Euston disruption this evening (26/06)

[londonmidland]

Due to a points failure in the Watford Junction area, services are being disrupted out of Euston this evening. Lots of delays and cancellations currently. The concourse is pretty busy at the moment, with high temperatures not helping at all. Very hot and humid inside.

The picture shows the concourse at Euston looking very busy, as passengers await their delayed services to be advertised.

 

[peteb]

Yuk. I wonder if reciprocal arrangements have been made with eg: FGW, Chiltern, EMT to get folks to the West Midlands via alternative routes??

Mind you capacity could be an issue.

 

[jfollows]

Yuk. I wonder if reciprocal arrangements have been made with eg: FGW, Chiltern, EMT to get folks to the West Midlands via alternative routes??

Mind you capacity could be an issue.

Yes, from https://www.journeycheck.com/avantiwestcoast/

Customer Advice
Chiltern Railways are conveying passengers between Birmingham Moor Street and London Marylebone in both directions until further notice. Arrangements have been made for Avanti West Coast rail tickets to be accepted for these journeys.
West Midlands Railway are conveying passengers via any reasonable route until further notice. Arrangements have been made for Avanti West Coast rail tickets to be accepted for these journeys.
East Midlands Railway are conveying passengers between St Pancras International and Manchester Piccadilly via Sheffield in both directions until further notice. Arrangements have been made for Avanti West Coast rail tickets to be accepted for these journeys.
Northern are conveying passengers via any reasonable route until further notice. Arrangements have been made for Avanti West Coast rail tickets to be accepted for these journeys.
Transpennine Trains are conveying passengers via any reasonable route until further notice. Arrangements have been made for Avanti West Coast rail tickets to be accepted for these journeys.
CrossCountry are conveying passengers via any reasonable route until further notice. Arrangements have been made for Avanti West Coast rail tickets to be accepted for these journeys.

 

[peteb]

Yes, from https://www.journeycheck.com/avantiwestcoast/

Sounds most organised so must be a major problem!

 

[cvs]

Signal failures are frequent at Watford, every week at leat. Not sure why Network rail can't resolve the problem

 

[jfollows]

Signal failures are frequent at Watford, every week at leat. Not sure why Network rail can't resolve the problem

It needs to upgrade the signalling with dedicated signal boxes at Euston, Willesden, Watford and Bletchley …….

More seriously, the system we have now which has emerged in a long path from the 1960s system I allude to does seem to be relatively unreliable, but as to which components cause the unreliabilty I have no idea.