Weymouth vandals?

[heart-of-wessex]

Hi all

I woke up this morning and heard on the radio alarm on the GWR news (thats the radio station, not the railway!) that there were cancellations yesterday due to 8 carridges being vandalised at Weymouth Depot (what the depot bit was about I dont know, might have been stabled at the platform) and the windows got smashed.

Anyone know what units were involved or anyhing Ive missed out?

cheers,
James.

 

[Tom]

8 carriages would be SWT 444s I'd presume...

2 units stable in p3, 1 stables in p2 overnight, there is Jersey sidings which they sometimes go into.

 

[heart-of-wessex]

Well she did say it was First Great Western delays due to 8 carriages ...blah blah

Dont know why there was 8 carriages, Ive never known that much at Weymouth FGW wise, unless 2 4 car sets came down?

 

[Tom]

Unlikely!

Cover-up reason?

 

[heart-of-wessex]

Unlikely 8 carriages or unlikely FGW?

It would be FGW as GWR doesnt report SWT trains apart from the Bristol - London services maybe.

 

[Tom]

Unlikely 8 carriages.

 

[Dennis]

I understood it was an FGW 150 (don't know which one) with 8 windows out. Apparently, this was not the first incident to befall FGW stock at Weymouth. The SWT stock stables overnight in more secure platforms with gated entrances IIRC.

 

[Tom]

Erm, all platforms are accessable with the same amount of "access"... they rarely shunt to the sidings.

 

[devon_metro]

Hmmmm

Scum springs to mind

 

[Jim]

Platform 1 (where FGW stable) is a public right of way, so must be kept open. We have indeed had a unit vandilised nearly every night recently

 

[WessexWarrior]

Anti Chav precautions are necessary, methinks.

 

[adambro]

Platform 1 (where FGW stable) is a public right of way, so must be kept open. We have indeed had a unit vandilised nearly every night recently

Are the school off on half term where you are? :?

 

[Dennis]

Erm, all platforms are accessable with the same amount of "access"... they rarely shunt to the sidings.

Aren't platforms 2 & 3 have gates? (Not that I remember ever seeing them shut)

 

[Coxster]

Aren't platforms 2 & 3 have gates? (Not that I remember ever seeing them shut)

I think there is one that spans the entrance to those platforms.

There certainly weren't any in the old days http://www.disusedrailways.co.uk/images/West country/Weymouth 20.7.81.jpg