SWR services evening of 1/8/22

Mark A

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SWR services evening of 1/8/22

« on: August 01, 2022, 20:42:19 »

An incident in the middle of the evening peak seems to have badly hurt their network.

https://twitter.com/SW_Help/status/1554172359229202433

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TaplowGreen

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Re: SWR services evening of 1/1/22

« Reply #1 on: August 01, 2022, 21:58:58 »

Quote from: Mark A on August 01, 2022, 20:42:19

An incident in the middle of the evening peak seems to have badly hurt their network.

https://twitter.com/SW_Help/status/1554172359229202433

Mark

Person hit by a train, colleague was caught up in the disruption.

Impressive that SW proactively told customers to go ahead and take a taxi rather than waiting to be asked. A lesson for GWR^▸ to learn.


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Ralph Ayres

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Re: SWR services evening of 1/8/22

« Reply #2 on: August 02, 2022, 22:20:20 »

Presumably August, not January?!


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Re: SWR services evening of 1/1/22

« Reply #3 on: August 03, 2022, 09:22:37 »

Surprising, given the amount of redundancy in SWR^» 's network that they seem to have sent nothing at all that night right at Clapham Junction, then left at Virginia Water to pick the Main Line back up at Byfleet.


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Re: SWR services evening of 1/1/22

« Reply #4 on: August 03, 2022, 12:02:22 »

Quote from: jamestheredengine on August 03, 2022, 09:22:37

The Down Lines reopened after about an hour, so I guess little would be saved by rerouting trains in that direction. A few Up trains were sent from Woking via Chertsey, and the Up lines reopened after about two hours. Recovery of Up services took some time after that; I think only one track was in use.


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