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« on: January 09, 2017, 08:13:13 »
From the Swindon Advertiser this morning:

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Landslide halts trains between Swindon and Gloucester


NO trains are running between Swindon and Gloucester this morning because of a landslide.

Great Western Railway tickets are being accepted on CrossCountry services.

Yet Real Time Trains says trains are running:

(Swindon - next trains)" target="_blank">http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/search/advanced/SWI

The only cancellation being due to a train fault.
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« Reply #1 on: January 09, 2017, 08:16:38 »
Ahh Twitter now adds some clarity:

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There is a landslip between Swindon and Gloucester and all lines are currently blocked. Replacement road transport will operate.

7:32 AM - 9 Jan 2017


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Following a landslip between Swindon and Gloucester the line towards Gloucester has re-opened but with speed restrictions in place.
8:13 AM - 9 Jan 2017
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« Reply #2 on: January 09, 2017, 08:47:28 »
There is a large boulder on the line towards Gloucester.  Too heavy to move by hand apparently so pneumatic drills are being taken to the site near Sapperton Tunnel to break it up and remove it.
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« Reply #3 on: January 09, 2017, 08:57:57 »
Quote from: ellendune on January 09, 2017, 08:13:13
The only cancellation being due to a train fault.

Some trains diverted though  Wink

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07:04 Westbury to Cheltenham Spa due 09:05 will be diverted between Swindon and Gloucester.
It will no longer call at Kemble, Stroud and Stonehouse.
This is due to a landslip.

That's the train I caught last Friday on my way up north - really a train of two halves (Westbury to Swindon and Swindon to Cheltenham Spa) though there is a growing through traffic - around half a dozen stay on the train each day at Swindon [[ that's in answer to a question another member asked me recently ]]
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« Reply #4 on: January 09, 2017, 09:03:30 »
Boulder was discovered by the 05:19 Gloucester to Southampton Central via Swindon and Melksham.  Fortunately it was on the other line, although the train was checked over by fitters at Salisbury.
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« Reply #5 on: January 09, 2017, 09:40:42 »
There's a platoon of NR» (Network Rail - home page)'s orange army on the tracks between Swindon and Kemble but I would suspect that's just routine work going on.
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« Reply #6 on: January 09, 2017, 10:29:37 »
This is the offending object - as featured in the Swindon Advertiser.
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« Reply #7 on: January 09, 2017, 11:20:35 »
Blimey!  Good job nothing came steaming round that bend the other way as they'd have had little notice!
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« Reply #8 on: January 09, 2017, 13:48:44 »
That looks like a couple of tonnes of sandstone to me. That could easily have been disastrous had it not been spotted in the opposite direction. I imagine that was an "Emergency! Stop all movements" moment.
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« Reply #9 on: January 09, 2017, 18:12:35 »
Line towards Gloucester reopened at 17:20 with a speed restriction in place.
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« Reply #10 on: January 10, 2017, 12:38:27 »
Further update and picture -

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-38558776

Comment from online sources - "Very fortunate that the first train through was on the other line and that the driver of that other train saw it ...".  Big "thank you" to that other driver ... and if you (dear reader) are one of his colleagues, please pass on our thanks for his vigilance and prompt action.
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« Reply #11 on: January 10, 2017, 14:08:20 »
Quote from: grahame on January 10, 2017, 12:38:27
Further update and picture -

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-38558776

Comment from online sources - "Very fortunate that the first train through was on the other line and that the driver of that other train saw it ...".  Big "thank you" to that other driver ... and if you (dear reader) are one of his colleagues, please pass on our thanks for his vigilance and prompt action.

Just to add a little bit to that.  NR» (Network Rail - home page) had full knowledge of the risks at that site so not so much a suprise to them as first made out: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-38567316
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« Reply #12 on: January 10, 2017, 14:18:01 »
Quote from: SandTEngineer on January 10, 2017, 14:08:20
Just to add a little bit to that.  NR» (Network Rail - home page) had full knowledge of the risks at that site so not so much a suprise to them as first made out

Perhaps we need "stone signals" ... as fitted in the Pass of Brander.   Talked about them before ...

http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/coffeeshop/index.php?topic=5982.msg57889#msg57889
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« Reply #13 on: January 10, 2017, 21:06:32 »
Quote from: grahame on January 10, 2017, 14:18:01
Perhaps we need "stone signals" ...
As long as they are semaphore! Purists would demand Lower Quadrant - personally, I am a UQ man. Smiley
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