The latest update I have seen suggests that the cause is currently unknown and it's also not yet known where the ballast is going. From that, I think it sounds like a simple 'land has slipped due to trees and is now at the bottom of the bank' is not what has happened.
It's allowed under a local instruction.
There are coal lines very close to the railway there - I've seen the warning signs within the railway boundary
You have a very reliable source.
I was waiting for you to pop up and put your inside view
That does seem to be more logical, as most stations now have a train calling.
Landslip repairs are so variable, there’s no standard answer. If the damage to a high embankment is on a large scale it might take time to gain proper access and fully understand the scale of the problem, and many weeks to properly repair it. Initial estimates are often highly optimistic. The complete repair work sometimes extends for months even after the line reopens.Still ongoing with disruption even next monday. Anybody have any updates at all? Nearly 3 weeks now. Im sure its very complicated and sorry as a novice but why has it taken 3 weeks and still not resolved? Someone with more knowledge than I can surely enlighten me
Disruption till 5th April 'at least', perhaps a couple of weeks more.Still ongoing with disruption even next monday. Anybody have any updates at all? Nearly 3 weeks now as they seem to be cancelled all next week too. Im sure its very complicated and sorry as a novice but why has it taken 3 weeks and still not resolved? Someone with more knowledge than I can surely enlighten me
They run most services that way on everyday except Sunday anyway on the normal timetable
On a normal day they can divert via Fitzwilliam.
And then what for onward travel from Wakefield?
RR bus Lichfield trent valley to lichfield city currently running at 4mins…Another headache for Northern (and to a lesser extent Grand Central) today in that there has been a landslip in the Pontefract East area meaning no rail service at all for Knottingley, the inspections and works seem to have been extended until 'at least the end of Tuesday 12 March' now too
Incident: Knottingley | National Rail
Disruption between Leeds / Wakefield Kirkgate and Knottingley until the end of the day on Monday 6 May. Find details of all current incidents on National Rail Enquiries.www.nationalrail.co.uk
A journey of around 5 minutes between Pontefract Monkhill and Knottingley must be close to some sort of record for shortest rail replacement bus journey! (although luckily Ross Travel are only down the road)
Now timetabled at 9min, sorry!
Until at least 06/05. Apparently the issue is a mineshaft so requires a more complex solution than originally envisioned.
Doesn't affect the Immingham to Drax trains whatsoever.
The 3 formations on the Knottingley circuit are normally a 158, a 150 and a pair of 150s. The 150s are on the via Wakefield's with a 2 hour round trip (the pair on the even hour out of Leeds with the single on the odd hour) which leaves the 158 for the Cas shuttles which only needs 1 unit shuttling all day and its the 158 because that's what the 158 started with on a normal day the 0548 Knottingley. The Goole has being a 158 adhoc once a blue moon but were once not cleared beyond Knottingley England Lane but that changed about 10 years ago when one accidentally went and didn't burst into flames
Well, that's certainly one methodology for route clearance!
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The local paper website now quoting the line will be open early May.
