Problems on the ECML today the 10:08 KX - Newark has terminated Grantham due brake problems and the 11:21 GC service to Sunderland has terminated at Hitchin due traction probs. Bit of a queue at Peterborough wth the 11:00, 11:08 and 11:30 all waiting paths north. Actually just started moving.
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Christmas Eve 2015 ECML problems
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Pakenhamtrain
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Looks like another has given up the ghost between Grantham and Newark North Gate.
matthewmacleod
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Caught up in this too, on the 12:00 King's Cross to Inverness. Currently 10 miles south of Grantham and it doesn't look like we're moving anytime soon.
The guard sounds exceptionally pessimistic - "This will be a very long delay" sort of stuff. Not a good day for it to happen I guess, with services winding down early too!
Oh well. At least there is coffee and the train is fairly quiet.
The guard sounds exceptionally pessimistic - "This will be a very long delay" sort of stuff. Not a good day for it to happen I guess, with services winding down early too!
Oh well. At least there is coffee and the train is fairly quiet.
CallySleeper
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What will happen to the crew off the Chieftain tonight? Assuming it's a Newcastle crew.
CallySleeper
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1E09/10/11 on the move south now. Guessing 1D10/D71/S13/S15 could get set wrong line down to Claypole.
By the looks of things the 11.08 to Newark got sent via Lincoln which is pretty cunning, as has the 12.53 GC to Sunderland.
By the looks of things the 11.08 to Newark got sent via Lincoln which is pretty cunning, as has the 12.53 GC to Sunderland.
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CallySleeper
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1D10 10.35 to Leeds heading wrong line north to Claypole.
Red Dragon
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It looks like 1D10 is now through, but I have a family member on 1D12 which is just South of Stoke tunnel and still 4th in line on the down line. I can't see much of a queue on the up line - or am I missing something?
I think the notable cancellations are:
So all in all a bit of a mess!
- 1A93 Hull Trains 0823 Hull to London Kings Cross which appears to have been terminated at Retford due to "a problem with the on-board safety systems"
- 1B82 Virgin Trains 1008 London Kings Cross to Newark Northgate which appears to have terminated at Grantham due to "a problem with the brakes"
- 1N92 Grand Central 1121 London Kings Cross to Sunderland which appears to have terminated at Hitchin due to "
a problem with the train"
So all in all a bit of a mess!
CallySleeper
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One pax and a freight waiting at Northgate, soon to be joined by two more pax trains in about ten minutes.
Red Dragon
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Cheers Cally, have they arranged bus replacements yet ? ! LOL
I was hoping we'd all go for a beer this evening when my son arrived, might be tomorrow at this rate ! :roll:
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Looks like the offending item has now been dragged off the down line and is in platform 3 at Newark North Gate.
Might still get a beer this evening.
matthewmacleod
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Looks like the failed 1H02 has now been dragged into platform 3 at Northgate, and we're on the move – 126 down on the 12:00 ex-London mind, but could be worse 
It's a good job (for "the railway") that the Beeb are so London-focussed that they have only managed to come up with this:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-35173444
(on the news headlines web-page.)
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-35173444
(on the news headlines web-page.)
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They need a picture of a clapped out 442 really! We don't want people thinking the service they can't use would have been more pleasurable than it actually would have been
Tracked
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They need a picture of a clapped out 442 really! We don't want people thinking the service they can't use would have been more pleasurable than it actually would have been
only if they have to cover something in the North ... "this is what a train looks like. If only the North had these"
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