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« Reply #120 on: August 15, 2023, 08:14:10 »

https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:K03023/2023-08-14/detailed

5Q86 - Worksop to Sims, Newport.  Empty none-passenger stock.  A withdrawn train with some personality objecting to being taken to the scrapyard?

Pathed as Diesel locomotive, trailing load 600 tonnes
Planned for 75mph max
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« Reply #121 on: August 15, 2023, 09:05:00 »

Journeycheck was showing disruption until 8am, now extended to 10am

And if you read into individual trains you'll find warnings of ongoing disruption.  Everything will not be magically back on time by 10:01!

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11:23 Swansea to London Paddington due 14:14 will be starting late from Swansea.
This is due to a broken down train.
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« Reply #122 on: August 15, 2023, 10:24:49 »

Journeycheck was showing disruption until 8am, now extended to 10am

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Cancellations to services between Bristol Parkway and Cardiff Central
Following a broken down train earlier today between Pilning and Severn Tunnel Jn the line will be reopened shortly. Disruption is expected until 11:00 15/08.
Train services between Bristol Parkway and Cardiff Central are returning to normal but some services may still be cancelled or delayed.
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« Reply #123 on: December 01, 2023, 09:17:05 »

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Structurally completed during 1885, the first passenger train was run through the tunnel on 1 December 1886, nearly 14 years after the commencement of work.
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« Reply #124 on: May 02, 2024, 22:02:24 »

The Severn Tunnel was closed late afternoon, 2nd May 2024 after a passing train driver noticed water shooting out from the tunnel wall on the up side approximately 1/4 mile from the Welsh portal.

Inspections confirmed water ingress and some dislodged brickwork.

Lots of cancellations to regional services with some London<>Wales services diverted via Lydney.

The tunnel reopened around 9.45pm. Down services at line speed. Up services cautioned through the affected area.
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« Reply #125 on: May 03, 2024, 04:54:58 »

Only very recently, I said

"I have no problem with crossing a properly built UK (United Kingdom) bridge, but would be reluctant to cross the improvised looking suspension bridges that are common overseas.
I would certainly avoid bridges with a glass deck as have recently become popular, and I avoided the glass floor at Paddington station.
Waterloo bridge made me a bit nervous in extreme high winds, because the railings looked too low, and I had a fear of being blown over the railings and into the water to a certain death. I took care to only use the upwind walkway in extreme weather, or to take a taxi.
I once knew someone with a phobia about crossing the Thames or any other large body of water by bridge, that was understandable as they had survived an oil rig disaster.

I have a slight fear of deep tunnels under water, lest they suddenly flood. The SEVERN TUNNEL is the worst due to the vast amount of water that enters and the requirement for continual pumping.
Not very keen on the older tube tunnels under the Thames either.
No problem with the channel tunnel as it is newer and well built."
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A proper intercity train has a minimum of 8 coaches, gangwayed throughout, with first at one end, and a full sized buffet car between first and standard.
It has space for cycles, surfboards,luggage etc.
A 5 car DMU (Diesel Multiple Unit) is not a proper inter-city train. The 5+5 and 9 car DMUs are almost as bad.
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« Reply #126 on: May 03, 2024, 09:06:28 »

Only very recently, I said

"I have no problem with crossing a properly built UK (United Kingdom) bridge, but would be reluctant to cross the improvised looking suspension bridges that are common overseas.
I would certainly avoid bridges with a glass deck as have recently become popular, and I avoided the glass floor at Paddington station.
Waterloo bridge made me a bit nervous in extreme high winds, because the railings looked too low, and I had a fear of being blown over the railings and into the water to a certain death. I took care to only use the upwind walkway in extreme weather, or to take a taxi.
I once knew someone with a phobia about crossing the Thames or any other large body of water by bridge, that was understandable as they had survived an oil rig disaster.

I have a slight fear of deep tunnels under water, lest they suddenly flood. The SEVERN TUNNEL is the worst due to the vast amount of water that enters and the requirement for continual pumping.
Not very keen on the older tube tunnels under the Thames either.
No problem with the channel tunnel as it is newer and well built."


Slightly off-topic but IIRC (if I recall/remember/read correctly) there's at least one toll bridge in the US where if you are afraid of heights, there's the option for you and your vehicle to be driven across by their staff.

Personally I'm more nervous about fellow travellers
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« Reply #127 on: May 03, 2024, 10:01:06 »

I wondered which tunnel it was.   Grin

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« Reply #128 on: May 03, 2024, 14:31:51 »

As it happens, Network Rail have today tweeted a link to a short video on their pump renewal work to keep the tunnel reliably dry. Presumably those pumps will today be adding the small additional ingress from whatever it was managed to pop through the lining at the Welsh end of the structure to their day-to-day load.

The Wikipedia article on the Severn Tunnel quotes 26 minutes between complete cessation of pumping and "The tunnel being full of water" which sounds a bit gloomy. There's no source for that figure, 26 minutes might just be the time for the water to rise above rail level perhaps.

Interesting paper from 1970 on the source of the Great Spring:

https://www.ubss.org.uk/resources/proceedings/vol12/UBSS_Proc_12_2_203-212.pdf

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