Bridge strikes at Stoke

[OuterDistant]

Prepare for a bit of disruption at Stoke-on-Trent this morning - a skip lorry struck this bridge just north of the station around 7:45.

Happened right in front of me as I was walking towards work. Luckily it was right next to Stoke Power box and men from the Network Rail depot were on the scene straight away.
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Track examined, trains are running again but lorry still wedged. Result - mostly!

 

[thenorthern]

I was on the 7:32 train from Stoke-on-Trent luckily I just missed it.

 

[Trainfan344]

Am only a 10 minute walk away from this location, I could go down and see what is happening.
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Are trains having to sound their horns as they go past?

 

[talltim]

http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/Council-skip-wagon-hits-railway-bridge-Stoke-Road/story-19882482-detail/story.html

 

[thenorthern]

I have just gone over the bridge and it seems fine now although the pendos and voyagers seem to be slower than normal.

 

[dysonsphere]

Am only a 10 minute walk away from this location, I could go down and see what is happening.
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Are trains having to sound their horns as they go past?

Why im only 20 mins away plz to meet you

 

[AndyPJG]

http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/Council-skip-wagon-hits-railway-bridge-Stoke-Road/story-19882482-detail/story.html

At least the driver can be prosecuted for contravening the Mandatory height restriction signs, rather than the normal advisory Warning signs.

Their presence would suggest the bridge has a history of strikes.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/Council-skip-wagon-hits-railway-bridge-Stoke-Road/story-19882482-detail/story.html

Was that a council skip lorry ?

 

[185]

My favourite........

 

[OuterDistant]

Pleased to say they had trains running around half an hour after it happened, and the lorry shifted a couple of hours later. Passing motorists helped the lorry driver out of his cab but I didn't stick around (gawping doesn't help).

It was one hell of a whack, though, and the sight of the lorry's cap leaping into the air pretty spectacular.

Top Gear fans might also recognise this bridge as the one James May ended up stuck at after taking the wrong turning in his Herald-based yacht.

 

[BestWestern]

Well, at least we know it wasn't our very own bridge height sceptic Mr GearJammer at the helm, wrong part of the country and dare I suggest not an impressive enough wagon

 

[GearJammer]

At least the driver can be prosecuted for contravening the Mandatory height restriction signs, rather than the normal advisory Warning signs.

Their presence would suggest the bridge has a history of strikes.

I assume you never read the report very well then.....


"The route which the driver had taken is correct and can be comfortably taken by these vehicles. A full investigation will take place to determine the cause of this incident."

So why would the driver be prosocuted?
I think you best let the relevant people do their investigations first before blaming the driver!
To me there looks to be plenty of clearance so quite clearly something is a miss here!
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Well, at least we know it wasn't our very own bridge height sceptic Mr GearJammer at the helm, wrong part of the country and dare I suggest not an impressive enough wagon

I travel all over the UK...... although you are right about one thing, that wagon is no where near shiney or impressive enough for my liking.

 

[talltim]

Skip lorries have a movable arm thingy. Perhaps it wasn't lowered enough?

 

[GearJammer]

Skip lorries have a movable arm thingy. Perhaps it wasn't lowered enough?

Indeed, wether it was'nt lowered enough due to driver error or mechanical failure we will probably never know.

 

[Muzer]

At least the driver can be prosecuted for contravening the Mandatory height restriction signs, rather than the normal advisory Warning signs.

Their presence would suggest the bridge has a history of strikes.

Yeah - while I'm all for prosecuting people who ignore mandatory signs, this wasn't the case here as people have already pointed out. It does help if you read the article before accusing people of wrongdoing

 

[90019]

I travel all over the UK...... although you are right about one thing, that wagon is no where near shiney or impressive enough for my liking.

It's a Scania R440 Highline you drive, if I remember correctly?

 

[swj99]

Skip lorries have a movable arm thingy. Perhaps it wasn't lowered enough?

