Nuneham Viaduct shut - Didcot- Oxford

[jfollows]

Between the signals ISTR it's only about 300m.

Makes sense, I was just thinking along those lines.

 

[Chingy]

When you look at a train like this one (6M58 from Tytherington, Gloucestershire to Quainton), it appears to be routed to avoid big gradients. It managed to lose over 100 minutes after Westbury area so do wonder if having Didcot-Oxford shut means it would be better to double head it, so could keep time, especially on busy Chiltern line

Realtime Trains | 6M58 0153 Tytherington to Quainton Railhead | 18/04/2023

Real-time train running information for 6M58 0153 departure from Tytherington to Quainton Railhead on 18/04/2023. From Realtime Trains, an independent source of train running info for Great Britain.

www.realtimetrains.co.uk

IIRC this is one of the few freight trains actually booked to run via the Chilterns in normal times anyway, and the closure of Didcot/Oxford has nothing to do with this trains route.

I’ve seen this train out and about before and it’s definitely been ran in Multi when I’ve seen it. Can’t confirm whether that’s the case today or not though.

The train you have linked isn’t 6M78 though, the failed train currently at Beaconsfield. You’ve linked an earlier train as you mention in your post. 6M78 is still sat at Beaconsfield. Over 4 hours and counting now.

 

[jfollows]

An hour later and 6M78 is at High Wycombe and appears to be stopped again. On the move at 20:12. 276 minutes late.

 

[20Man]

Having been sat at High Wycombe for some time, stopped just north of the station, 6M78 has just pulled away. I could see it from my house.

 

[jfollows]

6M78 is also routed into platform 3 at Princes Risborough so it’s not taking the branch to Aylesbury, not immediately anyway.
1G95 to Birmingham which has taken >5 hours from Marylebone is shortly going to go past it on the through road (see earlier). Booked to pass 15/43, actual ~20/43.

 

[sammyg901]

You'd be seriously unimpressed if you were trying to get to Princes Risborough and sailed through ! Wonder why they didn't route services via platform 2 . Causes a bit of congestion but hardly matters at this point.

A very painful time to be a commuter in this part of the world

 

[jfollows]

You'd be seriously unimpressed if you were trying to get to Princes Risborough and sailed through ! Wonder why they didn't route services via platform 2 . Causes a bit of congestion but hardly matters at this point.

A very painful time to be a commuter in this part of the world

1G95 wasn't booked to call at Princes Risborough. 1G55 following also not booked to call. Something else will soon I’m sure! 1T55 to Oxford will.

 

[sammyg901]

Whoops, was misunderstanding Traksy times, can see 1T55 stopping there now.

 

[jfollows]

Now there’s a huge queue of down trains having to go round 6M78 parked in Princes Risborough platform 3 but at least there are relatively few up trains to share platform 2 with.

 

[Peterthegreat]

Now there’s a huge queue of down trains having to go round 6M78 parked in Princes Risborough platform 3 but at least there are relatively few up trains to share platform 2 with.

Probably because few trains (and crews) have gone down so can't go back up.

 

[zwk500]

Now there’s a huge queue of down trains having to go round 6M78 parked in Princes Risborough platform 3 but at least there are relatively few up trains to share platform 2 with.

Hopefully they can clear the queue relatively quickly for the 1Z99 that's currently near Denham Golf Club and is presumably on it's way to help 6M58.

 

[MarkyT]

Between the signals ISTR it's only about 300m.

Although going in one direction or the other you could use another 120m or so of the opposite direction overlap at the back of the train as standage, as long as you don't need to reverse in the middle road.

 

[zwk500]

Although going in one direction or the other you could use another 120m or so of the opposite direction overlap at the back of the train as standage, as long as you don't need to reverse in the middle road.

Yes, although you get ever so slightly more standage in one direction using 3, as it doesn't have the nearest crossover.

 

[Peterthegreat]

Hopefully they can clear the queue relatively quickly for the 1Z99 that's currently near Denham Golf Club and is presumably on it's way to help 6M58.

Well the rescue engine seems to have gone off towards Aylesbury.

 

[zwk500]

Well the rescue engine seems to have gone off towards Aylesbury.

Indeed it does, my prediction was a bit off it seems!

 

[Peterthegreat]

Indeed it does, my prediction was a bit off it seems!

Interestingly 4V41 is sitting north of Aylesbury running around 6 hours late......

 

[sammyg901]

There are engineering works scheduled tonight between Aylesbury and Aylesbury Vale Parkway, not sure how that plays into things

 

[zwk500]

Interestingly 4V41 is sitting north of Aylesbury running around 6 hours late......

Good point, I'd noticed a 0V41 earlier but 4V41 is off the edge of the OTT map so hadn't considered a 3rd (at least) failure today!

 

[Peterthegreat]

Good point, I'd noticed a 0V41 earlier but 4V41 is off the edge of the OTT map so hadn't considered a 3rd (at least) failure to

The rescue engine appears to have gone onto 4V41.

 

[Chingy]

6M78 still sat at Princes Risborough as of early this morning.

 

[LYRobert]

MEANWHILE - - - -
what news of THE BRIDGE?

 

[Benjwri]

GWR ran 2 ECS moves today, 5Z01 and 5Z02 from Oxford to Radley, anyone know what this is for? Just crew knowledge, or preparation for some kind of potential shuttle?

 

[Nicholas43]

There have been rumours of a shuttle. I presume 5Z01 ran 'wrong line' from Hinksey to Radley.

 

[Benjwri]

Looking further they also ran 5Z03 and 5Z04 from Reading to Culham and back, so perhaps a shuttle on both sides?

 

[W-on-Sea]

Maybe useful for local services, but the driving time (depending of course on traffic congestion) between Radley and Culham stations is not very much shorter than that between Oxford and Didcot (with a free-flowing A34, anyway), given the quality of roads to those more relatively remote stations, and the need to go through the often congested centre of Abingdon to travel between them

 

[Nicholas43]

Maybe useful for local services, but the driving time (depending of course on traffic congestion) between Radley and Culham stations is not very much shorter than that between Oxford and Didcot (with a free-flowing A34, anyway), given the quality of roads to those more relatively remote stations, and the need to go through the often congested centre of Abingdon to travel between them

Yes. I understand that GWR is contemplating shuttle rail services only for local traffic Radley<>Oxford and Culham<>Appleford<>Didcot. Don't know what they would do about Radley<>Culham.

 

[Crossover]

There have been rumours of a shuttle. I presume 5Z01 ran 'wrong line' from Hinksey to Radley.

Judging by both it and 5Z03 "disappearing" from tracking at the previous junction, I would guess it was a wrong line working

 

[Nicholas43]

Stuart Calvert of Network Rail explains the plan to prop up the sagging south span by building a temporary support in the river, and then remove and rebuild the southern pier:
https://twitter.com/networkrailwest/status/1649077107660652547?s=20

 

[jfowkes]

I wonder how they're going to put piling in with the bridge in the way. Normally when you see videos of these piling machines they take up significant vertical space. Sounds tricky!

 

[Greybeard33]

I wonder how they're going to put piling in with the bridge in the way. Normally when you see videos of these piling machines they take up significant vertical space. Sounds tricky!

In the previous video (see post #513) he explained they would put piling in upstream and downstream of the bridge, to create a temporary trestle structure that will support the bridge span while the abutment is rebuilt.