Person Hit by a Train at Norbury 17/1

ushawk · 17 Jan 2012

Evening all,

Brighton Mainline has got major delays of about 90 minutes tonight as a person has been hit by a train at Norbury. All lines were closed but have no re-opened.

Being talked about a lot on Twitter, so much that "Norbury" was/is actually trending in the UK. Also people hit at Colchester and Caldicot this evening too, so my thoughts to all the people involved. Also a person under a train on the Victoria Line at Stockwell too, causing delays on the Victoria Line.

Picture of Victoria posted on Twitter earlier on - https://p.twimg.com/AjYToXOCEAA3KVm.jpg

EDIT - Also incredibly busy at London Bridge as a result of this https://p.twimg.com/AjYUFgRCAAA5LRz.jpg

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tsr · 17 Jan 2012

Now this is a terrible lot of news. I myself was delayed between VIC and Redhill (RDH) due to the fatality. A lot of chaos, but the 1649 out of VIC was only 41 minutes late arriving at RDH. As always, dealing with the incident will be more important than anything else, so I am not complaining. The train I caught left punctually but had to be diverted through some very congested areas such as Crystal Palace and Norwood Jct. Hats off to the train driver and conductors (they changed over at ECR) who did a reasonably good job of warning us of the route, the calling points and any possible changes to the stopping pattern, although there were none. I was pleased that people were relatively calm and listened to the advice I was able to give to some of them to listen out for announcements rather than bustling off into a sea of madness at East Croydon. Consequently they got to Redhill on the same train as they started off on! Can't think why they wanted to change until told to, but there we are.

An interesting sight was a FGW 166 reversing in a southbound direction into Platform 1 at Redhill. Normally they go straight in from the NDL. That was also heavily disrupted.

This is the first time I have seen the TfL site as saying the Victoria LU line is "Disrupted" for a long time. Normally it's just "Suspended" or "Part suspended", etc. Truly terrible things have happened out there. My sympathies to the family and friends of the victims and also to the rail staff involved.

ushawk · 17 Jan 2012

I read on a news site (This is Croydon i think) that the train involved was the 15.33 Victoria to East Grinstead.

TGVDUDE · 17 Jan 2012

15:45 cardiff - nottingham by cross country struck a person near caldicot around 16:15 I understand, thoughts are with all involved and they're families in these incidents

DarloRich · 17 Jan 2012

i think there was an issue tongiht on the WCML - north bounds seemed to be delayed for this reason at around 1730

DelayRepay · 17 Jan 2012

Major problems for Southeastern too due to a points failure between London Bridge and Cannon Street.

Minstral25 · 17 Jan 2012

tsr said:
Now this is a terrible lot of news. I myself was delayed between VIC and Redhill (RDH) due to the fatality. A lot of chaos, but the 1649 out of VIC was only 41 minutes late arriving at RDH. As always, dealing with the incident will be more important than anything else, so I am not complaining. The train I caught left punctually but had to be diverted through some very congested areas such as Crystal Palace and Norwood Jct. Hats off to the train driver and conductors (they changed over at ECR) who did a reasonably good job of warning us of the route, the calling points and any possible changes to the stopping pattern, although there were none. I was pleased that people were relatively calm and listened to the advice I was able to give to some of them to listen out for announcements rather than bustling off into a sea of madness at East Croydon. Consequently they got to Redhill on the same train as they started off on! Can't think why they wanted to change until told to, but there we are.

An interesting sight was a FGW 166 reversing in a southbound direction into Platform 1 at Redhill. Normally they go straight in from the NDL. That was also heavily disrupted.

This is the first time I have seen the TfL site as saying the Victoria LU line is "Disrupted" for a long time. Normally it's just "Suspended" or "Part suspended", etc. Truly terrible things have happened out there. My sympathies to the family and friends of the victims and also to the rail staff involved.

Agree with your sentiments

The FGW 166 reversing into platform 1 southbound at Redhill is unusual that it was reversing, but it is normal for them to enter platform 1 Southbound as there is a holding siding for the FGW (and other) units just north of the station. If there isn't room for Redhill terminators to stay on the platform they will go up to that siding to clear the platform.

calc7 · 17 Jan 2012

DarloRich said:
i think there was an issue tongiht on the WCML - north bounds seemed to be delayed for this reason at around 1730

I was 20 late leaving MKC on the 1747. Broken down Royal Mail train between Hanslope Jct and MK.

causton · 17 Jan 2012

calc7 said:
I was 20 late leaving MKC on the 1747. Broken down Royal Mail train between Hanslope Jct and MK.

