Rail fatality and the aftermath. Stafford today
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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.
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.
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