• Our booking engine at tickets.railforums.co.uk (powered by TrainSplit) helps support the running of the forum with every ticket purchase! Find out more and ask any questions/give us feedback in this thread!

Landslip near Slochd

Status
Not open for further replies.
Sponsor Post - registered members do not see these adverts; click here to register, or click here to log in
R

RailUK Forums

philjo

Established Member
Joined
9 Jun 2009
Messages
2,884
Scotrail website:

Owing to flooding between Inverness and Aviemore:
Impact:
Train services running through these stations may be delayed or terminated at and started back from Aviemore at short notice. Disruption is expected until 23:59 01/05.
Customer Advice:
Replacement road transport services are conveying passengers between Inverness and Aviemore in both directions until further notice.
Additional Information:
Please note the estimate for normal work resuming is the beginning of service on Wednesday 2nd May. Alternative transport in place from Aviemore to Inverness and from Inverness to Perth, setting down only. Please note journey times are being extended up to an hour as a result of this disruption. Passengers please check with station staff or use the help points at stations for further information. Alternatively passengers travelling between Inverness and Edinburgh and Glasgow can travel between Inverness and Aberdeen for a forwarding connection. The next train services from Inverness to Aberdeen depart Inverness at 14.27 and 15.21 for train connections from Aberdeen to Queen St at 15.33, 16.37, 17.36 and 18.30 and from Aberdeen to Edinburgh at 16.03, 17.07 and 19.09. The next train services from Perth to Aberdeen depart Perth at 14.38 and 15.37 for a train connection from Aberdeen to Inverness, departing Aberdeen at 15.30, 17.18 and 18.20.


No mention yet if the Inverness sleeper will divert via Aberdeen.
 
Joined
19 Apr 2011
Messages
129
At least no train drove into it this time, that's one thing. Last time there was a landslide on the HML a Turbostar from INV - EDB drove into it (2007 I think, roughly).
 

mralexn

Member
Joined
2 Nov 2010
Messages
460
Here is a picture of the landslip caused by rain at Carrbridge between Inverness and Aviemore

https://twitter.com/#!/ScotRail/status/195859933659529216/photo/1


Is it true that an East Coast HST is stranded now up In Inverness?

And what will happen to the inverness portion (up and down) of the Cally sleeper tonight? Im guessing it will be cancelled,

Also, the line is not expected to re open until Wed 2nd May
 

fraser158

Member
Joined
7 Feb 2011
Messages
156
Location
Inverness
When I was in Inverness a few hours ago, the HST was still in platform 1.

The sleeper to London is being diverted via Aberdeen and Fife.

I guess they could also send the HST via Aberdeen but I don't know if HST's are cleared for Inverness - Aberdeen.

*Edit*
Oops, didn't see other thread.
 

Failed Unit

Established Member
Joined
26 Jan 2009
Messages
8,857
Location
Central Belt
Are HST's cleared for Inverness - Aberdeen?

Yes, they have being known to be routed that way during Engineering works. Both Aberdeen - London via Inverness (very rare) or Inverness - London via Aberdeen. (rare but done before)

Scotrail conductors are needed however.
 

ushawk

Established Member
Joined
5 Nov 2010
Messages
1,965
Location
Eastbourne
Up sleeper (to London) is being diverted via Aberdeen, pax from south of Aviemore to travel on 21.01 Aviemore to Glasgow service, changing at Stirling for a replacement bus to Edinburgh, to connect with the sleeper.

Im assuming it will be same in the down direction (to Inverness).
 

D1009

Established Member
Joined
22 Feb 2012
Messages
3,166
Location
Stoke Gifford
When I was in Inverness a few hours ago, the HST was still in platform 1.

The sleeper to London is being diverted via Aberdeen and Fife.

I guess they could also send the HST via Aberdeen but I don't know if HST's are cleared for Inverness - Aberdeen.

It departed at 1600 ECS to Aberdeen. Not sure what they'll do with it there.
--- old post above --- --- new post below ---
Also the northbound Tesco container train got as far as Kingussie, forgot to check what happened to that.
 

EltonRoad

Member
Joined
2 Jun 2009
Messages
1,029
Location
Kendal
Sleeper retimed, Edinburgh a 0140 d 0205, Carlisle d 0345, Euston a 0849 (normally Edinburgh d 0124).
 

Crossover

Established Member
Joined
4 Jun 2009
Messages
9,247
Location
Yorkshire
Here is a picture of the landslip caused by rain at Carrbridge between Inverness and Aviemore

https://twitter.com/#!/ScotRail/status/195859933659529216/photo/1


Is it true that an East Coast HST is stranded now up In Inverness?

And what will happen to the inverness portion (up and down) of the Cally sleeper tonight? Im guessing it will be cancelled,

Also, the line is not expected to re open until Wed 2nd May

That really is something of a landslide....am I right in thinking the green cable left dangling is one of the fibre optic signalling cables?
 

blanco

Member
Joined
7 Feb 2012
Messages
97
Location
glasgow
That really is something of a landslide....am I right in thinking the green cable left dangling is one of the fibre optic signalling cables?

it is indeed a fibre optic cable, but i've always been led to believe it belongs to utility companies rather than signalling.
 

jimicrowbar

Member
Joined
21 Mar 2012
Messages
28
Location
Inverness
It can not be to bad as they said today that they will be open again by Wed 2nd of may. Either that, network rail are good at what they do.
 

ChiefPlanner

Established Member
Joined
6 Sep 2011
Messages
7,768
Location
Herts
Now that would be a surprise.

Fancy going up there in this weather , working shifts over the weekend / overnight , and restoring the line ............?

NR do their best to keep the trains running , not particularly easy I suspect in an isolated area like this , logistically bringing in many tons of ballast etc to restore the route. Comments like that are not helpfull.
 

blanco

Member
Joined
7 Feb 2012
Messages
97
Location
glasgow
i'd imagine they'd want to put some gabion baskets in there to stabilise it, looks as though you could dump all the ballast in the world on there and it'd just head straight down the hill.
 

jopsuk

Veteran Member
Joined
13 May 2008
Messages
12,771
it would be rather awkward- in some parts the modern A9 takes a slightly different route to the old road, so there's diversion posibilities. In extremis, there would have to be a lengthy diversion via Nairn.
 

Ploughman

Established Member
Joined
15 Jan 2010
Messages
2,882
Location
Near where the 3 ridings meet
Fancy going up there in this weather , working shifts over the weekend / overnight , and restoring the line ............?

NR do their best to keep the trains running , not particularly easy I suspect in an isolated area like this , logistically bringing in many tons of ballast etc to restore the route. Comments like that are not helpfull.
Yes I know
Done that for the last 20 years on track renewals.
It was more the comment that NWR are good at what they do.
 
Joined
23 Dec 2009
Messages
112
Location
Scotland
Landslides have blocked both the Line to Nairn and Aviemore, with an HST stranded for 3-4 days, that was 2-3 years ago.

The snow last year and year before closed everything, A9 and Aviemore, Trains were only going as far as Elgin from Inverness, the adverts said, no alternative transport is being provided. Can be annoying, but its not the end of the world if we are cut off, all 4,236 Tescos in Inverness were running low on bread though!

I would say the A9 is blocked more often the the Highland Main Line is, majority of times as said, diversions are easy, but if its between Dalwhinnie and Blair Atholl(Drumochter Pass) then you have to take the A82 or go via Aberdeen. We are Isolated but its the same distance from Inverness to Edinburgh as it is from London to Stoke on Trent, So its not that far,
 
Status
Not open for further replies.

Top