SlimJim1694
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Tonbridge to Redhill would have been fixed in 5 minutes if it was on the west coast main line.
I would hope that "a major main line" (your words) would be treated as a more serious problem and with more urgency than what are effectively suburban routes. Would you like to justify the alternative?Great, although I do feel sorry for passengers at stations like Holmwod, East Grinstead & Dean whose landslips didn’t appear to be repaired with anything like the urgency that a major mainline receives
NRE is suggesting that some Liverpool trains will divert via Chester.
So that means using Voyagers, or extending existing Chester Voyager terminators to Lime St.
I would hope that "a major main line" (your words) would be treated as a more serious problem and with more urgency than what are effectively suburban routes. Would you like to justify the alternative?
I don't thing the Dutton slip looks anything like as bad as what happened on the Southern, or the G&WSR's latest problem.
Great, although I do feel sorry for passengers at stations like Holmwod, East Grinstead & Dean whose landslips didn’t appear to be repaired with anything like the urgency that a major mainline receives
Tonbridge to Redhill would have been fixed in 5 minutes if it was on the west coast main line.
That’s not remotely true. The ground was still moving for about a week after closure, let alone the access works required or the extensive rebuilding itself. Even the WCML would have succumbed to the boring practicalities.
I was being sarcastic mate. I guess that's not so easy to get across when typing.
There are none going
NR closing the line from 19-30 tonight till 07-30 in the morning filling the land slip with stoneThe last 4 Down Liverpool trains of the day appear to be running via Manchester - at least they disappear from RTT at Crewe North Jn, probably to reappear at Edge Hill.
About half the London-Scotlands have run through on the normal route via Warrington, but there's been a big gap this evening.
I was being sarcastic mate. I guess that's not so easy to get across when typing.
As it was known about yesterday, it seemed to have been worked out overnight.LNR appear to have rediagrammed, the units were generally not sitting at Crewe for the time to Liverpool and back. I wonder if this, like the Euston 2-track timetable, is a pre-planned contingency option?
How is it looking service wise then after that? Same as today on single line working?NR closing the line from 19-30 tonight till 07-30 in the morning filling the land slip with stone
Freight trains have little alternative. As others have said, you can't move freight onto roads as easily. Prioritise freight through Castlefields purely on the basis of it keeps the country running. Trains make sense to try and send passengers via Chester for Liverpool and Runcorn passengers or send them on existing services changing in Manchester.All I can say is, this has been utter chaos for the Scotland service. If they are able to send some freight via Manchester, why can’t they send some of the Scotland trains through.
604N engineers train Crewe to Moston ran via Chester and WBQ.
Does that have to reverse at Chester?
Some observations I have noticed today
Grand Central North West training runs ( 4 ? ) Crewe to Wigan and back all cancelled. Schedule shows runs tomorrow to Preston and Blackpool ; doubt if they will run if WCML not fully open.
Avanti are saying still expect delays of upto 10 minutes between Crewe and Warrington due to a 20mph TSR.Both Up & Down Mains have re-opened at Dutton Viaduct.