Service suspension York to Harrogate (08/02)

[Bahnopa]

I have just seen in local media that the service between Harrogate and York has been suspended in order to facilitate emergency repairs. What exactly has happened?

Lines reopen after pavement collapse under viaduct disrupted trains from York station

In a post on X, Alex Hornby, commercial and customer director at York-based Northern Trains, said a pavement collapse at the foot of the…

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Train disruption after pavement collapses under Knaresborough viaduct

Trains through Knaresborough have been cancelled and a cordon put in place.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[dodecahedron67]

Sinkhole Knaresborough viaduct

 

[Peterthegreat]

Services appear to be running Leeds to Harrogate and Knaresborough to York.

 

[800001]

Sinkhole Knaresborough viaduct

Attached a photo I received from a friend showing some of the embankment at water/river level which has 'slipped away' next to one of the viaduct supports. Presume this is what the issue is?

Edit 1852 - BBC article attached quotes Northern's commercial and customer director as saying 'Rail services are impacted due (to) a pavement collapse at the foot of the viaduct in Knaresborough."

Train disruption after pavement collapses under Knaresborough viaduct

Trains through Knaresborough have been cancelled and a cordon put in place.

www.bbc.co.uk

Trains through Knaresborough have been cancelled after part of a pavement collapsed at the foot of the town's viaduct.
Rail operator Northern said disruption to services in the area was expected until "later tonight" on Sunday to allow for "urgent repairs" to be carried out.
The viaduct, which runs over the River Nidd in North Yorkshire, carries passenger trains along the York-Harrogate-Leeds railway line and is one of Knaresborough's most recognisable landmarks.
Writing on X, Northern's commercial and customer director Alex Hornby said: "Rail services are impacted due (to) a pavement collapse at the foot of the viaduct in Knaresborough."
He added: "Sorry for any disruption caused."
North Yorkshire Police and North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue have been contacted for comment.
Harrogate and Knaresborough MP Tom Gordon told the BBC he had first received reports of the incident at about 17:00 GMT, but that it was not yet clear how it had happened.
He said: "The emergency services have cordoned off that part of the pavement.
"Hopefully, we will find out very soon what's happened and what the knock-on impact is likely to be.
"I've had emails from constituents already understandably worried about getting to work and school on Monday morning because of the train disruption."

 

[swt_passenger]

Attached a photo I received from a friend showing some of the embankment at water/river level which has 'slipped away' next to one of the viaduct supports. Presume this is what the issue is?

‘Sinkhole’ seems to be becoming a very overused word. It seems to be applied to any sudden happening involving water nowadays. I’d call this a river bank wall collapse.

 

[bluenoxid]

Looks like the first train since 4pm is popping through 2C55 1914 York to Leeds.

 

[800001]

Looks like the first train since 4pm is popping through 2C55 1914 York to Leeds.

Beat me to it, viaduct open and normal service has resumed.

 

[30907]

Beat me to it, viaduct open and normal service has resumed.

In short, service suspended until the viaduct could be checked out - at 4h taking slightly longer than your average bridge strike
Possibly involving some wrong-line working from Cattal to avoid using the crossover on the viaduct, looking at RTT.

 

[Russel]

‘Sinkhole’ seems to be becoming a very overused word. It seems to be applied to any sudden happening involving water nowadays. I’d call this a river bank wall collapse.

Indeed, sinkhole is becoming another one of those words that people increasingly use without actually knowing what one is!

 

[ChiefPlanner]

Indeed, sinkhole is becoming another one of those words that people increasingly use without actually knowing what one is!

Along with a once mass circulation national news paper calling any snow forecast a "snow bomb" !

Mind you , that well known ex centre of mining and quarrying - Harpenden - had a genuine sink hole appear the other week !