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Post by will on Feb 22, 2016 19:19:28 GMT
Anyone know what this obstruction on the track is, is it possibly due to the works at Holland Park?
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Post by jacks on Feb 22, 2016 20:02:32 GMT
Twitter reports are that it's due to construction going on at Westfield and that some concrete fell between Shepherd's Bush & White City
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Post by flippyff on Feb 22, 2016 20:08:53 GMT
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Post by will on Feb 22, 2016 20:25:47 GMT
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Post by phoenixcronin on Feb 22, 2016 20:43:22 GMT
Interesting to see that the 09 Stock has been modified to run on the Central Line
Edit: The BBC article originally used a picture of an 09 stock, hence my comment. Alas it has now been changed to a pic of the damage
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Post by norbitonflyer on Feb 22, 2016 20:45:44 GMT
Interesting to see the 09 Stock has been modified to run on the Central Line Maybe the modification didn't work and the obstruction is an 09 stock train that has got stuck! |
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Post by Chris W on Feb 22, 2016 21:16:44 GMT
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Post by pgb on Feb 22, 2016 21:19:45 GMT
Didn't the last lot to do that get a fine from the HSE for not following proper procedure with regards to surveying for Underground services? (And I don't mean tube lines!)
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Post by jimini on Feb 22, 2016 21:23:49 GMT
Looks like it's now reopened (albeit with severe delays as one would expect).
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Post by Chris W on Feb 22, 2016 21:27:05 GMT
Looks like it's now reopened Are we talking about a new branch line... straight to the surface....   |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2016 21:30:27 GMT
Workers in Westfield have apparently punctured the tunnel with some drilling they are doing.
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Post by londoner on Feb 22, 2016 22:01:45 GMT
They've also got a new entrance at Shepherd's Bush Overground station which is not being used yet. I presume it'll be in use when the expansion to Westfields is complete.
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Post by class315 on Feb 22, 2016 23:02:27 GMT
They've also got a new entrance at Shepherd's Bush Overground station which is not being used yet. I presume it'll be in use when the expansion to Westfields is complete. If I recall the 'new' entrance at SPB Overground Station was opened last April, I've since used that Northern entrance in Autumn. Although I'm unsure whether the new entrance is in full operation. |
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Post by norbitonflyer on Feb 22, 2016 23:09:16 GMT
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Post by rincew1nd on Feb 22, 2016 23:11:34 GMT
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Post by spsmiler on Feb 23, 2016 0:41:13 GMT
This is madness, how did they manage that?
Lucky that no-one was hurt, no trains derailed whilst in motion - and that they did not breach anything else at the same time (gas, water, electricity, sewage....)
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Post by crusty54 on Feb 23, 2016 5:10:05 GMT
Two Central Line trains were damaged by test boring for the Redbridge flyover for the North Circular.
They ran into the drills some time apart.
The guys stopped when the first train hit. The track was inspected and nothing found and trains started running again.
The guys then drilled another hole and hit another train.
Saw them both at Acton. Serious dents to cab.
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Post by Dstock7080 on Feb 23, 2016 8:38:00 GMT
Also several years ago a similar occurance between Temple and Blackfriars EB with rubble ending up on the track, I can't recall if any trains were damaged.
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Post by hobbayne on Feb 23, 2016 9:32:49 GMT
A passenger alarm was operated about 17.35, as a westbound train was running through. There was reports of several loud bangs on the train roof.
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Post by norbitonflyer on Feb 23, 2016 9:56:03 GMT
Two Central Line trains were damaged by test boring for the Redbridge flyover for the North Circular. . , during test borings for the M11 link road. The incident is mentioned in the report on the Old Street incident. They didn't drill a second hole. They put a probe put down the first hole to look for their drill bit. The drill bit was by then in Wanstead station, lodged in the cab-to- cab telephone equipment in the cab bulkhead of the train that had hit it. The probe was hit at low speed by a second train which had been sent in without passengers to investigate. . |
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Post by superteacher on Feb 23, 2016 19:14:32 GMT
I'm assuming that the tunnel in question is the part of the line that used to be in the open between Shepherds Bush and White City?
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Post by norbitonflyer on Feb 23, 2016 20:41:26 GMT
The Evening Standard has it 100metres below ground - even Hampstead is only 60
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Post by superteacher on Feb 23, 2016 22:02:25 GMT
The Evening Standard has it 100metres below ground - even Hampstead is only 60 Good to see it retaining its high standard of reporting! |
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Post by spsmiler on Feb 23, 2016 22:27:11 GMT
I'm assuming that the tunnel in question is the part of the line that used to be in the open between Shepherds Bush and White City? I wondered about that too, since the media pictures show what looks like a modern-era flat concrete roof that was breached - and not a traditional circular tube train tunnel. Simon |
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Post by hobbayne on Feb 23, 2016 22:56:32 GMT
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Post by DWS on Feb 23, 2016 23:25:14 GMT
Then it's a Covered Way and not a Tunnel. Covered Ways are marked with a plate on the wall CW with number. |
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