Broseley man
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- 8 Mar 2015
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What's gone wrong tonight between Preston and Lancaster? The train my son is meeting from Euston is way over an hour late.
Sorry, but unless someone on here has inside information, all that Realtimetrains will tell you is that the problem occurred somewhere north of Garstang and that trains are now moving again with maximum delay around 2hr. As southbound trains weren't generally affected, the problem was local to a specific section of track or signal or points.
Assuming that it is a signal, it used to the the case that drivers were told to "pass this signal at danger, proceed with caution, obey all other signals".
Is this not done any more and if not why not?
If it is still done, why are the delays so long?
It has happened again tonight - FEB 8. Nothing north of Preston since around 18.00 and no fix until 20.45 according to NR. I have looked for their comments. The state of travel on WCML is difficult to say the least. Has anyone specific information on this and whether it is the same problem as last week and can it be fixed properly? Thanks for any replies. My family have had to hang around for a replacement bus. It is great that a bus can be provided of course and grateful for that. I am glad not to be having to cope with the problem on such a poor night weather-wise!