Speed Restrictions in Scotland due to Storm Alex

[CN12]

Networkrail Scotland has Twittered a run down of services and speed restrictions due to adverse weather warnings. Is this the future?

 

[221129]

Networkrail Scotland has Twittered a run down of services and speed restrictions due to adverse weather warnings. Is this the future?

And the past.. Long before Stonehaven.

 

[DarloRich]

Networkrail Scotland has Twittered a run down of services and speed restrictions due to adverse weather warnings. Is this the future?

it is absolutely hoying it down in Scotland! it is hardly a surprise as it has been done for a long time.

 

[221129]

it is absolutely hoying it down in Scotland! it is hardly a surprise as it has been done for a long time.

It's not just Scotland either.

 

[DarloRich]

It's not just Scotland either.

Storm Alex - what used to be called Autumn before rebranding!

 

[jopsuk]

Storm Alex - what used to be called Autumn before rebranding!

so you think weather warnings of high winds and heavier-than-usual-even-for-this-time-of-year rain should just be discontinued?

 

[DarloRich]

so you think weather warnings of high winds and heavier-than-usual-even-for-this-time-of-year rain should just be discontinued?

Don't be silly. Just give a weather warning. It doesn't need a cute name.

 

[eoff]

Is it now the case that an Amber warning of rain stops normal services?

I am repeating my previous separate thread post here about the partial impact of this along with line closures and Engineering works on the services from Edinburgh Waverley this morning.

08:55 Newcastle BUS
09:00 Alnmouth BUS
09:00 Glasgow Queen Street via Falkirk High Cancelled
09:04 Garrowhill Cancelled
09:08 Berwick-upon-Tweed BUS
09:10 Aberdeen BUS
09:10 Aberdeen BUS
09:11 Tweedbank Cancelled
09:14 Dundee Cancelled
09:29 Inverness via Perth Cancelled
09:30 Glasgow Queen Street via Falkirk High Cancelled
09:35 Dunblane Cancelled
09:36 North Berwick BUS
09:38 Garrowhill 16
09:44 London Kings Cross On time
09:55 Glenrothes With Thornton Cancelled
10:00 Glasgow Queen Street via Falkirk High Cancelled
10:05 Berwick-upon-Tweed BUS
10:08 Morpeth BUS

 

[30907]

Is it now the case that an Amber warning of rain stops normal services

Yes, till the lines are checked - or the warning is found to be overdone, which doesn't appear to be the case. Scotrail have said disruption till 1200, though Bathgate appears to be running.

 

[221129]

Is it now the case that an Amber warning of rain stops normal services?

I am repeating my previous separate thread post here about the partial impact of this along with line closures and Engineering works on the services from Edinburgh Waverley this morning.

08:55 Newcastle BUS
09:00 Alnmouth BUS
09:00 Glasgow Queen Street via Falkirk High Cancelled
09:04 Garrowhill Cancelled
09:08 Berwick-upon-Tweed BUS
09:10 Aberdeen BUS
09:10 Aberdeen BUS
09:11 Tweedbank Cancelled
09:14 Dundee Cancelled
09:29 Inverness via Perth Cancelled
09:30 Glasgow Queen Street via Falkirk High Cancelled
09:35 Dunblane Cancelled
09:36 North Berwick BUS
09:38 Garrowhill 16
09:44 London Kings Cross On time
09:55 Glenrothes With Thornton Cancelled
10:00 Glasgow Queen Street via Falkirk High Cancelled
10:05 Berwick-upon-Tweed BUS
10:08 Morpeth BUS

That thread was deleted seemingly as it did not warrant a new topic so I hope this post is not deleted as not relevant as it expanded on weather to other reasons that show the combined impact at one place.

All those buses are due to scheduled engineering works and the line closure at Carmont.

 

[InOban]

A number of routes were closed this morning because of flooding - too many tweets to forward. Some have now reopened, but I believe that there's still flooding after Inverkeithing and at several locations between Aberdeen and Inverness. The preemptive closure was a good plan.

Now confirming landslips after Inverkeithing and after Kirkcaldy.

 

[al78]

Don't be silly. Just give a weather warning. It doesn't need a cute name.

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Why are we naming storms?

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Feel free to take it up with the Met Office if you believe it not to be appropriate.

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[SteveM70]

UK Storm Centre

Find out the latest information about storms in the UK as we name them as part of our Name our Storms project.

www.metoffice.gov.uk

Why are we naming storms?

The naming of storms using a single authoritative system should aid the communication of approaching severe weather through media partners and other government agencies. In this way the public will be better placed to keep themselves, their property and businesses safe.

Feel free to take it up with the Met Office if you believe it not to be appropriate.

Contact the Met Office

Contact the Met Office for information about our forecasts, products, services, or any other enquiry.

www.metoffice.gov.uk

Because the Americans do?

See also the fad for politicians now having union flags in the background every time they give a press conference

 

[pieguyrob]

Storm Alex - what used to be called Autumn before rebranding!

Oh I thought it was the aftermath of Alex Salmond's shenanigans. I will grab my coat......

 

[InOban]

Storm Alex was named by the French and it has caused catastrophic damage in SE France and NW Italy.

And NR is now reporting that all Scottish routes have now reopened.

 

[Mcr Warrior]

And NR is now reporting that all Scottish routes have now reopened.

Including Montrose -> Aberdeen?

 

[InOban]

Of course not. The topic was storm Alex

 

[Alanko]

It looks like a light WCR 37 was pressed into action yesterday to survey some of the lines in the central belt.

 

[SteveM70]

It looks like a light WCR 37 was pressed into action yesterday to survey some of the lines in the central belt.

37685 is currently parked in the siding just north of Larbert station

 

[mpthomson]

Because the Americans do?

See also the fad for politicians now having union flags in the background every time they give a press conference

No. See the (sensible) explanation above. And nothing to do with Union Jacks either.