Another trampoline on the track this time between West Croydon and Sutton. I wouldn't have thought it was too much to expect the owners of these things to ensure they are weighted down or folded up and put away during high winds.
Nevertheless, even when weighted down things will still move if the wind conditions are right.
The stuck train at Piccadilly was a Class 319 if anyone is interested. Not sure on the number, but it still had the First livery seats inside.
319372 was the affected unit.
Huddersfield was like a ghost town just now, so most people have decided to stay inside today. Just crossed over the Calder near Mirfield East junction and the river has burst it's banks, with the Dr. Reddy's chemical works bridge acting like a dam. The railway has gotten off lightly by comparison!
People should be made to think? You are asking a bit much there. This is the country where people faff around in checkout queues looking for their payment card when asked to pay, instead of doing that during the idle 10 minutes they were waiting in the queue beforehand. This is the country where people think they can engross themself in a smartphone and walk around a busy town centre without walking into people. This is the country where people walk into a shop and stop in the doorway, so that no-one else can get in or out. This is the country where dog walkers act like gas, they fill any space they are put in, so anyone approaching from behind has to walk at a snails pace because their dog has to sniff every square inch of the ground, and there is no space to overtake. The UK population by large doesn't do thinking.
I very nearly moved into a house backing on to the river in Mirfield, was glad I didn't for the second time since then when I went past yesterday.Mirfield was a bit of a mess yesterday - Newgate was under quite a bit of water (the river water was overtopping the lock that is intended to keep the water level down in the navigation), Station Road was flooded (blocking access to the station completely, for all platforms I think) along with most of Lidl’s car park and Steanard Lane was also under water (along with the pub for the upteenth time of late) so Hopton was fairly well cut off
Attached photo shows Station Road yesterday afternoon
Newgate was clear later on today (Monday) at least, but the underpass on Station Road was still under a significant volume of water around 18:30 and the island was not accessible (platform 3 was accessible, but would have necessitated a detour to access from town) and Steanard Lane remains closed
The last floods in the area were Boxing Day 2015 - I think the water level was higher this time though
https://www.journeycheck.com/greatwesternrailway/Due to urgent repairs to the railway between Redhill and Gatwick Airport fewer trains are able to run on some lines.
Train services running through these stations will be cancelled. Disruption is expected until the end of the day.
Customer Advice
Southern Railway are conveying passengers via any reasonable route until further notice.
Here is an example service
11/02/20 07:04 Reading to Gatwick Airport due 08:51 will be terminated at Redhill.
It will no longer call at Gatwick Airport.
This is due to severe weather earlier.