Landor St Fire 20/01/2017

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Just a shout out for anyone travelling in the Birmingham area, there is currently a lineside fire that has killed the signalling systems in the Landor St area.

Various services disrupted, delayed, diverted and cancelled.

 

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RTT shows 1M75 1645 Cardiff - Nottingham terminating New Street due to cable theft.

 

[PHILIPE]

Only trains affected are to/from Solihull direction

 

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Only trains affected are to/from Solihull direction

That's not correct...

 

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That's not correct...

It is correct that the Solihull route into New St is affected, but nothing has arrived from the Nuneaton direction since 1850 hrs, and trains from the Derby direction are either running via Lichfield or being terminated.

 

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It is correct that the Solihull route into New St is affected, but nothing has arrived from the Nuneaton direction since 1850 hrs, and trains from the Derby direction are either running via Lichfield or being terminated.

The post I replied to said that only the Solihull route was affected, which is clearly not the case.

 

[PHILIPE]

It is correct that the Solihull route into New St is affected, but nothing has arrived from the Nuneaton direction since 1850 hrs, and trains from the Derby direction are either running via Lichfield or being terminated.

NRE Website not showing the Nuneaton route
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Further to this, Solihull route quoted as due to fire but other routes shown as cable theft. Are there two separate incidents ?

 

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NRE Website not showing the Nuneaton route
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Further to this, Solihull route quoted as due to fire but other routes shown as cable theft. Are there two separate incidents ?

No same incident, confirmed as Arson, SOCO and Fire Investigtion on site. Depending on what more they find then the incident will be handed back to NR for inspection/ repair work etc.

 

[PHILIPE]

Thanks. That clears that bit of confusion up.

 

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BTP have now handed back to Network Rail, confirmed as Arson and an accelerant used.
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Just some customer info if anyone is travelling through the area:

Due to a fire next to the track at Birmingham New Street some lines are disrupted.

Impact:
Train services running through this station may be cancelled or delayed. Disruption is expected until 23:59 20/01.

Customer Advice:
Unable to run from Birmingham New St towards Derby, Nottingham, Nuneaton and Leicester.
London Midland, Chiltern Railways, Virgin Trains, East Midlands Trains and Greater Anglia are conveying passengers via any reasonable route until further notice.
Train services are conveying passengers via any reasonable route until further notice. Arrangements have been made for CrossCountry rail tickets to be accepted for these journeys.

Additional Information:

Ticket acceptance has also been granted with London Underground between Central London Terminals.
A road transport shuttle has been implemented between Tamworth and Burton On Trent.
A road transport shuttle has been implemented between Coleshill Parkway and Birmingham New Street

 

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Looks as though PhilpE's post #3 yesterday has been true today, if it wasn't yesterday.