And around that time I think there was a points failure delaying services coming into Euston!

tsr · 17 Jan 2012

Minstral25 said:
Agree with your sentiments

The FGW 166 reversing into platform 1 southbound at Redhill is unusual that it was reversing, but it is normal for them to enter platform 1 Southbound as there is a holding siding for the FGW (and other) units just north of the station. If there isn't room for Redhill terminators to stay on the platform they will go up to that siding to clear the platform.

Well, I should have been clearer. It was unusual that it was reversing in that it was doing so as part of the first FGW stock movement for what, according to the LDBs, was ages, and was thus moving in at an unusual time - not that it was unusual to come in from the north. I often notice that. The matrix boards were showing "Please enquire" for the fastest trains to all NDL destinations, so this rather reinforced what I found out.

142094 · 17 Jan 2012

Person was hit on the ine last week between Felling and Heworth on the TW Metro. Hasn't been a good start to the year.

Minilad · 17 Jan 2012

TGVDUDE said:
15:45 cardiff - nottingham by cross country struck a person near caldicot around 16:15 I understand, thoughts are with all involved and they're families in these incidents

I was the driver on this service and because of this I will be spending a time away from the forum while I get my head together.

causton · 17 Jan 2012

XCDriver said:
I was the driver on this service and because of this I will be spending a time away from the forum while I get my head together.

Wow. Wishing you all the best mate.

ushawk · 17 Jan 2012

causton said:
Wow. Wishing you all the best mate.

Same from me

DarloRich · 17 Jan 2012

XCDriver said:
I was the driver on this service and because of this I will be spending a time away from the forum while I get my head together.

bloody hell - I hope you are ok

AlterEgo · 17 Jan 2012

XCDriver said:
I was the driver on this service and because of this I will be spending a time away from the forum while I get my head together.

Oh Christ. Sorry to hear that chap.

Don't forget to come back to us, when you're ready of course.

westcoaster · 17 Jan 2012

XCDriver said:
I was the driver on this service and because of this I will be spending a time away from the forum while I get my head together.

From one driver to another, I'm sorry to hear this and hope xc are giving you all the support you need.

150222 · 17 Jan 2012

XCDriver said:
I was the driver on this service and because of this I will be spending a time away from the forum while I get my head together.

I hope you recover swiftly. Best wishes.

MidnightFlyer · 17 Jan 2012

Sorry to hear that XCDriver, best wishes.

Bellwater · 17 Jan 2012

Take your time mate, not a nice thing to go through.

Crossover · 18 Jan 2012

causton said:
Wow. Wishing you all the best mate.

Likewise from me too

Thoughts with the families, friends and others affected by any of these tragedies that have occured today

sonic2009 · 18 Jan 2012

XC Driver, sorry to hear what happened. Hope to see you back soon. And that you get all the support you need.

LCC106 · 18 Jan 2012

XCDriver said:
I was the driver on this service and because of this I will be spending a time away from the forum while I get my head together.

Thinking of you, XCDriver, as well as all others involved.

richw · 18 Jan 2012

Thoughts are with you xc driver, and I hope you get all the best support from xc to help you through.

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Minstral25 · 18 Jan 2012

XC Driver - sorry to hear that, my thoughts are with you, hope you are back soon

notadriver · 18 Jan 2012

I'm speechless.

Take care Xcdriver. All the best.

voyagerdude220 · 18 Jan 2012

Well said everyone. I can't imagine how you feel XCDriver, I wish you all the best. I'm sure we're all happy to talk to you when you return, whenever you would like to.

CosherB · 18 Jan 2012

XCDriver said:
I was the driver on this service and because of this I will be spending a time away from the forum while I get my head together.

Very sorry to hear this, XCDriver. It must have been an awful experience. We've joshed on here from time to time but when something like this happens we can forget all that banter.... you have my sincere sympathies.

londonbridge · 18 Jan 2012

Sorry to hear that,take all the time you need.

bromleyboy21 · 18 Jan 2012

Is it just me or do instances of people being hit by trains, for whatever reason, seem to be on the increase? On twitter I follow National Rail and it seems that every few hours there is disruption caused by this somewhere in the UK.

I assume statistics are collated on such matters?

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