That's what had happened last time I saw one jammed under a railway bridge. The lifting gear for the skip hadn't quite lowered correctly on one side.
I didn't see it happen, but I heard it from about quarter of a mile away. A friend of mine was walking along the opposite pavement at the time. Made a hell of a loud bang. Although with that one, the skip, which was empty, came off and landed on the road behind. Fortunately there weren't any cars tailgating the lorry.

The lorry was stopped so abruptly that the cab ended up in the tilted forward position, and when the driver got out, he fell out onto the road next to it, into a pool of hydraulic fluid that had leaked out.

 

[GearJammer]

It's a Scania R440 Highline you drive, if I remember correctly?

Yup, still got it.

 

[AndyPJG]

Yeah - while I'm all for prosecuting people who ignore mandatory signs, this wasn't the case here as people have already pointed out. It does help if you read the article before accusing people of wrongdoing

The photo accompanying the article clearly shows a Mandatory sign, not an advisory one.

 

[90019]

The photo accompanying the article clearly shows a Mandatory sign, not an advisory one.

It also helps if you read all the previous posts before you reply to someone.


In this instance, the post which Muzer was responding to:

I assume you never read the report very well then.....


"The route which the driver had taken is correct and can be comfortably taken by these vehicles. A full investigation will take place to determine the cause of this incident."

So why would the driver be prosocuted?
I think you best let the relevant people do their investigations first before blaming the driver!
To me there looks to be plenty of clearance so quite clearly something is a miss here!

 

[erk]

Does anyone have any information on the causes of the disruption north of Stoke on Trent this afternoon?

I was on the 1046 from Euston to Crewe. It arrived at Stoke a couple of minutes late (1300), then returned to Stafford to get to Crewe that way. Nothing further went through the station until at least 1345 when passengers for all destinations except Macclesfield were put on buses to Crewe.

 

[Zoidberg]

Another bridge strike on the Stoke Road restricted height bridge.

Extract from http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/Trav...celled-Stoke/story-19965448-detail/story.html

ENGINEERS have given the all-clear for train services to resume over a bridge struck by a lorry this afternoon.

Police were called to the rail bridge at Stoke Road close to the junction with the A500 at about 12.50pm.

Officers say a Scania articulated truck hit became stuck under the bridge before it was hit from behind by a Ford Mondeo taxi.

And the incident comes just over two weeks since the last time the bridge was struck. On October 4 officers were called out after a skip lorry belonging to Stoke-on-Trent City Council collided with the structure.

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[Trainfan344]

Another bridge strike at stoke reported today, any ideas which bridge it was this time?

 

[Zoidberg]

Another bridge strike at stoke reported today, any ideas which bridge it was this time?

The restricted height one - same one - at Stoke Road.

http://www.railforums.co.uk/showthread.php?t=91526

 

[thenorthern]

Another bridge strike at stoke reported today, any ideas which bridge it was this time?

It was one by the station not sure which side, it did something to the points because trains heading north were using platform 1 and trains heading south were using platform 2, normally its the other way around.

 

[Trainfan344]

The restricted height one - same one - at Stoke Road.

http://www.railforums.co.uk/showthread.php?t=91526

Ahh thanks for the link to the thread didn't spot it.

 

[Trainfan344]

I notice this one was a big Lorry, a Scania as well

 

[thenorthern]

Hitting the bridge has done something to the points because trains on Platform 1 are using Platform 2 and trains on Platform 2 are using Platform 1.

 

[sd0733]

The track on the down (northbound) line has been reported by the inspection as being out of alignment therefore only the up line over the bridge is/was open.
Platform 2 can only be used by up (southbound) as the feather on the signal which is required for signalling trains over onto the currently open track is temporarily out of use so basically platform 1 is being used bi-directionally and platform 2 used for southbound trains.

 

[Oswyntail]

I cannot comment on the specifics of this case. But generally do the railways recover the cost of the disruption and repair from those responsible? Or is that just common sense?