Freightmaster
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I'm told the work has been penned in for mid-August.Is there any update on this as to when or if full flexibility will be returned?
MARK
I'm told the work has been penned in for mid-August.Is there any update on this as to when or if full flexibility will be returned?
I'm told the work has been penned in for mid-August.
MARK
Wouldnt be in the EAS at these timescales anyway.
Seems highly likely, a two full day block would be about the right sort of timescale I think. I see all XC depot moves are via Botley over the weekend.Are these the repairs that are happening now?
What about the dubious quote in that article from Network Rail:Hampshire Chronicle:
No trains will run between Southampton and Winchester this weekend
RAIL passengers are facing more disruption following a major incident at a Hampshire station earlier this year.www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk
Quote:
"RAIL passengers are facing more disruption following a major incident at a Hampshire station earlier this year.
Services between Southampton and Winchester are being suspended at the weekend to enable engineers to install a new set of points at Eastleigh."
Have to laugh at "Chief" New Forest Reporter - how many are there?
Pat
News just coming in of the above.
RAIB final report published.
At about 11:32 hrs on Tuesday 28 January 2020, a freight train derailed while travelling over a set of points at Eastleigh West Junction, immediately south of Eastleigh station. The locomotive hauling the train ran derailed for about 35 metres, causing significant damage to the infrastructure. Four wagons subsequently derailed on the damaged track. Nobody was injured in the accident.Some of the fastenings that hold the rails to the concrete bearers that support them had fractured, prior to the passage of the train. This allowed one of the rails to move outwards under the train, breaking further fastenings and causing the locomotive’s wheels to drop inside the rail, as it moved further outwards. The design of these fastenings made them more prone to this type of failure when subjected to high lateral forces, which were present at these points due to the track geometry at the site and the curving characteristics of the locomotive. The local track maintenance team had not identified any relevant faults prior to the derailment as the fastenings had fractured below the surface of the concrete bearer and these failures were not apparent during visual inspections. Despite previous faults of a similar nature elsewhere, Network Rail had not developed an effective inspection regime to detect such failures. Measurements of the track geometry of this set of points had also not detected any indication of deterioration in the track fastening system.