Westbury North Junction Renewal December 2018 - January 2019

[whole diary]

[Dispatch Box]

Where are some more pictures, we are waiting, everyone seems to have forgotten Westbury.

[Clan Line]

Where are some more pictures, we are waiting, everyone seems to have forgotten Westbury.

mañana !

[bobm]

Thank you Clan Line for your photos so far cataloguing the changes.   Yet another example of how the forum provides a valuable historic record.  Something which has been very much in the forefront of our minds as we look to update the software yet provide continuity with previous posts.

[Clan Line]

0915 this morning:

[Dispatch Box]

Thanks for that, Has started off my new year well, Hope a happy one.

[brooklea]

Possession expected to be handed back at least two hours late (should have been at 0400)

[grahame]

Possession expected to be handed back at least two hours late (should have been at 0400)

Cancellations to services at Westbury
Due to engineering works not being finished on time at Westbury all lines are blocked.
Train services running through this station may be cancelled or delayed. Disruption is expected until 08:00 04/01.
Last Updated:04/01/2019 04:00

[TaplowGreen]

Cancellations to services at Westbury


Due to engineering works not being finished on time at Westbury all lines are blocked.
Train services running through this station may be cancelled or delayed. Disruption is expected until 12:00 04/01.

[grahame]

Cancellations to services at Westbury


Due to engineering works not being finished on time at Westbury all lines are blocked.
Train services running through this station may be cancelled or delayed. Disruption is expected until 12:00 04/01.

I wonder when they knew they had a problem?   First report at 4 a.m.

[bobm]

Network Rail on Twitter are saying it’s a signalling problem discovered during final testing but doesn’t say when it was found.

[bradshaw]

Now not expected to be rectified before 1400, according to Journey Check

[rogerw]

Now revised to 1600.  Alterations now posted for most of the day.  Only a Trowbridge - Cardiff & return shuttle running not serving the smaller stations.  Not sure what is happening west of Bath.  My planned train cancelled and hoping that the 1016 to Cardiff runs on time as I am booked on the 1100 Bristol to Manchester.

[bobm]

I now understand the signalling problem was discovered around 01:30 today.

[bobm]

From the BBC^» (British Broadcasting Corporation - home page)

Overrunning engineering work has delayed the reopening of a major railway line causing "absolute chaos".

Work to lay new track and extend the platform at Westbury, Wiltshire, took place over the festive period.

It was due have been completed by Friday morning but Network Rail said it did not know how long it would take for services to get back to normal.

Project manager Sarah Fraser said the delay was caused by a "significant issue" with the signalling system.

"There are some emerging issues and we are not able to tell at the moment what it's going to take to get them fixed," she added.

[Clan Line]

Am going through Westbury (by car !!) this afternoon, 1500 ish, will go via the station overbridge and have a quick look.