ECML disrupted, person hit by train 12-Jan

[amcluesent]

Looks like it's all gone wrong just outside KGX (Edit: New Southgate). I got back to PBO OK earlier, is the 18:03 from KGX the 1st EC set to be halted going north?

 

[142094]

Looks like it's all gone wrong just outside KGX. I got back to PBO OK earlier, is the 18:03 from KGX the 1st EC set to be halted going north?

18.03 is now just about on time near Wakefield. The 16.48 to Sunderland was delayed by over an hour leaving KGX - it is now just arriving at Thirsk about 70 down. FCC seems to be taking the brunt.
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Looking again there is quite a bit of delays to later trains - 17.54 from Newark is running 59 down, and a lot of northbound services are just showing as Delayed.

 

[amcluesent]

Yep, typo. 19:03 to LDS. I'm guessing there's 4 or 5 northbound delayed on route but there's nothing coming into KGX, so later services are of unknown delay in getting away?

 

[142094]

19.00 and 19.03 are both around 30 down. 18.50 HT to Hull was cancelled.

 

[tsr]

Looks like the train services will get back to normal after 2100. Up until then it's mostly "Delayed' out of KGX, according to the LDBs.

Since the incident listed on NRE was created at 1910, they've sorted that out relatively quickly. Of course, I understand that is of very little if any relevance for the NR/TOC personnel, and the family and friends of the victim, to whom my condolences are as always sent out.

 

[John Webb]

Sad to say there was a similar incident on the Up Fast at St Albans City station shortly before 10am today - took until mid-afternoon before services were back to normal, I understand.

 

[trentside]

Sad to say there was a similar incident on the Up Fast at St Albans City station shortly before 10am today - took until mid-afternoon before services were back to normal, I understand.

Services were moving through, subject to considerable delay until around 14:30 I think. I boarded the 1053 off East Midlands Parkway, which must have been one of the last trains to get through as the following trains were subject to delay or were cancelled.

Sympathies to all those involved in both these incidents.

 

[tsr]

Sad to say there was a similar incident on the Up Fast at St Albans City station shortly before 10am today - took until mid-afternoon before services were back to normal, I understand.

You are correct. The incident was first recorded at 0950 by NRE, IIRC.

 

[Mashi]

Another sad incident, my heart goes out to all involved, especially the families, the drivers and the people involved in the aftermath.

 

[Matt Taylor]

That's 13 fatalities so far in 2012, I was hoping things would get better but it seems not to be the case.

 

[TDK]

That's 13 fatalities so far in 2012, I was hoping things would get better but it seems not to be the case.

On average between 27th December and 20th January percentage wise there are far more fatalities than any other time of the year

 

[313103]

Seems to be the week for them, LO had one near Willesden Junction on Wednesday evening.

 

[Captain Chaos]

There was one at Marlow on Wednesday too

 

[wensley]

18.03 is now just about on time near Wakefield. The 16.48 to Sunderland was delayed by over an hour leaving KGX - it is now just arriving at Thirsk about 70 down. FCC seems to be taking the brunt.
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Looking again there is quite a bit of delays to later trains - 17.54 from Newark is running 59 down, and a lot of northbound services are just showing as Delayed.

That is likely to be due, in part, to late inbound arrival of 1A65, 57L arriving, lost most of its time at York, where it was held for almost 50mins.

 

[Welshman]

I'm afraid there was also a fatality at Bagillt on the N.W.Coast line, on Wednesday the 11th Jan.

 

[davido39]

Sad to say there was a person hit by a train near Milngavie on Tuesday 10/01/12.

So not a good start to 2012 at all for all who are affected by the ongoing tragedies.

 

[142094]

On average between 27th December and 20th January percentage wise there are far more fatalities than any other time of the year

Post-Christmas blues is the reason/suggestion I've heard often for the sudden increase at this time of year. We've also had 3 people jumping from the Tyne Bridge in the past couple of weeks.

 

[tsr]

I don't really like adding to this list but there's also been at least one motorway bridge incident of the same nature. I'm not sure if that was resolved successfully. It was on the M1 J38-J37 Southbound a few days ago, I think.

 

[brad465]

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[tsr]

If this is the reason for this time, then what about before Christmas???

I think it's sometimes due to the fact that we're just in the middle of winter as well - you get season-related depression and so on. I don't like to speculate any further, really. That said, I think there are also additional factors, such as the economy, which is not just in a mess but also distinctly uncertain and troubling for many.