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Post by jamesb on Apr 11, 2018 23:45:32 GMT
Today, I was at Leyton going to Stratford shortly after 19:00. Two Emergency Response Unit personnel turned up alongside a manager (who I recognised from The Tube documentary) and a BTP officer. We stopped shortly outside Leyton and the ERU personnel went down onto the track to check something, we slowly proceeded to Stratford, eventually gaining full speed.
The service was severely delayed this evening on my way home due to the track defect.
I was surprised that the ERU would be called out to such an incident. Would the ERU ever carry out emergency repairs?
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Post by hobbayne on Apr 12, 2018 8:43:52 GMT
A westbound train approaching the tunnel mouth jolted badly, almost knocking the driver out of his seat.
The track had dropped to due wet beds.
The ERU were there to assess the situation and decide whether or not it would be safe to run a service.
It was repaired over night.
A 15kph TSR was put in till the close of traffic.
THis caused severe delays, with trains blocking back from Woodford!
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Post by crusty54 on Apr 12, 2018 9:16:12 GMT
Today, I was at Leyton going to Stratford shortly after 19:00. Two Emergency Response Unit personnel turned up alongside a manager (who I recognised from The Tube documentary) and a BTP officer. We stopped shortly outside Leyton and the ERU personnel went down onto the track to check something, we slowly proceeded to Stratford, eventually gaining full speed. The service was severely delayed this evening on my way home due to the track defect. I was surprised that the ERU would be called out to such an incident. Would the ERU ever carry out emergency repairs? The ERU teams are multi-skilled and attend a wide variety of incidents. They can assess what is required and might have been able to make a temporary repair. |
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Post by will on Apr 12, 2018 9:22:07 GMT
What exactly are wet beds? Thanks
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Post by superteacher on Apr 12, 2018 9:25:19 GMT
What exactly are wet beds? Thanks
I’m assuming it refers to a waterlogged track bed where the water saturates the ballast, causing the track to shift. |
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Post by Chris M on Apr 12, 2018 10:56:55 GMT
I've just discovered that the Office of Rail and Road have a glossary on their website - orr.gov.uk/glossaryThe entry there for "Wet bed" is: For pictures, see figures 19 (page 34), 23 (page 38) and 24 (page 39) of the RAIB Report into a derailment at Heworth where wet beds were a significant factor. |
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Post by superteacher on Apr 12, 2018 11:11:12 GMT
I've just discovered that the Office of Rail and Road have a glossary on their website - orr.gov.uk/glossaryGood find Chris M - I've added your link to the Abbreviations thread.  |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2018 15:56:18 GMT
I was surprised that the ERU would be called out to such an incident. Would the ERU ever carry out emergency repairs? They have the gear in their trucks to cut and drill rail. They do temp repairs on broken rails fairly often. |
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