Rail fatality and the aftermath. Stafford today

Rail fatality and the aftermath. Stafford today

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W124Bob

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1,744 posts

174 months

Saturday 24th January 2015
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On Thursday evening a woman was killed by a train at Penkridge http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2015/01/22/pers... Inside information was 2 trains where involved both London Midland services a north bound service already in the platform and a fast service going towards Wolverhamton, the woman was with friends, at some point she seems to have got onto the track whilst one train is in the platform. There is other stuff I have heard but since this just unconfirmed (railway staff grapevine) I will not mention it. The whole incident might have been cleared up had something else occured as signallers cleared backed up trains. A Birmingham bound Pendelino was standing north of Penkridge after the incident, the signaller gave instructions for the driver to bring his train back towards Stafford wrongline (ie against the normal flow of traffic) having set up the route the driver sets off. However just half a mile short of the station just at the point where the tracks towards Birmingham and the WC join the pantograph brought the wires down right on the junction. Due to the curve it proofed impossible to couple a class 57 up last night so the Pendolino wasn't removed until this morning and overhead wires finally repaired and the line given back at about 4pm. So for anyone who had the miss fortune to try and travel towards Birmingham from the NW thats why your service was stuffed today.

Gareth1974

3,408 posts

138 months

Saturday 24th January 2015
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This was one of the worst fatality incidents I've heard of for a long time (I work in Birmingham Control). Can't work out if it was intentional or a terrible accident.

mybrainhurts

90,809 posts

254 months

Saturday 24th January 2015
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W124Bob said:
On Thursday evening a woman was killed by a train at Penkridge http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2015/01/22/pers... Inside information was 2 trains where involved both London Midland services a north bound service already in the platform and a fast service going towards Wolverhamton, the woman was with friends, at some point she seems to have got onto the track whilst one train is in the platform. There is other stuff I have heard but since this just unconfirmed (railway staff grapevine) I will not mention it. The whole incident might have been cleared up had something else occured as signallers cleared backed up trains. A Birmingham bound Pendelino was standing north of Penkridge after the incident, the signaller gave instructions for the driver to bring his train back towards Stafford wrongline (ie against the normal flow of traffic) having set up the route the driver sets off. However just half a mile short of the station just at the point where the tracks towards Birmingham and the WC join the pantograph brought the wires down right on the junction. Due to the curve it proofed impossible to couple a class 57 up last night so the Pendolino wasn't removed until this morning and overhead wires finally repaired and the line given back at about 4pm. So for anyone who had the miss fortune to try and travel towards Birmingham from the NW thats why your service was stuffed today.
Pardon me, but WTF are you talking about?...hehe

Podie

46,630 posts

274 months

Saturday 24th January 2015
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Blimey. Seems a strange set of circumstances.

W124Bob

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1,744 posts

174 months

Sunday 25th January 2015
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Mybrainhurts, simply a woman was hit by a train as she either fell of the platform at Penkridge or climbed down .A Virgin service also heading for Birmingham is now unable to move because of the incident ahead. Signaller arranges for the Virgin service to return to Stafford, approaching the station the Virgin service travels over a junction in the opposite direction to normal and the pantograph brings the overhead wires down.

mybrainhurts

90,809 posts

254 months

Sunday 25th January 2015
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Thanks. I was just kerfuffled by all this Portillo, joining Birmingham to a toilet, pantygraphs, class 57 and Miss Fortune stuff.

And to try and travel towards Birmingham. I mean, FFS, who would want to do that?....hehe




Chrisgr31

13,440 posts

254 months

Sunday 25th January 2015
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mybrainhurts said:
Thanks. I was just kerfuffled by all this Portillo, joining Birmingham to a toilet, pantygraphs, class 57 and Miss Fortune stuff.

And to try and travel towards Birmingham. I mean, FFS, who would want to do that?....hehe
Well on occasions it is necessary to travel towards Birmingham in order to escape out the other side! The real question is as this is PH why would anyone be on the railways anyway! :-D

Having said that thanks to the OP for his post as the railway companies are never good at explaining why its all gone wrong and takes so long to fix. I know most passengers aren't interested but some are.

Sympathies to all those that saw the original incident, the driver(s) involved, the emergency services, the staff that would need to clean up, friends and family etc.

rs1952

5,247 posts

258 months

Sunday 25th January 2015
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mybrainhurts said:
W124Bob said:
On Thursday evening a woman was killed by a train at Penkridge http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2015/01/22/pers... Inside information was 2 trains where involved both London Midland services a north bound service already in the platform and a fast service going towards Wolverhamton, the woman was with friends, at some point she seems to have got onto the track whilst one train is in the platform. There is other stuff I have heard but since this just unconfirmed (railway staff grapevine) I will not mention it. The whole incident might have been cleared up had something else occured as signallers cleared backed up trains. A Birmingham bound Pendelino was standing north of Penkridge after the incident, the signaller gave instructions for the driver to bring his train back towards Stafford wrongline (ie against the normal flow of traffic) having set up the route the driver sets off. However just half a mile short of the station just at the point where the tracks towards Birmingham and the WC join the pantograph brought the wires down right on the junction. Due to the curve it proofed impossible to couple a class 57 up last night so the Pendolino wasn't removed until this morning and overhead wires finally repaired and the line given back at about 4pm. So for anyone who had the miss fortune to try and travel towards Birmingham from the NW thats why your service was stuffed today.
Pardon me, but WTF are you talking about?...hehe
MBH me old chum, what are you doing posting on this type of thread when you don't know the jargon?

I suggest you complain to the electricity board wink

I presume you remember our little internet spat on here a few years ago about "the EU is a jolly god thing" - I do... smile