Guildford Services

[LucaZone]

Just seen the first 8-car 455 come down the line from Effingham Junction to Guildford. It was behind a MPV unit by maybe just one signal block.

I checked out Guildford this morning and the snow cover of the track certainly indicated that no train had come down the line from Effingham Junction since at least Sunday evening.

Platform 1 was completely submerged, and platform 2/3 were being used to break and join trains between Portsmouth and Woking due to the signal failures preventing areas of Woking Junction being used.


**Additional - 1203**
MPV has just headed off to Ash Junction towards Reading

**Additional - 1208**
The same 8-car 455 unit has just headed back towards Effingham Junction now.

 

[455/8]

i didn't think swt were running any trains up through effingham junction yesterday as the units were having problems with getting power from the juice rail and also getting grip on the running rails from london road on. Guildford services were only opperating from guildford to pompey no ascot services, there were also no alton services untill late afternoon/evening as we had to wait for a 37 with a plough to come from kent to clear the line to alton and farnham to get stock and get crews from farnham and network rail to free or thaw some of the points on the line as woking junction and most of guildford station and the line between the two were under 3ft of snow. unless they were sending test trains down the line or performing shunt movements but as we were told there were no service up the new line, epsom chessy and dorking but again control tell us things that are completely different from what acctually happens.

Alan

 

[LucaZone]

Yeah it seems the above notes were in fact the only trains that day. After that operation there was no more movement along the line.

Woking Junction was in full operation come 5pm when I headed home. Services were a bit adhoc but when the 10-car 444 did arrive in a blacked out powerless Guildford station it ran fine all the way to Woking as though things were normal.