Falmouth Branch Line - stations, facilities, services and improvements - ongoing discussion, merged posts

[whole diary]

[GBM]

Been on a reccy as hourly service continues .... Photos taken at around 5.30pm tonight.

Lovely shots RC. Thank you for them 

[RailCornwall]

Work to be performed tonight, line closing early with RRB^▸ (Rail Replacement Bus) services in place. Full service restoration expected from 04-Feb-2019

Due to a fault with the signalling system between Truro and Falmouth Docks the line will be blocked.
Impact:
Train services running to and from these stations will be suspended. Disruption is expected until the end of the day.
Customer Advice:
From 19:55 train services from Truro to Falmouth Docks will be suspended until the end of service and from 20:22 train services from Falmouth Docks to Truro will be suspended until the end of service.
Replacement road transport services will convey passengers between Truro and Falmouth Docks in both directions between 19:55 03/02/19 and 23:30 03/02/19.
Additional Information:
This line closure will allow Network Rail to carry out testing on the points and signalling equipment which has been damaged in the Penryn area and allow GWR^▸ (Great Western Railway) to run the full train service.
Once these tests are complete, we are planning to run a full timetable of train services from the start of service on Monday 04th February.

(gwr.com)

[old original]

Well that hasn't happened.  Now expected full service at 14.00hrs, but I'm not holding my breath...

[old original]

Nope, thought so.... hourly all day, last three journeys cancelled again. 

How long does it take to fix one set of points?

[grahame]

Nope, thought so.... hourly all day, last three journeys cancelled again. 

How long does it take to fix one set of points?

Have to go back to the beginning when someone orders up an ST 240 and only when it's delivered realises they should have ordered an ST 241 

[bradshaw]

Surely GWR^▸ (Great Western Railway) should have posted an explanation for the continuing delay. Just restating the cause was a slow speed derailment no longer cuts it.

[Oxonhutch]

Maybe in the course of commissioning and testing they have discovered why the train was able to split the points and cause the derailment.  The issue might be larger than the points themselves.

[rower40]

Been on a reccy as hourly service continues .... Photos taken at around 5.30pm tonight.

Lovely shots RC. Thank you for them 

Seconded.

<Tongue-firmly-in-cheek mode>
If you ask me, the problem would appear to be the big block of wood between the switch rail and the stock rail near the platform edge, and the two yellow G-clamp thingies holding the other switch rail to the other stock rail.

[bobm]

Still, given the discussions we had sometime back about the use of these type of points on the Melksham single line, it would be good to get any bugs out of the design before they come to Wiltshire. 

[grahame]

Some cancellations again this morning

08:20 Falmouth Docks to Truro due 08:48
08:20 Truro to Falmouth Docks due 08:44
08:50 Falmouth Docks to Truro due 09:18

08:50 Falmouth Docks to Truro due 09:18 will be cancelled.
This is due to a problem currently under investigation.

[bobm]

I don't think this was anything to do with the problems at Penryn.   There was a signalling issue getting the second unit onto the branch.

[SandTEngineer]

As suspected, but not a full investigation: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/passenger-train-derailment-at-penryn

[grahame]

They will be publishing a safety digest.

When it is clear that the safety learning from an event has been identified by a previous investigation or relates to compliance with existing rules, we may choose to publish a safety digest, rather than carry out a full investigation.

[grahame]

They will be publishing a safety digest.

Now out at

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/safety-digest-032019-penryn/passenger-train-derailment-at-penryn-28-january-2019

not to be confused with yesterday's safety digest about a level crossing collision at the other Penryn!

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/safety-digest-022019-penrhyn-lc/level-crossing-accident-at-penrhyn-ffestiniog-railway-6-january-2019

[SandTEngineer]

Yes, I received that earlier today and deleted it before reailsing it was the 'other' Penryn

Interesting to note that the technical investigation is still ongoing some two months after the incident.  I have heard a slightly different story about events leading up to the derailment (can't repeat it here), and I'm not yet convinced as to the preliminary conlusions reached by RAIB^▸ (Rail Accident Investigation Branch).  Time will tell.