https://twitter.com/networkrailPR/st...14804606894082

Ouch!

On Thursday, 16 June 2016 19:59:33 UTC+1, Peter Able wrote:
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Ouch!

A tad more than 'ouch!!' And the reason why the trains went through a red light was .... ?? Shades of Thames Trains maybe.

So instead of brakes being applied the damn thing was derailed bringing down all of the power lines and closing all services for the rest of the day likely tomorrow morning.

Apparently even the Circle Line and H&C were stopped from running between Paddington and Hammersmith.

GWR staff on the Concourse did a fine job at Paddington dealing with thousands of pi$$ed off commuters etc. Many were told to go to Ealing Broadway where - they were informed - trains would be running to / from the West. BUT .... at Ealing Broadway there were NO trains and pax were told to go to Waterloo instead. Er - right hand and left hand etc.?

No alternative buses or taxis appear to have been arranged - even for those needing to catch flights at Heathrow. The HConn and Hex of course couldn't run since the power lines were down.

And as we all know the Bakerloo Line wasn't stopping at Paddington; and the road works in Praed Street ensured that buses were not stopping at Paddington either. Indeed the bus drivers (23, 27, 205, etc.) appear to be all refusing to stop anywhere near Paddington Station and are running non-stop between the Edgware Road end of Sussex Gardens and the far end of Eastbourne Terrace.

So all in all one huge chaos from right hands and left hands not knowing what the h*ll was going on - Network Rail, GWR, Heathrow - Hex, T4L - buses, all clearly demonstrating utter incompetence at dealing with the situation. All par for the course.

And all due to a SPAD and a weird arrangement to derail a train rather than apply the brakes.

CJB

On Thursday, 16 June 2016 19:59:33 UTC+1, Peter Able wrote:
https://twitter.com/networkrailPR/st...14804606894082

Ouch!

More and pics he

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...oing-home.html

On Friday, 17 June 2016 00:21:45 UTC+1, CJB wrote:
On Thursday, 16 June 2016 19:59:33 UTC+1, Peter Able wrote:
https://twitter.com/networkrailPR/st...14804606894082

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More and pics he

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...oing-home.html

No trains at Paddington due to a deliberate derailment after a driver passed a red signal - a SPAD incident; no buses / coaches / taxis laid on for passengers to Heathrow; no Bakerloo Line at Paddington due to planned engeering works for Crossrail; no buses at Paddington due to road works in Praed Street and no temporary bus stops between Sussex Gardens and Eastbourne Terrace with the drivers refusing to stop near the Station; and no contingency plans by anyone. Mostly owned by get rich quick foreigners. New Britain at its best - not.

On Thu, 16 Jun 2016 23:53:46 -0700 (PDT)
CJB wrote:
On Friday, 17 June 2016 00:21:45 UTC+1, CJB wrote:
On Thursday, 16 June 2016 19:59:33 UTC+1, Peter Able wrote:
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At least the catch points worked. Wonder if these were installed after the
Ladbroke grove crash?

It is typical of the UK though, that a derailment on one line on the far
side that is fouling nothing means the entire station is closed. It should
take little time to make sure any overhead structures are safe then allow
diesel trains to run.

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plans by anyone. Mostly owned by get rich quick foreigners. New Britain a=
t its best - not.

Contingency plans? What are they then? I doubt they're part of the TOC contract.

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Spud

So is it the intention of these deliberate derailers, or catch points as those of us not in the press know them, to cause the train to smash into an overhead wire support with such force that it bends in two? What would be the result if the driver, who was presumably in the cab at the time, or passengers had been killed or seriously injured as a result?

Neill

On Fri, 17 Jun 2016 01:43:29 -0700 (PDT)
wrote:
So is it the intention of these deliberate derailers, or catch points as th=
ose of us not in the press know them, to cause the train to smash into an o=
verhead wire support with such force that it bends in two? What would be th=
e result if the driver, who was presumably in the cab at the time, or passe=
ngers had been killed or seriously injured as a result?

What would you have prefered, another head on crash into the path of an
intercity?

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Spud

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So is it the intention of these deliberate derailers, or catch points
as those of us not in the press know them, to cause the train to
smash into an overhead wire support with such force that it bends in
two? What would be the result if the driver, who was presumably in
the cab at the time, or passengers had been killed or seriously
injured as a result?

Is this another feature of the signalling design that gave us the Ladbroke
Grove crash? Looks like stupidity piled on stupidity.

How many other London Terminal approaches have derailers to handle SPADs?

--
Colin Rosenstiel

"Peter Able" wrote in message
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3H52 ECS Reading to Paddington normally hangs over at Old Oak Reception
Sidings for 20 minutes before proceeding to PAD platform 1, due 1754.
Yesterday it skipped the hangover and so approached platform 1 20 minutes
early, i.e. well before 1G60, the 1742 HST to Cheltenham Spa was due to
leave platform 1.

Now how could that sequence of events happen?

PA

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