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« Reply #1080 on: January 20, 2016, 20:15:38 » |
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Yes, thankfully it appears that the suicidal male at Royal Oak (I'm assuming on an over bridge), was talked down by skilled negotiators.
Top marks to all those involved in what appears to have been a satisfactory result. Yes, there were delays and disruptions (my and bobm's plan to visit the London Transport Museum being one such curtailed plan). However, one less railway fatality. For that, praise is due to all the staff, both rail and emergency services, who dealt with this incident this afternoon.
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« Reply #1081 on: January 20, 2016, 21:20:16 » |
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At least everyone got home in one piece.
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Now, please!
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« Reply #1082 on: January 20, 2016, 21:29:01 » |
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I do find myself pondering how much this type of incidents cost to all concerned.....dozens of cancelled/hugely delayed trains, thousands of disrupted journeys........must run into ^hundreds of thousands?
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« Reply #1083 on: January 20, 2016, 22:48:38 » |
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My view is probably completely unacceptable so I will keep it to myself.
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« Reply #1084 on: January 20, 2016, 22:55:12 » |
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I wouldn't wish what must have been that person's state of mind on anyone here. And I hope you wouldn't either
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« Reply #1085 on: January 20, 2016, 23:15:28 » |
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My view is probably completely unacceptable so I will keep it to myself.
Would your view include a Derek and Clive lyric? |
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"Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for the rest of the day. Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life."
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« Reply #1086 on: January 21, 2016, 10:52:35 » |
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Delays to services between London Paddington and Hayes & Harlington
Due to a fault with the on train signalling system between London Paddington and Hayes & Harlington some lines are blocked.
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Train services running to and from these stations may be delayed by up to 15 mins. Disruption is expected until 12:45 21/01.
......new day, new reason! (would this be HEX/Heathrow Connect?)
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« Reply #1087 on: January 21, 2016, 14:32:30 » |
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Delays to services between London Paddington and Hayes & Harlington
Due to a fault with the on train signalling system between London Paddington and Hayes & Harlington some lines are blocked.
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Train services running to and from these stations may be delayed by up to 15 mins. Disruption is expected until 12:45 21/01.
......new day, new reason! (would this be HEX/Heathrow Connect?)
It was a points failure at Southall! Connect services were suspended as a result. |
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« Reply #1088 on: January 21, 2016, 15:01:22 » |
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I do find myself pondering how much this type of incidents cost to all concerned.....dozens of cancelled/hugely delayed trains, thousands of disrupted journeys........must run into ^hundreds of thousands?
Message on GWR▸ website; Our apology Major Incident on Wednesday 20th January. As a result of emergency services dealing with a serious trespass incident at Royal Oak, all lines between London and Slough had to be closed and we were unable to operate any services into or out of Paddington Station. Unfortunately this incident caused severe delays and cancellations throughout the afternoon and into the evening. We are very sorry if your journey was affected by this and we work continuously with British Transport Police and Network Rail to see what measures can be taken to reduce incidents such as these. Ben Rule Operations Director ^ Great Western Railway |
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« Reply #1089 on: February 06, 2016, 17:46:35 » |
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...........the shape of things to come?
Alterations to services between Hayes & Harlington and London Paddington
Due to damage to the overhead electric wires between Hayes & Harlington and London Paddington the London bound line is closed.
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Train services running to and from these stations may be delayed or revised. Disruption is expected until 20:00 06/02.
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South West Trains are conveying passengers via any reasonable route until further notice.
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« Reply #1090 on: February 06, 2016, 19:07:33 » |
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...........the shape of things to come?
No necessarily. This is still the old OLE▸ (Overhead Electrification) which is known for having problems. That is why the new stuff (west of Stockley Bridge Junction) has a full gantry (rather than wires between the posts at the top) and the gantries are closer together, together with other changes to make it more robust. |
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« Reply #1091 on: February 06, 2016, 20:13:04 » |
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...........the shape of things to come?
No necessarily. This is still the old OLE▸ (Overhead Electrification) which is known for having problems. That is why the new stuff (west of Stockley Bridge Junction) has a full gantry (rather than wires between the posts at the top) and the gantries are closer together, together with other changes to make it more robust. ... but less aesthetically pleasing to those in the Goring Gap.  |
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« Reply #1092 on: February 15, 2016, 17:58:55 » |
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*MODS*
I started a separate topic on a more relevant board before seeing these recent posts here. I wonder if the last few posts could be moved and merged as today's engineering overrun wasn't in the Thames Valley (for a change!).
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"Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for the rest of the day. Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life."
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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 #1094 on: February 17, 2016, 12:14:36 » |
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Thames Valley punctuality performance last month was at 86.4%, over 1% lower than it was last month, but still enough to increase the MAA▸ (Moving Annual Average) from 84.3% to 84.6%.
All other sectors are still easily achieving the season ticket discount 'trigger' levels, with all except HSS▸ also above the 'target' figure.
I'll do a monthly update on this thread, so we can follow the trend from what should be the current low (old trains, lack of capacity, lots of engineering works) to a future high when Crossrail launches. I'm sure there will be a few peaks and troughs in the intervening years!
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To view my GWML▸ Electrification cab video 'before and after' video comparison, as well as other videos of the new layout at Reading and 'before and after' comparisons of the Cotswold Line Redoubling scheme, see: http://www.dailymotion.com/user/IndustryInsider/ |
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