LNW-GW Joint
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I was caught up in disruption today on the WCML (quite apart from timetable variations and staff shortage) north of Preston northbound, due to a "freight train failure".
Looking at RTT, it looks like 4S43, the Daventry-Mossend Tesco container service failed at or near Shap, and took 2 hours to clear to the loop at Penrith to let trains past.
Four Avanti 390s and two TPE 397s were held at Preston and Lancaster for periods up to 2 hours before the line was cleared.
Does anybody know the cause of the failure?
PS Virgin Trains is not quite dead.
This was the PIS for platform 3c at Preston today.
Looking at RTT, it looks like 4S43, the Daventry-Mossend Tesco container service failed at or near Shap, and took 2 hours to clear to the loop at Penrith to let trains past.
Four Avanti 390s and two TPE 397s were held at Preston and Lancaster for periods up to 2 hours before the line was cleared.
Does anybody know the cause of the failure?
PS Virgin Trains is not quite dead.
This was the PIS for platform 3c at Preston today.
Not in service.
www.virgintrains.co.uk
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