May 29th 08, 10:26 AM
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Operating Incident at Liverpool Street
On 29 May, 11:22, "Paul Scott" wrote:
"Richard J." wrote in message
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Latest report from the BBC at
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7424980.stm:
"A Transport for London spokesman said 'just debris from engineering
works' fell on the tracks rather than a partial bridge collapse as
reported earlier.
'The contractors were jacking up the bridge. The jack collapsed and debris
from the supports for the bridge fell onto the tracks. We are
investigating the incident,' he said."
The Times online has the following:
"Services to and from Liverpool Street, in the City, were suspended at
around 7.15pm last night after cladding fell from a newly constructed bridge
over the tracks about 500m from the station.
and...
"A TFL spokesman said that the 1,800-tonne bridge was still on supports and
was due to be shifted by about an inch into its final resting place when one
of the jacks holding it up collapsed and the structure slipped by about
eight inches. "That's what caused the debris to fall onto the tracks below,"
he said.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle4024826.ece
and it must be true because the picture shows a Mark 1 EMU approaching
Clapham Junction for good measure...
Paul
Dparting from, I think.
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