The ECML is currently faced with a landslip situation between Newcastle and Carlisle, with delays likely until the end of service today..at least.. The WCML and London Midland look forward to longer trains to ease overcrowding into London...but some comments about taking a later slower train, or better standing facilities on new trains, did not (sorry!) sit well with hard pressed commuters.
And the video from Southampton sends a shiver down the spine when you contemplate what might have happened.......
Some pressure has had a good result for disabled users of the Tube...and also for Crossrail passengers.....
And an exclusive comment to The Railway Chronicle from David Franks CEO, Iarnród Éireann, regarding the agreement to accept a temporary pay cut...
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8.09 am Owing to a landslip between Newcastle and Carlisle, train services through these stations may be subject to disruption at short notice.(East Coast Trains on Twitter)
Latest: (Go to East Coast....Line Alerts Details.)
Last updated: 04/10/2014 17:15:00
Disruption between Newcastle and Carlisle until end of service.
Details
One of the two lines between Newcastle Carlisle has been blocked following large amounts of soil from a nearby field having washed onto the railway. Railway staff and the landowner are working to remove the waste, but all trains are having to use the one remaining line. Trains have also been disrupted because of vandals having cut signalling cables in the Blaydon area.
Affected routes
East Coast trains between Newcastle and Aberdeen / EdinburghNorthern Rail trains between Newcastle and Carlisle
ScotRail trains between Glasgow Central / Dumfries and Newcastle
- Buses are replacing trains between Carlisle and Hexham
- Trains between Newcastle and Hexham will run an hourly service.
- East Coast services are now able to run between Newcastle and Carlisle but will be delayed by up to 60 minutes
East Coast passengers may use CrossCountry, First TransPennine Express and Virgin Trains on any reasonable route.
You can follow this incident using hashtag #Brampton
There is no firm estimate yet of how long disruption will last but it is likely to continue until end of service.
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Further information about the reasons for delays is available on the Delays Explained page
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If you want a seat, travel later on a slower train, top rail firm boss tells commuters.(London Evening Standard)
Hundreds of extra seats on new longer electric trains to benefit Northampton rail commuters.(Northampton Chronicle & Echo)
Victory for disability campaigners as Crossrail bosses agree to £19m step-free investment.(London Evening Standard)
Race the Tube in a wheelchair man hails Mayor's plan to spend £75 million on station lifts.(London Evening Standard)
Alvechurch overnight rail work noise 'unbearable'.(BBC News)
Businessman David Reall backs reopening of Pickering to Rillington rail link.(The York Press)
Hampshire rail workers rally in city to demonstrate against cuts.(Southern Daily Echo)
VIDEO: Bus blocks level crossing as train approaches at Canute Road in Southampton.(Southern Daily Echo)
Crossrail
Crossrail Tunnelling: Constructing Crossrail's eastern running tunnels
(Crossrail Project on YouTube)
Published on 3 Oct 2014
Tunnel machine Ellie has started her 900 metre journey from Limmo Peninsula, near Canning Town, towards Victoria Dock Portal in east London.
Over the next three months the 1,000 tonne machine, named after four-time Paralympic champion Ellie Simmonds OBE, will complete one of Crossrail’s shortest but most complex tunnels, in close proximity to the Jubilee line, Docklands Light Railway, River Thames and River Lea.
The drive will complete tunnelling on Crossrail’s southeast spur, which stretches from Stepney Green to Abbey Wood. Ellie’s sister tunnelling machine, Jessica, completed the first of the two twin-tunnels from Limmo to Victoria Dock earlier this summer.
Ellie has already successfully completed a tunnel from Pudding Mill Lane, near Stratford, to Stepney Green. The tunnel machine is 150 metres long and 7.1 metres in diameter and is staffed by teams of 20 people. The concrete and steel tunnel segments are made in Chatham, Kent and transported to Limmo by river barge.
Joint Venture Dragados Sisk is constructing the eastern tunnels between Pudding Mill Lane and Stepney Green, Limmo Peninsula and Farringdon, and Victoria Dock Portal and Limmo.
For more information visit:http://www.crossrail.co.uk/constructi...
http://www.crossrail.co.uk/
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Over the next three months the 1,000 tonne machine, named after four-time Paralympic champion Ellie Simmonds OBE, will complete one of Crossrail’s shortest but most complex tunnels, in close proximity to the Jubilee line, Docklands Light Railway, River Thames and River Lea.
The drive will complete tunnelling on Crossrail’s southeast spur, which stretches from Stepney Green to Abbey Wood. Ellie’s sister tunnelling machine, Jessica, completed the first of the two twin-tunnels from Limmo to Victoria Dock earlier this summer.
Ellie has already successfully completed a tunnel from Pudding Mill Lane, near Stratford, to Stepney Green. The tunnel machine is 150 metres long and 7.1 metres in diameter and is staffed by teams of 20 people. The concrete and steel tunnel segments are made in Chatham, Kent and transported to Limmo by river barge.
Joint Venture Dragados Sisk is constructing the eastern tunnels between Pudding Mill Lane and Stepney Green, Limmo Peninsula and Farringdon, and Victoria Dock Portal and Limmo.
For more information visit:http://www.crossrail.co.uk/constructi...
http://www.crossrail.co.uk/
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Geneva a step closer for Eurostar passengers.(The Telegraph)HS2 pledges high-speed rail will not destroy £1m Lichfield Canal plans.(Lichfield Mercury)
Doncaster’s rail heritage to help shape its high speed future.(The Epworth Bells)
Doncaster’s rail heritage to help shape its high speed future.(The Epworth Bells)
International
China
Rail passenger flow in Xiamen hits record high on 1st day of Golden Week.(whatsonxiamen)
India
Railway cleanliness drive: Yes we can, but not every day for sure.(dnaindia)
Ireland
Iarnród Éireann Photos
Further to yesterday's announcement "Iarnród Éireann welcomes acceptance of LRC proposals by SIPTU and NBRU", David Franks (Chief Executive, Iarnród Éireann) told The Railway Chronicle..
""I am delighted to have got the pay proposals agreed, we can now get back to doing what we all do best - providing a service for our customers. It was a big ask of our staff to take a pay cut and whilst it has been a difficult year or so for all of us a part of our recovery plan jigsaw has been put in place and I thank everyone in my team for their contribution which I accept comes on top of many other sacrifices those living in Ireland have had to make. I am now turning my attention to resolving the remainder of our financial difficulties".
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"50 Years of Railway Photography (Part 2)" by Les Nixon
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“Hemerdon Tungsten Mine”
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06/10/14 Peak Railway Association (Sheffield Branch)
The Harlequin Pub, 108 Nursery Street, Sheffield, S3 8GG
“BR Standards at Work Around the Country, Part 3” a slideshow by Ashley Shimwell
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"All the Colours of the Rainbow - liveries from the 1955 Modernisation Plan
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by David Walker
Starts at 1930 (room open from 1900)
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“The Arkwrights and the Sutton Scarsdale Estate”
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