Metropolitan line crash this morning

Ouch!!

That A stock held up well!! Properly built trains they are.
If its just an M door and some windows I doubt that it will be out of traffic for long.

Looking at the size of the branches being dragged it's lucky the train didn't derail. What a nasty scare for the t/op.

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It was one of them that offered to take the picture of the front of the train and I said "yes please, could you?", not pestering- it wasn't like I was the only one taking photos eather.

For goodness sake, MSO, stop trying to have a go at poor Gavelex. If the station staff were happy for him to be there I hardly think it's your business to tell them their jobs..........

Its automatically comes out in the cabin now we have connect, so i hear it whether i want to or not!

As for disagreeing with me, thats up to you, we all have our own opinions.

A few years ago I was at Roding Valley on a windy day, and a very bushy tree 'branch' fell on the track just on the approach to the Woodford-bound platform. When the train finally came, it stopped short of the branch for a few minutes, the driver opened his door and studied it before proceeding.

It looked like a gamble and there was the sound of cracking wood and bits of folliage got dragged along towards Woodford.

What happens if a driver comes across a tree branch? As in this case, can they use their judgement as to whether to ride over it? Or, by the book, should any obstruction always be removed? Assuming the driver has a view of the tree branch and can stop in time, which obviously wasn't the case this morning.

Any obstruction laying across the running lines would have to be removed. An obstruction laying in the 4' is down to the Train Operator or the Line Controllers decision, the questions being asked are "Do you think you would be front or rear tripped?". If yes to either question then the obstruction may as well be removed as you would have the delay with the tripping anyway.