The Weather!

[Tom B]

B****y hell, it's wet out there. Lots of suspensions and alterations.

Network Rail Update for 25/06/07 at 1645 hours

All train services in the Yorkshire area are subject to severe delay and in most cases cancellations. WE STRONGLY ADVISE ALL OUR NORTH EASTERN SERVING TOCs TO ADVISE PASSENGERS NOT TO TRAVEL. Any passengers travelling today have been advised by all train operating companies that their tickets will be valid for travel tomorrow should train services resume.

Virgin Trains
SUSPENDED between York and Derby
REDUCED SERVICE from Derby southbound
REDUCED SERVICE from York northbound

First TransPennine Express
* SERVICES NOW SUSPENDED BETWEEN BARNETBY AND CLEETHORPES *
SUSPENDED between Cleethorpes and Sheffield
SUSPENDED between Manchester Piccadilly and Hull
NORMAL SERVICE between Sheffield and Manchester Piccadilly
NORMAL SERVICE between Leeds and North East

Northern
SUSPENDED between Leeds and Harrogate
SUSPENDED between Sheffield and Huddersfield
SUSPENDED between Sheffield and Lincoln Central
SUSPENDED between Sheffield and Leeds via Barnsley
SUSPENDED between Sheffield and Leeds via Moorthorpe
SUSPENDED between Sheffield and Hull
SUSPENDED between Sheffield and Cleethorpes
SUSPENDED between Leeds and Huddersfield
SUSPENDED between Leeds and Bradford Interchange
SUSPENDED between Middlesbrough and Whitby
SUSPENDED between Leeds and Knottingley
REDUCED SERVICE between Leeds and Skipton (HOURLY)
REDUCED SERVICE between Leeds and Bradford Forster Square (HOURLY)
REDUCED SERVICE between Leeds and Ilkley (HOURLY)

Midland Mainline
SUSPENDED between Sheffield and Derby
SUSPENDED between Sheffield and Nottingham
REDUCED SERVICE between Derby and London St. Pancras

Great North Eastern Railway
LIMITED SERVICE between London King's Cross and Yorkshire / North East / Scotland

Central Trains
SUSPENDED between Sheffield and Nottingham

For further information please advise passengers to visit www.nationalrail.co.uk or call National Rail Enquiries on 08457 484950.

A further update will be issued at 1745 hours. Critical updates will be issued as necessary.

 

[Max]

Hull-Selby looks to be closed too, meaning all Northern, TPE and Hull Trains services along this route are suspended. The 16:39 Northern from Selby to Scarborough (ex York) has not left Selby yet. Obviously this is having huge knock on effects on trains between Hull and Scarborough - none look to be running at the moment.

 

[Donny Dave]

Full info here

Also, service between Halifax and Hebden bridge are disrupted because of a tree on the line.

 

[Max]

Seems the Selby-Hull line is open to an extent. This train got through:

http://www.livedepartureboards.co.uk/ldb/train.aspx?C=BDT&T=BRDLNGT+&J=239816&Y=D&R=0&A=0

 

[class 313]

Another full sun day today, I feel great not being in the midlands =D

 

[Tom]

It rained this morning down here and I got soaked on duty ... full sun now though!

We had to refund shed loads of tickets though as there was no service on the VT2 route beyond Derby.

 

[Daniel]

Midland Mainline
SUSPENDED between Sheffield and Derby
SUSPENDED between Sheffield and Nottingham
REDUCED SERVICE between Derby and London St. Pancras

Severe rain has caused the closure of the lines at Clay Cross which means nothing can pass through this area. No other operators are running through this area either.

Trains are terminating at Derby and a normal service is running south of Derby. We are advising customer not to travel between Sheffield and Derby and we have suspended ticket sales between these destinations.

 

[Donny Dave]

Don't expect anything to run through Sheffield for a few days. Major flooding all over the city and surrounding areas....

 

[Tom B]

2 dead in Sheffield.

