, 2014, 13:46:16 »

Hopefully if Network Rail (NR» (Network Rail - home page)) do put the pressure on they won't do it by raising the local gas supply to extreme levels - we don't want to be going round in circles...

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« Reply #149 on: October 11, 2014, 13:54:25 »

There's been a lot of talk about the need for FGW (First Great Western) to put pressure on Network Rail, but if I have understood correctly it is their contractors who have been doing the damage with their own staff left to mend the damage.  Perhaps we should be urging Network Rail to apply more pressure on their contractors.

Both maybe?....but there's little else FGW can do really.
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