In message
, at
16:55:11 on Wed, 28 May 2008, D7666 remarked:
Its nearly 6 hours afdter the event as a write this. Methinks
http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/servic...ons/today.html

by now ought to be saying something succinct than ''Train services
are being disrupted due to an operating incident in the London
Liverpool Street area.

Now it's a "Problem near the railway" (my, what a wonderful way of
giving no details at all) that may be fixed by 14.00.

--
Roland Perry

"Roland Perry" wrote in message
...
In message
, at
16:55:11 on Wed, 28 May 2008, D7666 remarked:
Its nearly 6 hours afdter the event as a write this. Methinks
http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/servic...ons/today.html

by now ought to be saying something succinct than ''Train services
are being disrupted due to an operating incident in the London
Liverpool Street area.

Now it's a "Problem near the railway" (my, what a wonderful way of giving
no details at all) that may be fixed by 14.00.

--
Roland Perry
'Near' as in 'above'?
Brian

In message , at 08:16:00 on Thu,
29 May 2008, BH Williams remarked:
Now it's a "Problem near the railway" (my, what a wonderful way of giving
no details at all) that may be fixed by 14.00.

'Near' as in 'above'?

Exactly. I suppose "ten feet above" counts as "near"

As I posted in another thread, the BBC's headline "Trains halted over
bridge safety" could just as well have read "Trains halted under bridge
safely".
--
Roland Perry

Roland Perry wrote:
In message
, at
16:55:11 on Wed, 28 May 2008, D7666 remarked:
Its nearly 6 hours afdter the event as a write this. Methinks
http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/servic...ons/today.html

by now ought to be saying something succinct than ''Train services
are being disrupted due to an operating incident in the London
Liverpool Street area.

Now it's a "Problem near the railway" (my, what a wonderful way of
giving no details at all) that may be fixed by 14.00.

At least it's not specified as being "in the railway area".


--
Arthur Figgis Surrey, UK

Roland Perry wrote in uk.railway on Thu, 29 May 2008 07:34:45 +0100
:

In message
, at
16:55:11 on Wed, 28 May 2008, D7666 remarked:
Its nearly 6 hours afdter the event as a write this. Methinks
http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/servic...ons/today.html

by now ought to be saying something succinct than ''Train services
are being disrupted due to an operating incident in the London
Liverpool Street area.

Now it's a "Problem near the railway" (my, what a wonderful way of
giving no details at all) that may be fixed by 14.00.

NEEA are saying (Thurs 1015) that there are "issues with access to
Liverpool Street".

Dave Hillam wrote:
NEEA are saying (Thurs 1015) that there are "issues with access to
Liverpool Street".

The CIS Screens at NXEA stations describes it as "a problem with a
railway bridge near Liverpool Street"

In message , at 10:15:37 on
Thu, 29 May 2008, Dave Hillam ] remarked:

by now ought to be saying something succinct than ''Train services
are being disrupted due to an operating incident in the London
Liverpool Street area.

Now it's a "Problem near the railway" (my, what a wonderful way of
giving no details at all) that may be fixed by 14.00.

NEEA are saying (Thurs 1015) that there are "issues

Bless them.

with access to Liverpool Street".

Primarily its station.

--
Roland Perry

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."


--
Richard J.
(to email me, swap 'uk' and 'yon' in address)

"Richard J." wrote in message
m...
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

On 29 May, 11:22, "Paul Scott" wrote:
"Richard J." wrote in message

m...

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.