 

[Max]

1 man died in the Hull area . Services are still hugely disrupted, with some limited TPE services operating between Hull and Leeds, and a Hull Trains shuttle between Hull and Selby. No Northern services at all though, although some lines (namely Harrogate line) have partially reopened.

 

[Coxster]

I love the sunshine 8) Sad to hear of those deaths though

 

[VTDan]

Yeah so do i! Im in sunny Edinburgh, not too bad here. Just come up
from Oxford they're ok aswell aren't they?

Didn't that man who died in Hull get his foot stuck in a drain or something?

 

[Daniel]

Due to flooding between Derby and Chesterfield we are currently unable to run any services north of Derby.

Following earlier evacuation, Sheffield station has re-opened, but the only services currently operating are those between Sheffield and Manchester.

There are no replacement bus services north of Derby due to adverse road conditions.

We are planning a reduced service from Derby and Nottingham to London today, calling at all stations. Our timetable will be as follows:


Services from Derby to London will depart at xx:34 minutes past each hour
Services from London to Derby will depart at xx:00 minutes past each hour
Services from Nottingham to London will depart at xx:07 minutes each hour
Services from London to Nottingham will depart at xx:30 past each hour

Passengers who decide not to travel today, will be able to use their ticket from today tomorrow.

Following the heavy rain and flooding in the Midlands yesterday we advise all Central Trains passengers in the East Midlands to check their train times before setting off on journeys today.

Due to flooding no Central Trains services are currently operating between:

Nottingham and Sheffield.

Skegness and Boston

Lincoln and Doncaster

Lincoln and Grimsby

Trains to and from Norwich will start from and terminate at Nottingham.

Central Trains travelling to Liverpool on the Norwich-Liverpool service will start from Sheffield (not Nottingham)

 

[Max]

Didn't that man who died in Hull get his foot stuck in a drain or something?

Yeah, he was trying to clear a drain to prevent further flooding (the council had put over this temporary man-hole cover after the floods 10 days ago). Sadly he fell and got his foot stuck in the drain. The fire brigade tried to free him for several hours but eventually the prolonged exposure to the cold floodwater caused him to lose conciousness and he died

 

[VTDan]

Oh! thats tragic. I just heard he got his foot stuck in a drain on the
radio and you know thought 'yeah yeah' . But that's certainly a sad
case.

 

[175001]

There has been a Landslip in one of the tunnels south of Betws-y-Coed on the Conwy Valley line, and this has shut the line south of Betws.

Services are terminating at Betws for the time being.

 

[Tom B]

PUBLIC TRANSPORT IN SOUTH YORKSHIRE - WHAT'S RUNNING AND WHAT'S NOT

BUS SERVICES: Mass Engineering running most services unless the motorway is closed and they have to divert in which case they won't bother, Stagecoach severe delays and diversions, First severe delays and diversions especially near Bentley and Adwick, Veolia diversion in Rotherham and no 174 I presume, Wilfreda nothing running except 707, 200, 1, 11, 23, as the depot is underwater.


RAIL SERVICES:

Estimated time before the lines will reopen
Sheffield to Barnsley 24 to 48 hours
Barnsley to Sheffield 24 to 48 hours
Sheffield to Doncaster 24 to 48 hrs
Doncaster to Sheffield same as above
Sheffield to Lincoln could be 2 to 3 weeks
Lincoln to Sheffield same as above
Doncaster- Scunthorpe-Goole 4 to 5 days.

MIDLAND MAINLINE
Full route service is running between Sheffield and London.
Nottinghamshire to London St Pancras are operating hourly service leaving Nottinghamshire at 7 mins past the hour and leaving London St Pancras at 30 mins past hour. Normal service between Seffield, Derby and London St Pancras

VIRGIN CROSS COUNTRY
Are operating services to Sheffield and Leeds but these will not be stopping at Doncaster. Please change at York for services to Doncaster.

