Kings Cross PSB Closed

from the London Fire Brigage - www.london-fire.gov.uk/news/latest_incidents.asp

Kings Cross - building site blaze
Kings Cross national main line station has been evacuated due to a fire at a building under construction on Goods Way at the junction of York Way in Kings Cross this morning. Four fire engines and around 20 firefighters are attending the blaze.

An acetylene cylinder is involved in the fire and a 200 metre exclusion zone has been set up as a precaution as some cylinders can explode when exposed to heat. Around 630 people have been evacuated so far.

One person has been taken to hospital by London Ambulance Service crews suffering from burns.

The Brigade was called at 0836.

London Fire Brigade are now saying that "Several thousand people in the area have been evacuated so far." and that it is unlikely that people will be able to return this evening.

GNER and FCC are advising people not to travel, as there is huge disruption and overcrowding on services that are running.

It's because it's within the 200m exclusion zone for that tower with the overheated gas cylinders on it?

Sam

Cant speak for NR, but procedure for me is if i have to evacuate, you finish all train movements, i.e into platforms, then you inform the Service Controller, and then once you have liased with him, you go to your SAP.

Im afraid its not a case of put everything to red and run.....

Signallers(?) Assembly Point

Super (?) Assembly Point (Well i dunno!!!)

The whole of Kings Cross. Heh. Thats gonna make peoples day. Why cant they just move the gas cylinder?

The powers that be decided to divert all Hull Trains services to Cambridge.

I now have lots of photos of a Pioneer looking rather out of place amongst what was left of the usual outer suburban service.

The gas cylinders concerned were reported to contain Acetlyene gas, extremely explosive stuff.

I don't think you can be too hard on people who complain because they've been blown to bits!

;D
No, but there would have been some people, whatever action had been taken, who'd have complained just because they seem to like it.

Just wait til next episode... Arson Sam 5, Set in the sunny dales of Kings X PSB.

It came close second to the other question I had...

Q : "Is there any space down that end of the train?"

A : ".... That's my office."

Good as Im going to York friday with Double Trigger! ;D

Aye, still hoping to get a reply off the NRM first tho! Near impossible.

I wouldn't think it is.

Re-open many hundreds of signal boxes, re-employ staff to operate them, increasing costs by a vast amount, all in case a one-off incident occurs ? You do the maths.

Even if you split controlled areas and use technology rather than old-fashioned lever frames, you would still require someone to supervise the operation of the area.

There is a small irony in that during this incident, the local relay rooms were staffed to operate the service they operated. However, just as a similar incident could affect LU, it takes a lot more staff to control the railway, and can end up with the replacement service being much more restricted than it could otherwise be.

I can obviously see what you're saying, and to some the argument would seem very valid. But it's another one of those things in life where the long-term benefits do not out-weigh the costs.