Wires down between Preston and Lancaster

[QueensCurve]

There is some "major disruption" between Lancaster and Preston this evening.

An earlier tweet by one of the players said a train had hit an obstruction on the line. @Networkrail tweeted that they had sent someone to take the wires down.

Anyone have more information?

 

[Robertj21a]

A friend said that 'a mail train had brought down the wires' - can't vouch for accuracy.

 

[QueensCurve]

A friend said that 'a mail train had brought down the wires' - can't vouch for accuracy.

That would seem to be 149T 1617 Shieldmuir Mail Terminal to Warrington Royal Mail(Dbs).

 

[30907]

NR Twitter at 1925 said a tree on the wires. Plausible as it's windy up here....

 

[tsr]

You're all broadly correct. Said mail train, 1M44, hit a tree at Brock (and required rescue), and the incident caused severe damage to a number of components of the Up Main OHLE. Fortunately single line working on the Down Main line has been feasible, and a relatively efficient form of it too, though many services are still heavily delayed.

 

[MK Tom]

The 22:41 from Milton Keynes Central is currently expected at 02:52...

 

[RJ21]

I was on 9M60, 207 minutes late at Warrington where I bailed, it was on paper cancelled at Wolverhampton but assumed the identity of another service and isn't expected into Euston until 02:26, it also had the passengers from 1M17 who were picked up at Oxenholme after being detrained.

 

[All Line Rover]

An 18:40 departure with a 4:00 arrival. Might as well take the sleeper!

The 18:52 Edinburgh to Birmingham still hasn't re-emerged at Preston.

 

[tsr]

The 18:52 Edinburgh to Birmingham still hasn't re-emerged at Preston.

Expected into Birmingham at around 0300, as it stands...

 

[sarniasiren]

I was on both of the trains that RJ21 mentions. I feel I was more fortunate than most as I was able to catch my last train to Euxton with 5 mins to spare.

The Virgin train was my last train on my 4 day North Country Rover. I had arrived in Carlisle and thought of going for a pint and a meal, glad I didnt

 

[All Line Rover]

So an actual arrival time into Euston of 04:42 (5h 10m late). So late that it ran behind the early morning Milton Keynes to Euston stopper.