| Derailment at Goodrington Posted by plymothian at 16:50, 16th January 2026 |     |
5A87 has derailed on approach to Paignton South level crossing as it left Goodrington yard
| Re: Derailment at Goodrington Posted by Timmer at 21:39, 16th January 2026 | |
Have seen some pics on social media and it doesn’t look like there’s much damage to the train. The track underneath (wooden sleepers) doesn’t look too clever though when it comes time to re-rail the train.
The other problem created is that it’s a 9 carriage IET that’s going to be out of service for a while at a time when GWR can’t really afford another set out of service; particularly a 9 car set.
| Re: Derailment at Goodrington Posted by TaplowGreen at 22:19, 16th January 2026 | |
So long will it take to sort that out?
| Re: Derailment at Goodrington Posted by a-driver at 23:30, 16th January 2026 | |
So long will it take to sort that out?
The re-railing team should have been on site at 20:00, won't take long to get it back on the rails.
The train won't be out of service for very long either, a wheel set change at most.
The infrastructure, that's hard to say, A repair could take a day or two but getting resources and materials might mean a few weeks. Upto 4-cars can still run into Paignton so not significant disruption.
| Re: Derailment at Goodrington Posted by REVUpminster at 07:25, 17th January 2026 | |
If it's south of Sands Road level crossing then it should not affect the length of train to four cars. Except for GWR IET's most trains including Cross Country use a shunt move via the north crossover to get from platform 1 to 2.
If is a problem for 9 car trains they would probably be diverted to Plymouth to reverse or kept at Newton Abbot for a an hour and half. Been done before.
| Re: Derailment at Goodrington Posted by a-driver at 08:07, 17th January 2026 | |
If it's south of Sands Road level crossing then it should not affect the length of train to four cars. Except for GWR IET's most trains including Cross Country use a shunt move via the north crossover to get from platform 1 to 2.
If is a problem for 9 car trains they would probably be diverted to Plymouth to reverse or kept at Newton Abbot for a an hour and half. Been done before.
If is a problem for 9 car trains they would probably be diverted to Plymouth to reverse or kept at Newton Abbot for a an hour and half. Been done before.
It is South of the Level Crossing but, at a guess, the train may have been initially (or still) under protection arrangements which falls within the platform area limiting train lengths.
Again, that restriction might have only been in place until Network Rail disconnected the track circuits.
