The Doncaster to S****horpe train line
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Apparently it's still moving 
A huge landslide between Doncaster and Northern Lincolnshire means trains will be cancelled for at least 8 weeks.
Network Rail say the landslide is still moving and the site remains dangerous.
As a result, engineers have not been allowed to start work. An initial estimate ahead of a full investigation is that the line will be shut for approximately 8 weeks from the point of when the land stops moving
It'll mean trains run by First Transpennine Express are not able to operate between Doncaster and S
horpe for the foreseeable future - and there is no other rail line available.
Nick Donovan, FTPE Managing Director says:
"The ground at Stainforth, between Doncaster and Shorpe, remains extremely unstable and land movement continues. The site needs to be made safe before Network Rail can fully investigate the damage caused.
"This is however very significant and it is now highly unlikely that we will be able to operate a train service for at least the next 8 weeks between Doncaster and Shorpe. This is clearly major disruption and I want to assure passengers that we are doing everything within our power to make journeys as stress free as possible and return the line to normal service as quickly and safely as possible.
"We have relaxed ticket restrictions, produced an amended train and bus timetable and deployed additional management staff to stations. We are advising customers to check the details of their journey before they travel via www.nationalrail.co.uk"
A huge landslide between Doncaster and Northern Lincolnshire means trains will be cancelled for at least 8 weeks.
Network Rail say the landslide is still moving and the site remains dangerous.
As a result, engineers have not been allowed to start work. An initial estimate ahead of a full investigation is that the line will be shut for approximately 8 weeks from the point of when the land stops moving
It'll mean trains run by First Transpennine Express are not able to operate between Doncaster and S
horpe for the foreseeable future - and there is no other rail line available.Nick Donovan, FTPE Managing Director says:
"The ground at Stainforth, between Doncaster and S
horpe, remains extremely unstable and land movement continues. The site needs to be made safe before Network Rail can fully investigate the damage caused."This is however very significant and it is now highly unlikely that we will be able to operate a train service for at least the next 8 weeks between Doncaster and S
horpe. This is clearly major disruption and I want to assure passengers that we are doing everything within our power to make journeys as stress free as possible and return the line to normal service as quickly and safely as possible."We have relaxed ticket restrictions, produced an amended train and bus timetable and deployed additional management staff to stations. We are advising customers to check the details of their journey before they travel via www.nationalrail.co.uk"
Lotusevoraboy said:
What's worrying is that there are houses the other side of that slag. No more Thorne to Doncaster nights out for £1.50 train fare then!
Thankfully it looks to be away from the houses.https://maps.google.co.uk/?ll=53.593269,-1.0116&am...
Has anyone seen the areal (dyslexia creeping in here, is that the correct word for "from a plane") photos of the area showing the extent of the slip fault?
Done a quick rock o t'eye calc on the size of the slip and I reccon there's half a million cubic metres of muck on the move there. Can't work out what's caused the fault either but it's not just a case of digging the stuff back off the railway line. All the unstable soil will have to be sorted and then there's the question of stability for the whole length of the stack next to the lines.
I'd wager there will be some pretty big plant working long shifts to sort this one out.
Done a quick rock o t'eye calc on the size of the slip and I reccon there's half a million cubic metres of muck on the move there. Can't work out what's caused the fault either but it's not just a case of digging the stuff back off the railway line. All the unstable soil will have to be sorted and then there's the question of stability for the whole length of the stack next to the lines.
I'd wager there will be some pretty big plant working long shifts to sort this one out.
At about 1:10 into this video you can see how high the slag heap is, it'll take some ground work to stop it happening again
http://youtu.be/IWqtDwRCPPA
http://youtu.be/IWqtDwRCPPA
The size of the problem its pretty big it's fair to say. I saw the latest photos from the helicopter yesterday and it's going to take us sone time to sort out...
The good news is that we've found a way to keep the freight traffic moving so coal can still get to the power stations...!
Cheers,
Tom
The good news is that we've found a way to keep the freight traffic moving so coal can still get to the power stations...!
Cheers,
Tom
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