GNER -
Hourly service from London to Leeds, replacement bus service between Doncaster and Wakefield Westgate. Hull, bradford, Skipton and Harrogate to London are all cancelled. Hull to Selby ok replacement bus service between Selby-Doncaster, then Doncaster to London Kings Cross normal

CENTRAL TRAINS -
Services between Newark and Nottinghamshire, Mansfield and Worksop are suspended there is NO ROAD TRANSPORT REPLACING THESE SERVICES they are advising customers not to travel

FIRST TRANSPENNINE EXPRESS -
Manchester Picadilly-Cleethorpes are operating an hourly service with bus replacement between Sheffield, Doncaster and Scunthorpe, rail from Scunthorpe to Cleethorpes

NORTHERN RAIL
The following lines of route are still currently suspended 27/06/07 :-[br]Knaresborough - York
Sheffield - Lincoln
Doncaster - Scunthorpe
Sheffield - Barnsley
Sheffield - Doncaster
Wakefield Westgate - Doncaster
Leeds - Huddersfield Via Dewsbury
Huddersfield - Wakefield
The following lines have re - opened:-
Leeds - Shipley
Hull - Scarborough Via Bridlington
Leeds - Sheffield via Moorthorpe
Leeds - Barnsley
Sheffield - York Via Pontefract
Leeds - Knottingley
Huddersfield - Barnsley
The following Locations are being closely monitored by Network Rail:-
Mirfield
Rotherham Central
Doncaster Marshgate
Kirk Sandal
Notes:-
Alternative transport requested but only limited coach service will
operate knaresborough - York. (Still trying to recruit more buses) Hoping to introduce a Leeds - Huddersfield via Dewsbury Coach service.
Further information to follow.
Limited services operating between Sheffield-Leeds via swinton Trains normally leaving Sheffield-Leeds via Barnsley will be started from Barnsley, also services operated Sheffield-Huddersfield are also started from Barnsley
Services now running between Sheffield and Manchester.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE PHONE NATIONAL RAIL ON 08457484950

SUPERTRAM SERVICE:
Blue Route - Normal
Yellow Route - Normal
Purple route - Normal

NATIONAL EXPRESS COACHES:
Not serving stops at Chesterfield, Sheffield, Meadowhall, Rotherham, Stocksbridge, Langsett, Matlock and Worksop.

 

[class 313]

Finally MML is back to normal =D

 

[Donny Dave]

Expect more disruption again this weekend and next week as the Met Office have issued another severe weather warning, this time for all of England....

 

[Daniel]

MIDLAND MAINLINE

Apologies

We are currently experiencing technical difficulties with our Website,
however bookings can still be made online or by calling us on 08457 125 678.

You fix one thing, another breaks...

 

[class 313]

Expect more disruption again this weekend and next week as the Met Office have issued another severe weather warning, this time for all of England....

They said for all of England before, but all the water just got tipped into the midlands :razz:

 

[devon_metro]

Just a drop of water and the whole of the north panics

On a serious note things are not looking good for the weekend!

 

[Donny Dave]

Just a drop of water and the whole of the north panics

Get panicking yourself then. No pictures from Langstone Rock for you this weekend....

On a serious note things are not looking good for the weekend!

No **** Sherlock !!!!

(Forcast for Saturday Lunchtime)

hock: hock: hock:

Take cover !!!! Incoming....

 

[Birdbrain]

Down here on the Isle Of Wight we usauly avoid all the bad weather!

 

[Tom B]

It might get mentioned if it rains on the BBC offices in London...

 

[class 313]

All this hoo har is annoying me tbh. Rain here rain there and its never true! Its been full glorious sun all day. Ah well, since when has the weather man been right anyway =)

 

[devon_metro]

Get panicking yourself then. No pictures from Langstone Rock for you this weekend....

I have no plans to go there...

 

[Birdbrain]

Nice Sunny Day Here On The Isle Of Wight!

 

[Tom]

Was ****ing it down here in Bournemouth at about 0730 this morning - at Eastleigh at about 1140 it was bad enough that it was making 12 450s massively slip in the rain!!! Think we only got up to 35mph between ESL and Winchester.

 

[class 313]

Also the weather map look totally different on the 6 O'clock news. London and the South East wont be touched by this rain storm and should sunny if not cloudy.