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« Reply #15 on: December 18, 2009, 04:54:07 » |
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Its around 5 inches here in wycombe, and still falling. I would expect Chiltern to be affected.
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« Reply #16 on: December 18, 2009, 05:39:12 » |
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Ahh sod it! Knew I should have got the earlier train @ AML, that seemed to run with no problems - the one I usually take doesn't look like it's going anywhere (no report from the monitoring point @ Twyford which should have come at 0519 and it hasn't got any actual departure time listed from Reading - significant snow in Reading according to FGW▸ site.
Not much here in Acton though - seems a lot of the snow from last night that dusted pavements has blown away...
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« Reply #17 on: December 18, 2009, 05:42:23 » |
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Ahh sod it! Knew I should have got the earlier train @ AML, that seemed to run with no problems - the one I usually take doesn't look like it's going anywhere (no report from the monitoring point @ Twyford which should have come at 0519 and it hasn't got any actual departure time listed from Reading - significant snow in Reading according to FGW▸ site.
Not much here in Acton though - seems a lot of the snow from last night that dusted pavements has blown away...
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« Reply #18 on: December 18, 2009, 08:41:27 » |
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Everything seems to be more or less running to schedule. Tavelled into Paddington from Reading and nothing around 07.00 was down as more than a couple of minutes late and once you get into West london the snow starts to disappear - there's none at all in central London (yet !) and all the tubes are running
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« Reply #19 on: December 18, 2009, 08:52:54 » |
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Rather more problems being caused this morning by yet another failed train (how many in the past few day?)
Line problem between Reading and London Paddington.
Train services are being disrupted due to a broken down train between Reading and London Paddington.Engineers are working as fast as possible to restore services to normal. Delays of up to 45 minutes can be expected.
Two of the four lines are closed in the Maidenhead area in order to attend to the affected train. All other services are having to share the remaining two lines which will lead to delays due to the resultant congestion.
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« Reply #20 on: December 18, 2009, 09:23:30 » |
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Wondered why ther didn't seem to be many trains going past the the house (Taplow), although the snow does deaden the wheel noise.
Snow is very pretty when you don't have to go anywhere and being warbabies we have adequate tins under the stairs for emergencies.
it's a pity my garden railway is still in bits a it would be fun to try and run my live steam in the snow.
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« Reply #21 on: December 18, 2009, 10:52:52 » |
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Its around 5 inches here in wycombe, and still falling. I would expect Chiltern to be affected. A lot of it must have melted overnight then, cause it was barely covering the platform this morning....and I mean the uncleared ends, not the (cleared) middle.... |
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« Reply #22 on: December 20, 2009, 00:39:09 » |
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I win... http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8422652.stmLocal news is reporting 10 inches and counting in Philly, still snowing heavily and not expected to stop for another 12 hours  Have just had the pleasure of wading to and from work in blizzard conditions the better part of a foot of snow. Bleaurgh. |
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« Reply #23 on: December 21, 2009, 15:37:06 » |
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Warning message has gone up on FGW▸ website Will customers please be aware that various locations on First Great Western Network are experiencing very icy conditions. When travelling please take great care boarding and alighting services.
Please allow extra time for your journey with the current weather conditions.
Are FGW doing anything about icy conditions at unmanned/part time stations? I think I saw some grit at AML recently, but not sure who is responsible for it (station staff, Network Rail, the TOC▸ or local authority). I'm sure a few stations must have grit bins nearby. |
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« Reply #24 on: December 21, 2009, 15:41:43 » |
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I think it's the TOC▸ 's responsibility. Unmanned stations tend to get checked by roving staff in vans fairly frequently, so I would suspect that, unless roads are not passable, they should be getting gritted.
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« Reply #25 on: December 21, 2009, 15:53:19 » |
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I know Crowthorne last week was being gritted on the platforms but because the pedestrian steps I assume are NOT part of TOC▸ land, they werent and they are absolutely lethal
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"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe."
"Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love"
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« Reply #26 on: December 21, 2009, 17:39:19 » |
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Warning message has gone up on FGW▸ website Will customers please be aware that various locations on First Great Western Network are experiencing very icy conditions. When travelling please take great care boarding and alighting services.
Please allow extra time for your journey with the current weather conditions.
Are FGW doing anything about icy conditions at unmanned/part time stations? I think I saw some grit at AML recently, but not sure who is responsible for it (station staff, Network Rail, the TOC▸ or local authority). I'm sure a few stations must have grit bins nearby. From FOSBR▸ : By about 1600 no salt had been spread on the platform at Sea Mills, the spendid new salt bin presumably having remained locked all day. The guard was warning passengers about the slippery ramp.
The snow seems to have fallen mainly just before midnight, leaving about five hours of clear weather for the various bodies that are paid to do something, to do something. The forecast for tonight is similar. |
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« Reply #27 on: December 21, 2009, 20:20:18 » |
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I made a circular journey today from Bristol to Worcester, out via Newport and Hereford and back via Cheltenham. Despite the overnight snow all infrastructure things were fine except for a points failure at Hereford which delayed the 1511 to Paddington by 30 mins. I did notice though, that whilst most open platforms had been gritted, it had been done very perfunctorily, with just the odd patch gritted here and there.
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- Sir Terry Pratchett.
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« Reply #28 on: December 21, 2009, 20:40:54 » |
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I made a circular journey today from Bristol to Worcester, out via Newport and Hereford and back via Cheltenham. Despite the overnight snow all infrastructure things were fine except for a points failure at Hereford which delayed the 1511 to Paddington by 30 mins. I did notice though, that whilst most open platforms had been gritted, it had been done very perfunctorily, with just the odd patch gritted here and there.
Which is interesting...........I've spoken to a few facilities managers at various places in these parts about the increasing occurence of car parks etc not being gritted. Been told by several that there was a case last year where the high court held the land owner responsible if someone slipped and got injured on gritted territory that just wasnt done properly but that if it was not gritted at all, they would not have been liable. The people in question were not connected to the same organisation so were independent but their legal departments had all issued the same advice.... |
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Ditched former sig - now I need to think of something amusing - brain hurts -I'll steal from the master himself - Einstein:
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe."
"Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love"
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« Reply #29 on: December 21, 2009, 20:51:41 » |
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That differs somewhat from the legal advice outlined here: see http://www.theclaimsconnection.co.uk/slipping-on-ice.html |
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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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