Severe delays GWR 01/07/17 Bristol & Hayes

[PHILIPE]

Severe delays at Bristol Temple Meads today with multiple cancellations and delay due to points and signalling failure at East End which resulted in only two platforms available for a period. Cleared about lunchtime but many knock-on delays still occurring.



To add to GWR problems Person Hit By Train by 1645 Padddington to Swansea at Hayes and Harlington with multiple cancellations in and out of Paddington due to the line closure.

 

[island]

Link is a 404.

 

[PHILIPE]

Link is a 404.

I noticed that so have edited post without referring to it. It was a BBC Report.

 

[Darandio]

The link is here, all you had done was added a ']' to the end.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-40467213

Rail chaos in Bristol after signalling failure

Rail passengers have faced severe delays after a points failure disrupted services in and out of Bristol's Temple Meads station.

At one stage only two of its 14 platforms were open, and points were being manually operated.

Network Rail confirmed all lines had now reopened and said station staff were monitoring the situation.

A spokesman for the rail operator apologised and warned disruption would last until the end of the day.

Cross Country Trains has assured passengers affected by the delays that they can apply for ticket refunds via its website.
'Total chaos'

Earlier, all lines were blocked and Cross Country Trains said none of its trains were currently moving in the area, as engineers worked to restore services.

Passenger Hattie Revans who was travelling from Bristol to Weston-super-Mare to get to work, described the situation as "quite stressful", and said "the longer this takes the more money I lose".

On Twitter, fellow passenger Shabana Hussain said Network Rail was "making commuter lives hell" and it was "not good enough".

Steve Payton described the situation as "total chaos" and Dale Miller called it "an absolute joke".

 

[PHILIPE]

The link is here, all you had done was added a ']' to the end.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-40467213

Thanks for that.

 

[Mag_seven]

Got caught up in the fatality incident tonight which eventually resulted in a rather expensive taxi ride due to a commitment I had.