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j0hn0

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I heard of a fatality at Rugby recently, anyone else hear about it?

Apparently, someone knelt in the down fast road, hit by a pendo at full chat.

Words fail me
 

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Pretty much anywhere with non-stopping trains can be a hotspot.

Acocks Green in Birmingham only has Chiterns passing through between Moor Street and Solihull (well, and a bit of freight), but its quite a hotspot.

Interesting, if somewhat morbid story: once somebody had the bright idea of jumping off the side of the platform staircase, into the path of a freight train. Only they misjudged it and ended up in one of the open wagons, and nobody noticed them until the train got to its destination. They were dead by then, but probably weren't when they landed. Ouch....
 

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Pretty much anywhere with non-stopping trains can be a hotspot.

Acocks Green in Birmingham only has Chiterns passing through between Moor Street and Solihull (well, and a bit of freight), but its quite a hotspot.

Interesting, if somewhat morbid story: once somebody had the bright idea of jumping off the side of the platform staircase, into the path of a freight train. Only they misjudged it and ended up in one of the open wagons, and nobody noticed them until the train got to its destination. They were dead by then, but probably weren't when they landed. Ouch....

as in hot oil?
 

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Harrow & Wealdstone has always had more than it's fair share of fatalities, in fact there are now posters advertising the Samaritans on the station and at least one direct phone line to the local Samaritans "office" on the station.
 

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I got stuffed today by 1L95 failing at Liverpool South Parkway. What happened to it if anyone has any idea?
 

jd

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I got stuffed today by 1L95 failing at Liverpool South Parkway. What happened to it if anyone has any idea?

Did it actually fail? Because it was running late all the way from Wolverhampton, and ran its return journey on time. Looks to me like it was turned back at Runcorn just to get it back on schedule...

Also... what has this got to do with Euston?!
 

Pumbaa

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No something happened to it outside South Parkway, it ran 50 minutes late throughout to Wolves before turning back. I was stuck a block behind it between West Allerton and South Parkway. It certainly didn't turn back at Runcorn or I'd have seen it, and the system shows it leaving Stafford in service.
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The thread is now more about general WCML trouble - and I suspect it will continue for the next few months. WCML in Winter - what fun!
 

jd

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No, it didn't turn back at Runcorn, but it didn't make it to Liverpool SP either.. Hmm.

The only mention of it on the LM site is this:
21:36 Birmingham New Street to Liverpool Lime Street due 23:23

This train has been delayed and is now 17 minutes late.
This train will be formed of 4 coaches instead of 8.
This is due to a train fault.

Sounds like that might have been posted when it was somewhere around Wolverhampton.

Maybe ask on their twitter feed? They seem to reply to such questions.
 

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I was on about the 1234 1L95 from Lime Street to Brum... Misunderstanding there!
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And the 2136 from Brum 1F61 did make it to Lime Street at 2337 and is now working 2K83 2334 (7 late) Lime Street to Crewe 4 vice 8.
 

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I work in South Parkway.

Not sure what went on, but the train departed South Parkway, then came to a grinding halt very shortly after, with half of the train still occupying the platform.

The other half was other the junction, so all traffic through South Parkway came to a grinding halt.
 

LouJ

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It is called 'UK Train Times' by Agant Ltd available on the app store, but costs a whopping £4.99! I needed it for my ALR so was forced to pay £4.99. Good app though, gives you LDB and journey planner, and you can set a home station, so you can just press 'next train home' as it detects your location

This app has suffered from severe criticism during the recent period of rail chaos. It seems to be a case of don't buy certainly at £4.99! They have removed some features - platform information for trains - and it appears that it no longer provides live information certainly when you need it.

Advice - Check out the reviews before purchasing!
 
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