Does anyone know what was happening in the Tiverton Area today ??

[221129]

i was due to catch the 0855 b'ham new street - paignton XC service this morning and i checked it this morning before setting out and had found it was cancelled and i got to Exeter St davids ( by bus ) and there was a EWS Class 66 carrying rails of some sort is that coincedence or was there a line problem ???? any help would be greatly appreciated

 

[DavidBrown]

Apparently it was over-running engineering works (presumably related to the recent weekend closures) - a broken down Tamper. Though quite what bright spark decided to carry out even overnight work in the school holidays needs a kick up the backside, to be honest.

 

[221129]

Ok thanks and i know what you mean about the ( not so ) brightspark that might explain the tamper going through dawlish at high speed and quite a few trains following each other with about 5 minutes gap this afternoon

 

[starrymarkb]

FGW London stuff was going via Yeovil (not an option for XC though)

 

[bnm]

There was single line working on the down line between Tiverton and Exeter until around 1230 following the breakdown of the tamper which blocked the up line. It was eventually dragged to Fairwater Yard, Taunton.