Clacton/Colchester Line

[LAX54]

Following the appearance of a large hole last Wednesday evening (very Railway Children orienated, as it was first reported of a tree had fallen towards the track) that started off as 9 metres x 5 metres, and got bigger as the night went on, thus closing the line from that date, all has been repaired with staff working 24/7 to fix it , all now repaired and a normal service planned from first thing Monday (19th) there will be an ESR of 20mph on the Down Line for a while though.

 

[Class 170101]

And doubtless a late notice possession to fix it permanently. Though I do notice the line is closed for a couple of Sundays in April so perheps NR will do some more stabilisation then.

 

[LAX54]

Has a 'watchman' at the moment, think they plan to tamp in a few days time.

 

[306024]

Good work by all, it was a rather large hole. Obviously the Clacton branch is of little interest to members on here, but is rather important to the operation of the GEML overall.

 

[Class 170101]

Especially the carriage sidings down there at Clacton. A lot of units live there.

 

[colchesterken]

Clacton line is very important- Link to the seaside and places like Jaywick