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Incident at Loughborough Junction (18/06)
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bussnapperwm
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British Transport Police have described the deaths at Loughborough Junction as “unexplained.” An investigation into the incident is underway.
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This seems very strange, several trains ran through this morning.
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Evening Standard and RTÉ reporting that a major incident has been declared.
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Declared by whom?
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No delay reports at all showing in the area.
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So I see it's not on the line through Loughborough Junction station, but the Catford Loop / Atlantic lines that pass above.
Sky News just showed some aerial footage of the area, with obviously a number of emergency personnel and NR staff on tracks. Hasn't occurred particularly close to a station, so how they got there and when will be a big part of the investigation.
Might just be me jumping to conclusions then. RealTimeTrains are saying that they are receiving limited real time data, so lots of trains aren't reported at Denmark Hill (or anywhere on the service), but then there are also a few services which have been officially cancelled.
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I'm on genius mobile so maybe RTT has gone awry yes.
Cheers, would explain the lack of service updates. Bit odd that they're running things past the incident site though, especially if it is suspicious? Would have thought that they would want to stop traffic for a period of time to do some investigations at the least?
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I live next to the line, a bit further towards Denmark Hill and trains have been running continuously all morning.
Most trains use the southernmost pair of lines (the 'atlantic' lines)
Most trains use the southernmost pair of lines (the 'atlantic' lines)
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Tv speculating they may be graffiti artists
I believe there were some carrier bags found near by that contained spray paint...whether this is related I cant say.
RTT is down nationally at the moment
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Seems an odd time to be graffiting, 10:30am. Thoughts with the driver involved as well
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It's believed to have happened around 5am.
At the location the ex LCDR Catford Loop (the one involved), the ex LBSCR Atlantic Lines, and the Brixton Spur are on separate viaducts and at different levels. Blocking the line between Canterbury Road and Cambria Junctions would have minimal effect on traffic.
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My sympathies are with all those involved and their loved ones - but not with a criminal gang intent on defacing the railways. The real victims of graffiti vandalism are the passengers and staff who have to witness their "artwork".
Reports suggest they had injuries that were consistent with being hit by a train and spray paint was found nearby. A tragic waste of three young lives, if they were engaged in graffiti they didn't deserve to die, hopefully it might deter others but I doubt it.
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Without wishing to be insensitive, what are the chances of a train hitting three people and the driver not noticing? 
Without wishing to be insensitive, what are the chances of a train hitting three people and the driver not noticing?
We had an incident where a person was decapitated. Nobody noticed till it was daylight and the body was see by passengers. Quite a few trained passed over it. Being 'hit' by a train has quite a wide scope. It could have been that they were 'hiding' as the unit passed and then got caught and entangled or even pushed up against various bits of infrastructure where clearance is limited.
There is certainly more to this story.
Without wishing to be insensitive, what are the chances of a train hitting three people and the driver not noticing?
In that location from looking at the video of where they were gathered, if it was on the Up Catford Loop, there is a downhill gradient with a slight left curve. They would've been obscured until last moment potentially. If it was on the Down Catford Loop, there would've possibly been the morning rising sun right in the drivers face. Without wishing to be insensitive, I think it's pretty obvious the driver didn't notice considering it's not known which train was involved.
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