Delayed by dog.

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[JayMac]

Title says it all. That's what happened to me yesterday morning.

Staff communication was quite amusing:

Owing to a trespass incident between Bristol Temple Meads and Filton Abbey Wood all lines are blocked.

2K12 being delayed at Stapleton Road whilst the driver makes an emergency GSM-R^▸ (Global System for Mobile communications - Railway. A simple mobile phone that has been fitted to the turbos to allow them to operate on lines that are not covered by the cab secure radio (CSR). This allows the Network Rail control centre to send simple STOP messages to the driver or the driver to contact the controller in emergency only. When this system is in operation a guard must be provided when in passenger operation.) call due to passengers on the line trying to retrieve a dog that is on the line.

All on stop at Stapleton Road due to passengers on the line trying to retrieve a dog.

Update 1 at 09:33: Dog has been 'secured' and has now got loose again.

Update 2 at 09:35: Trains still on caution. Dog is secured after 2 attempts by the rope from the emergency cupboard - dog was caught the second time after a passenger donated their lunch to the platform to entice it back up off of the line.

Update 3 at 09:45: Normal working resumed, everyone clear of the line. Dog in the care of BTP^▸ (British Transport Police) - congestion building in the Bristol area now as a result.

Novel use of emergency rope and a passenger's lunch there. 

Slightly more seriously is the issue of pax^▸ (passengers) trespassing to rescue the dog. One hopes they got a stern talking to from BTP.

[anthony215]

Must have been a bit amusing for the driver to tell the signaller what was going on.
You have to imagine what was going through the signalmans head when they were told the news.