alex17595
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Looks like I'm going to have a fun shioft tonight at Colton Jct then.
Would NR be able to manage a short notice project like Workington North now?
NR could do it easily, whether there would be stock to run a service such as the Floodex is less clear.
They have a good reputation for small projects, the problems have been with big projects like mainline electrification.I only asked given their recent tickings off by the ORR and other interested parties reference poor planning and execution of projects
I only asked given their recent tickings off by the ORR and other interested parties reference poor planning and execution of projects
I only asked given their recent tickings off by the ORR and other interested parties reference poor planning and execution of projects
Very unusual in this theatre of self-opinionated comment.:roll: i guess the 99% of successfully delivered projects has passed people by
My daughter and friend were on their way back from London. I was waiting for them at Beaconsfield but they were sat at South Ruislip not moving. Suddenly the place turned blue. A major incident had been called due to the tree strikes and a place got swamped by police, btp, fire, ambulance.... they thought there had been a derailment. Must have been 20 vehicles. I gave up waiting and drove to SR to get them. Absolutely no communication or announcements from Chiltern and they refused to answer the so called "help" system.
Heard a Rail Replacement Coach for the WCML has overturned!
Heard a Rail Replacement Coach for the WCML has overturned!
I saw footage from Hexham and Corbridge on Look North; the Tyne burst its banks; it seemed bad and my first thought was would the line be affected (as the line is low near Hexham/Corbridge)?
I'd expect there's a couple of pendos up north and a 350?M60lad:2385065 said:Out of interest have Virgin and TPX got any units stranded the wrong side of the floods at the moment?
Don't know where that came from because both Virgin and Northern haven't been supplying any road transport for exactly that reason i.e too dangerous.
Tyne Valley line should be OK as most of the line is up and above the river. Most of the flooding comes from the farmland. Last year the line was flooded between Riding Mill and Corbridge due to run off from the fields.
Well BBC news has just had a women on the phone who says they are having to spend the night on a train in Carlisle station, she says that after waiting 2 hours at Preston they got a coach to Carlisle but the coaches aren't going any further tonight
Have they opened up a stationary train at Carlisle just so that people have somewhere to spend the night? Very decent of them if so.
Have they opened up a stationary train at Carlisle just so that people have somewhere to spend the night? Very decent of them if so.
Rather than booking stranded passengers into hotels and giving other accommodation "where possible" as per NRCoC?
Reports on WNXX that passengers stuck at Preston have been evacuated to a sports centre after a plan to bus them to hotels in Blackpool was abandoned.
Out here in SE Asia we tend to know about heavy rains and accompanying winds. I see from Realtime Trains that 1G21, Virgin East Coast Carlisle to Newcastle left Carlisle, 60 mins late and arrived Newcastle 310 mins late.
Must have been a horrific journey for passengers, but kudos to the driver and crew and others for an excellent effort in the conditions.