Derailment at Bristol 24/03/2014

[ValleyLines142]

I'm currently on the 0730 Cardiff to Portsmouth service going to Bristol. The conductor on board has just said that the 0700 XC Cardiff to Manchester was cancelled due to a derailed train at Barton Hill.

He said that the 0730 will be extremely busy due to the 0700 being cancelled. The 0730 is formed of five coaches (150+158), which is already busy at the best of times, yet somehow we must try and get on another 4 carriages worth of people from the cancelled XC into the current 5. So that's effectively 9 coaches of people being pushed into 5. This will be fun!

National Rail have stated that the Weston-s-Mare to Bristol Parkway service will terminate at Temple Meads and that XC services through Bristol may be cancelled at short notice.

Does anyone have any further information on what has happened? I believe it is due to an incident at Barton Hill because the twitter hash tag for this particular disruption is #bartonhill.

 

[user15681]

As you say, a minor derailment at Barton Hill depot. XC 221129 is the unit involved I believe, leading bogie has left the track from a picture I have seen.

 

[sd0733]

From the messages iv had from nr its also damaged some signal cables and has meant that the up and down filton relief lines are blocked. Bristol parkway terminators are being turned at temple meads to thin out services on filton bank.

 

[talltim]

 

[Saint66]

Ouch.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Oh bloody hell!

 

[Parallel]

The Cardiff Central service I was on earlier terminated at Bath Spa, and passengers for stations to Bristol Temple Meads and after oddly had to change over to platform 2 (the London bound platform) to continue their journey! I believe it was an issue with train crew being displaced due to the issue near Lawrence Hill.

 

[jw95]

Two images passing the derailment on the way to Bristol Temple Meads today.

 

[jw95]

First on the 11:30 Cardiff to Portsmouth; second 15:54 Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff. Sorry for the bad rotation, currently on my phone.

 

[83G/84D]

I assume from the photo's that the train was heading away from the position of the photographer or from left to right and that the hand points it came off on are not in view towards the Temple Meads end of the depot.

Anyone confirm?

 

[user15681]

This picture seems to show just how, er, off course it was. Reported as re-railed now.

BBC

 

[Kite159]

Ouch, could have been a lot worst though.

 

[D1009]

RTT is showing a 5Z55 1715 Barton Hill to Barton-under-Needwood, is this the set in question?

 

[richw]

RTT is showing a 5Z55 1715 Barton Hill to Barton-under-Needwood, is this the set in question?

I think it maybe but not confirmed. 55 Late at Cheltenham Spa

 

[user15681]

5Z55 could be the unit involved, but I see there's also a 5Z29 scheduled VSTP for 2200 tonight to Barton Under Needwood too. Could one, or both (?), be trapped units that were stuck in the depot? I don't know, just a thought.

 

[DaveHarries]

Hi all,

I went for a bit of a nose this afternoon. Looking down from St. Philips Causeway (the bridge immediately north of Barton Hill depot) I could see that the derailment had trapped 4 more XC units in the depot. I gather that the relief lines heading out of Bristol TM were also closed and this cut the number of tracks available towards Lawrence Hill & Filton Abbeywood from 4 tracks to 2. I also heard on the radio that some damage had been caused to signalling equipment. Several cancellations occurred during the day while some FGW and other XC trains were delayed to varying degrees.

While I was in the small public park next to where the lead car of 5P00 ended up - which was how I got the number 221129 - I saw the power car in question move at 1730hrs this evening from the derailment site back towards Barton Hill depot but I am not sure if the unit went back in under its own power or whether it was towed. Therefore the earlier mentioned 1715 Barton Hill to Barton under Needwood can't be the same set.

I have to get the 0754 Severn Beach to Bristol TM tomorrow morning (Tuesday 25th) and I hope the lines will all be back open. The 0754 SB - BTM, STA 0832, arrived at 0851 into BTM this morning but I was having a long weekend and wasn't on it.

RTT for Bristol Temple Meads today, 24th March:
http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/search/advanced/BRI/2014/03/24/0000-2359?stp=WVS&show=all&order=wtt

HTIOI,
Dave

 

[ValleyLines142]

Oh fabulous, 5P00 then forms 1P00, the 0519 to Cardiff, which then forms 1M25 (the 0700 Cardiff to Manchester), which is the train I was supposed to get this morning!

Naughty 221129 for getting drunk and falling off the rails!

No in fairness Cardiff to Bristol services weren't too badly delayed actually, although unfortunately many of the Bristol to Manchester XC services were cancelled.

 

[ValleyLines142]

As you say, a minor derailment at Barton Hill depot. XC 221129 is the unit involved I believe, leading bogie has left the track from a picture I have seen.

I just realised I answered my own question!

Wow, didn't realise how badly derailed it was! Hope the driver or crew weren't injured.

 

[ValleyLines142]

I wasn't aware that 221129 was working 5P00. Normally this is just a 220!

 

[Minilad]

5Z29 is 221129
5Z55 is 221122 and 221137

 

[richw]

5Z29 is 221129
5Z55 is 221122 and 221137

There isn't a 5z29 on RTT? 5Z39 was 221129 when it derailed.

 

[user15681]

There isn't a 5z29 on RTT? 5Z39 was 221129 when it derailed.

http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/O85196/2014/03/24/advanced That's 5Z29.
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Interesting video on Youtube from user swearingkevo who recorded the re-railing and some of the damage.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1txTkivJBUw

 

[SpacePhoenix]

This picture seems to show just how, er, off course it was. Reported as re-railed now.

BBC

I don't know the line. Is there a set of points somewhere to the right somewhere?

 

[sprinterguy]

I don't know the line. Is there a set of points somewhere to the right somewhere?

Yes - It was the reamost bogie of the unit that was derailed.

 

[Oswyntail]

Interesting video. I am sure I was not alone in half expecting the big hand from the sky to help out.
I presume the unit will be given a thorough exam. What sort of damage might it have suffered?

 

[talltim]

A question for drivers here. When the rear car of a unit derails at slow speed like this, how quickly do you notice?

 

[headshot119]

Looking at the photo, and how out of line the rear car seems to be, I'd imagine fairly quickly if it managed to split one of the brake pipes.

 

[Jones]

The train arriving on platform 3 and 4.....

 

[FQ]

Picture from WNXX
http://www.wnxx.com/14/1403/250314/221129.htm

 

[Class 170101]

So did XC have enough Voyagers run trains today? I see no extra HSTs were out. Just the usual three whilst Dawlish is closed at the moment.