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« on: April 11, 2010, 19:28:20 »
Anyone know whats the reason is for the 5mph speed restriction through Newton Abbot station on the down side at the moment.
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« Reply #1 on: April 12, 2010, 03:17:23 »
It's only an educated guess but it may be indicative of a fairly serious PW▸ (Permanent Way) fault. There are a range of things that a maintenance supervisor can stick a 5 mph TSR▸ (Temporary Speed Restriction) on to enable traffic to continue until a repair can be arranged.
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« Reply #2 on: April 12, 2010, 07:41:18 »
Quote from: inspector_blakey on April 12, 2010, 03:17:23
It's only an educated guess but it may be indicative of a fairly serious PW▸ (Permanent Way) fault. There are a range of things that a maintenance supervisor can stick a 5 mph TSR▸ (Temporary Speed Restriction) on to enable traffic to continue until a repair can be arranged.
Being just 5mph thats what I thought.
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« Reply #3 on: April 12, 2010, 10:50:47 »
It's on the down main (reversible), across a set of points, so I would hazard a guess at some problem with said points!
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« Reply #4 on: April 13, 2010, 00:08:58 »
Yeah no comment as to the reason on the Late Notices.
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« Reply #5 on: April 13, 2010, 00:11:14 »
For once everybody on the Newton Road stuck in traffic will be travelling faster than the train  Cheesy
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« Reply #6 on: April 13, 2010, 08:52:11 »
The restriction is only about 100 yards.
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« Reply #7 on: April 13, 2010, 18:29:03 »
And I see they are trying to route down trains via the Up-Main where possible.
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« Reply #8 on: April 16, 2010, 20:54:57 »
Quote from: woody on April 11, 2010, 19:28:20
Anyone know whats the reason is for the 5mph speed restriction through Newton Abbot station on the down side at the moment.
I believe the 'V' in the points (where the rails cross over each other) has failed a routine ultrasonic test and requires replacement. Some of the sleepers / bearers at the points (1987 or so) don't look that clever either.
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« Reply #9 on: May 02, 2010, 22:01:21 »
I see that 5mph speed restriction at Newton has now been lifted.Was there yesterday but gone today.
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