Train GraphicClick on the map to explore geographics
 
I need help
FAQ
Emergency
About .
 No recent travel & transport from BBC stories as at 00:55 02 May 2025
Read about the forum [here].
Register [here] - it's free.
What do I gain from registering? [here]		 tomorrow - Walk to Pilning
10/05/25 - BRTA Westbury
10/05/25 - Model Railway Show, Calne
13/05/25 - Melksham TUG / AGM

On this day
2nd May (1999)
Last special train to Weymouth Quay (*)
Train RunningNo cancellations or delays
•
PollsOpen and recent polls
Open to 08/05 09:07 Steam Excursion - or diesel excursion with a featured steam section?
Open to 07/05 09:27 Should train, bus and coach operators be required to accept cash
•
Abbreviation pageAcronymns and abbreviations
•
Stn ComparatorStation Comparator
•
Rail newsNews Now - live rail news feed
•
Train companiesSelect from:
GWR
SWR
XC
Chiltern
TfL
TfW
WMR
Southern
• Site Style 1 2 3 4
Next departures • Bristol Temple Meads • Bath Spa • Chippenham • Swindon • Didcot Parkway • Reading • London Paddington • Melksham
Exeter St Davids • Taunton • Westbury • Trowbridge • Bristol Parkway • Cardiff Central • Oxford • Cheltenham Spa • Birmingham New Street
May 02, 2025, 00:58:24 *
Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.

Login with username, password and session length
Forgotten your username or password? - get a reminder
Most recently liked subjects
[127] Low passenger numbers due to train unreliability
[82] Steam excursion - except there's much more diesel than steam!
[65] Spain / Portugal power outage
[51] Brighton Belle - merged topics
[44] Cash payments for transport services
[43] "Save the Last Remaining British Rail Hovercraft from Destruct...
 
News: the Great Western Coffee Shop ... keeping you up to date with travel around the South West
 
   Home   Help Search Calendar Login Register  
Great Western Coffee Shop > Journey by Journey > TransWilts line (Data Manager: Reginald25) > Bridge crash shuts railway line - Westbury / Trowbridge (30/10/08)
Pages: [1]
« previous next »
  Print  
Author Topic: Bridge crash shuts railway line - Westbury / Trowbridge (30/10/08)  (Read 3613 times)
Chris from Nailsea
Administrator
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 19588



View Profile Email
« on: October 30, 2008, 22:41:08 »
"A railway line was closed for several hours after a lorry smashed into a bridge in west Wiltshire.  The HGV, which left the scene and has not been traced, left shards of wood embedded in the bridge over the B3907 near Yarnbrook.  The track between Westbury and Trowbridge was closed until 1230 GMT on Thursday while a structural engineer examined the damage."

See http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wiltshire/7700195.stm

and http://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/news/inyourtown/trowbridgenews/3805983.Lorry_crash_leads_to_rail_disruption/
« Last Edit: October 30, 2008, 23:35:03 by chris from nailsea » Logged
William Huskisson MP▸ (Member of Parliament, or Mile Post (a method of measuring the railway in miles and chains from a starting point - usually London), depending on context) 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.
eightf48544
Transport Scholar
Hero Member
******
Posts: 4574


View Profile Email
« Reply #1 on: October 31, 2008, 10:42:26 »
I think it's about time we got tough on this.

Automatic ban for the driver and a minimum of ^250,000 compensation to Networkrail, more if it's a mainline.

As I've posted elsewhere the Departemnt for Roads should visit Magdeburg.

They have two ways of preventing this happening on the long viaduct South of the town.

The best is 600 volt tram lines and on non tram routes a sturdy RSJ▸ (Rolled Steel Joist, which can also be called "I beams" because of the profile of a standard beam) across the road on RSJ legs designed to take the top off the lorry before it gets anywhere near the bridge.   

I like the tram idea you get deterence with excellent public transport.
Logged
Do you have something you would like to add to this thread, or would you like to raise a new question at the Coffee Shop? Please [register] (it is free) if you have not done so before, or login (at the top of this page) if you already have an account - we would love to read what you have to say!

You can find out more about how this forum works [here] - that will link you to a copy of the forum agreement that you can read before you join, and tell you very much more about how we operate. We are an independent forum, provided and run by customers of Great Western Railway, for customers of Great Western Railway and we welcome railway professionals as members too, in either a personal or official capacity. Views expressed in posts are not necessarily the views of the operators of the forum.

As well as posting messages onto existing threads, and starting new subjects, members can communicate with each other through personal messages if they wish. And once members have made a certain number of posts, they will automatically be admitted to the "frequent posters club", where subjects not-for-public-domain are discussed; anything from the occasional rant to meetups we may be having ...

 
Pages: [1]
  Print  
« previous next »
 
Jump to:  

Powered by MySQL Powered by PHP Powered by SMF 1.1.2 | SMF © 2006-2007, Simple Machines LLC Valid XHTML 1.0! Valid CSS!
This forum is provided by customers of Great Western Railway (formerly First Great Western), and the views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that the content provided by one of our posters contravenes our posting rules via admin@railcustomer.info. Full legal statement (here).

Jump to top of page • Jump to Forum Home Page