Bad day for Greater Anglia so far (21/12)

[90sWereBetter]

Looks like everything's going wrong for Greater Anglia this morning. There's been problems with the overhead on the GEML between Norwich and Ipswich, a faulty level crossing at Attleborough causing havoc for Cambridge passengers, and now the Oulton Broad swing bridge has failed.

 

[86246]

Following that, this morning's 07:03 Stowmarket - Liverpool Street started at Ipswch due to "power supply problems affecting this train only". It would appear to indicate that there is another issue with using the 360s north of Ipswich again.

 

[GB]

There’s on going power supply problems at stowmarket and the 360s apparently risk drawing too much power.

 

[F Great Eastern]

What exactly is the problem with power supplies?

 

[GB]

I think there is only one supply getting through to Stowmarket which is feeding both the OLE and the Signalling. Its a UK Power Network fault rather than a "railway fault".

 

[colchesterken]

I was at Colchester at the bus stop at about 9 00 am 21/12/17
A class 66 came slowly into platform 1 towing a sick class 90 ( panto down ) and a mk3 set I assumed to be towed into the yard to await fixing or a tow to crown point

 

[GB]

I was at Colchester at the bus stop at about 9 00 am 21/12/17
A class 66 came slowly into platform 1 towing a sick class 90 ( panto down ) and a mk3 set I assumed to be towed into the yard to await fixing or a tow to crown point

Nothing wrong with the set per se. The train got stuck just north of Ipswich when the OHL power was lost. It was rescued as you say by the Freightliner 66 but only as far as Colchester. I imagine the 66 was returned and the mk3 set formed another service once the issues had been worked out.