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| Signal Cable Theft 23/7/11 23/07/2011 at 23:36 #18239 | |
y10g9
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If anyone was interested, there was a theft of signalling cable between Rushey Platt and Wootton Bassett Junction yesterday (well it is past midnight BST now) at aproximately 2045 which knocekd all of the signals out between Rushey Platt JN and Thingley Jn. I had to decide that would get the 2000 service back to bristol (1C29) from the meet didn't I. We ended up being stuck in P4 at Swindon for almost 3 hours while FGW and Network Rail were trying to sort solution out. There was even talk of TBW (Temporary Block Working) being implemented to allow us to go to bristol temple meads. Unfortunately having been stuck in P4 we couldn't go onto the kemble lines which all trains to cardiff and swansea did (missing out their stop at bristol parkway) and everything for temple meads behind us was diverted via Westbury, so we just sat :( I am guessing that the Badmington lines were probably also affected so it would of been the entire lower half of pannel 1 (basically all of it except for the kemble lines) that was knocked out. Log in to reply |
| Re: Signal Cable Theft 23/7/11 23/07/2011 at 23:55 #18240 | |
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UKTrainMan
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Ouch. Unlucky. Really unlucky! Information from my source says it was reported at around 21:22:59 and expected to be cleared 23:00. At 22:32:12 delays were reported as being expected until further notice. Reported cleared at 01:42:28. There was me thinking it may affect GeoffM getting home (probably did, actually(?)) but totally forgot about how it may affect you getting home! Nothing personal of-course! 
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| Re: Signal Cable Theft 23/7/11 24/07/2011 at 07:17 #18241 | |
GeoffM
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" said:There was me thinking it may affect GeoffM getting home (probably did, actually(?)) but totally forgot about how it may affect you getting home! Nothing personal of-course! :)Fortunately I stayed in London last night. Sounds like I would been able to get to Swindon anyway. SimSig Boss Log in to reply |
| Re: Signal Cable Theft 23/7/11 24/07/2011 at 07:37 #18245 | |
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Underwood
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Didn't see you on the concourse Nath but super bad luck! I am glad I was booked to leave 6 minutes later on a HST via Westbury instead! Actually got there for a 30 minute wait for the 21:55 to Bristol TM and had you been on my train, going up to BTM on the stopper would have no doubt been quicker  I couldn't believe from the time I left Trowbridge to the time I finally landed at Wimbledon that morning, it took just about the same time as it would for a Class 91 to do Kings Cross to Edinburgh on a semi-fast 
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| Re: Signal Cable Theft 23/7/11 24/07/2011 at 09:25 #18253 | |
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y10g9
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" said:" said:Yeah you would of just had to get one of the trains to wales geoff, all bristol trains were diverted.There was me thinking it may affect GeoffM getting home (probably did, actually(?)) but totally forgot about how it may affect you getting home! Nothing personal of-course! :)Fortunately I stayed in London last night. Sounds like I would been able to get to Swindon anyway. UKTM, all i can say for sure is that we got to swindon on time at 2100 and didn't leave swindon till 2345 where we left under green signals. When we got to chippenham, there was another hst bound for london just departing chippenham. Log in to reply |
| Re: Signal Cable Theft 23/7/11 24/07/2011 at 16:18 #18279 | |
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Sam Tugwell
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Me and Tristan ended up on the same train as Dibble, but only saw him at Reading once we'd all got off
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| Re: Signal Cable Theft 23/7/11 24/07/2011 at 16:25 #18280 | |
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zerofire
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Again? The UK must have a lot of people who love copper wire.
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| Re: Signal Cable Theft 23/7/11 24/07/2011 at 21:05 #18296 | |
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GeoffM
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" said:Again? The UK must have a lot of people who love copper wire.It's a worldwide problem, including the US. Copper is at a high enough price to make it worthwhile unfortunately. SimSig Boss Log in to reply |
| Re: Signal Cable Theft 23/7/11 24/07/2011 at 21:57 #18301 | |
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UKTrainMan
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" said:" said:But thankfully I read today that the fightback is stepping up here in the UK...but I'll save going into details about it on a public forum.Again? The UK must have a lot of people who love copper wire.It's a worldwide problem, including the US. Copper is at a high enough price to make it worthwhile unfortunately. Any views and / or opinions expressed by myself are from me personally and do not represent those of any company I either work for or am a consultant for. Last edited: 24/07/2011 at 21:57 by UKTrainMan Log in to reply |