Weather updates, from across our area - merged posts

[whole diary]

[AMLAG]

1235 Padd/ Pgn IET^▸ (Intercity Express Train - replacement for HSTs (manufactured by Hitachi in Kobe, Japan)) seems stuck between Dwl and Teignmouth since about 1530 ( salt water ingress ? ) hence the 1300 Cdff held at Dwl

Very very rough seas 40-50 mph SSE^» (Scottish and Southern Energy - website) with high tide at 1800
Seems trains being held at St D, NA an£ Ply with a shuttle unit now operating NA/ Pgn bch

All the vast £ millions spent on the sea wall, rock shelter and cliff stabilisation works etc and yet the newest trains can’t cope with sea water.

[plymothian]

1C82 and 2C77 have become stranded due to Hitachi's Dawlish-proof trains.

Code Black declared.
DO NOT TRAVEL WEST OF EXETER.

[TaplowGreen]

Cancellations to services between Exeter St Davids and Penzance

Due to forecasted severe weather between Exeter St Davids and Penzance all lines are blocked.

Train services running to and from these stations will be cancelled. Disruption is expected until the end of the day.

Customer Advice
We are currently advising passengers NOT to travel between Exeter St Davids, Plymouth and Penzance, due to severe weather in the Dawlish area and across Cornwall. As a result, train services between these locations are currently suspended, and we have not been able to secure any replacement road transport. Based on the forecast, we anticipate significant disruption will continue for the remainder of the day.


You're on your own folks.........

[plymothian]

1Z99 has set off from Newton Abbot as a rescue train.
Place your bets now as to whether it'll fail too.

[AMLAG]

Assuming that 1Z99 is an IET^▸ (Intercity Express Train - replacement for HSTs (manufactured by Hitachi in Kobe, Japan)) the odds are that it too will fail ..but I hope this proves wrong.

It’s noted that the local Exe/NA etc buses ARE running at Dwl .

[AMLAG]

Currently with the line west of Exeter St D closed UFN^▸ (Unpaid Fare Notice, or 'until further notice', depending on context ) the nearest railhead for Cornwall is OKEHAMPTON !

[Mark A]

Well there hangs a tale.

Mark

[Timmer]

Well there hangs a tale.

Mark

Doesn’t it just! 

[plymothian]

NEWQUAY LINE CLOSED
FALMOUTH LINE CLOSED
due to flooding

[Trowres]

NEWQUAY LINE CLOSED
FALMOUTH LINE CLOSED
due to flooding

Well that's certainly the impression given by GWR^▸ (Great Western Railway)'s Journeycheck information; however 2F88 has just departed Truro and is on its way down the Falmouth Branch. Cue excitement of watching to see if it makes it all the way! 

[bobm]

Currently with the line west of Exeter St D closed UFN^▸ (Unpaid Fare Notice, or 'until further notice', depending on context ) the nearest railhead for Cornwall is OKEHAMPTON !

Despite a tree falling on that line at North Tawton and smashing a cab window.

[Chris from Nailsea]

Hmm. Was the tree on the railway's side, or the landowner's side? 

Hopefully, there were no injuries in that incident. 

[bobm]

Driver was able to drive the train back to Exeter at reduced speed.

[Trowres]

NEWQUAY LINE CLOSED
FALMOUTH LINE CLOSED
due to flooding

Well that's certainly the impression given by GWR^▸ (Great Western Railway)'s Journeycheck information; however 2F88 has just departed Truro and is on its way down the Falmouth Branch. Cue excitement of watching to see if it makes it all the way! 

It arrived on time at Falmouth Docks.     
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But the return working, the 18:23 Falmouth Docks to Truro, 2T88, has taken on a bit of Schrödinger, and is both cancelled ("due to late arrival of an inbound service") and running on time.      

[bobm]

Night Riviera sleeper cancelled in both directions.