Rail delays in South Wales

matt473

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Rail delays in South Wales

« on: December 01, 2009, 22:23:33 »

There are delays tonight affecting South Wales services as we all know by now. However according to fgw and network rail, services may be disrupted tomorrow morning as well so I reccomend people be prepared just incase there are problems.


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inspector_blakey

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Re: Rail delays in South Wales

« Reply #1 on: December 01, 2009, 23:05:03 »

Thanks matt473.

As this disruption appears to be localized between Cardiff and Swansea for the moment, I'm going to move this thread to the "London to South Wales" board. If it looks like causing more widespread problems in due course, one of us mods will gladly move it back to "Across the West".


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dmutony

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Re: Rail delays in South Wales

« Reply #2 on: December 02, 2009, 14:50:18 »

rumour has it some [removed] have been stealing the signalling cable between cardiff and swansea!

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matt473

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Re: Rail delays in South Wales

« Reply #3 on: December 02, 2009, 17:14:58 »

This seems to be the case which is being repeated all over the country sadly. Another reason fare prices keep rising is the replacement of signalling cables no doubt that are constantly being stolen


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JayMac

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Re: Rail delays in South Wales

« Reply #4 on: December 02, 2009, 17:23:19 »

Quote from: matt473 on December 02, 2009, 17:14:58

This seems to be the case which is being repeated all over the country sadly. Another reason fare prices keep rising is the replacement of signalling cables no doubt that are constantly being stolen

Surely theft of railway property is covered by some form of insurance?


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paul7575

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Re: Rail delays in South Wales

« Reply #5 on: December 02, 2009, 17:59:25 »

Quote from: bignosemac on December 02, 2009, 17:23:19

Quote from: matt473 on December 02, 2009, 17:14:58

This seems to be the case which is being repeated all over the country sadly. Another reason fare prices keep rising is the replacement of signalling cables no doubt that are constantly being stolen

Surely theft of railway property is covered by some form of insurance?

'The Railway' is large enough to self insure. Although they will have claim handlers to deal with third party claims by others, they won't be comprehensively insured against things like fire or theft. Their premiums would be just too high. Because there is only one railway system, the premium charged for cover against cable theft would have to exceed the value of cable theft costs, IYSWIM

Other typical 'self insurers' are the Ministry of Defence, or large local authorities - the latter would never find an insurer willing to take on the risk of fire in all their schools for instance...

Car or house insurance only works because the risks are pooled by a large number of policyholders.

Paul


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