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Post by buspete on Dec 31, 2023 18:05:51 GMT
Unfortunately this flooding couldn’t have happened at a worse time, if this happened a week later, it would have very little adverse effects, as travel would have been very light.and the news would have moved on very quickly.
To put down back facilities at Ebbsfleet and have immigration point there too, would not be financially viable for such a freak event.
Obviously you couldn’t run a train service through the tunnels, if there was 3rd rail conductors as this would be dangerous, water and electricity are strange bedfellows, this had overheads, so no danger there. So therefore assume this affected the signalling, why they couldn’t run through the tunnel under rule? What was the reason what made this unsafe to operate trains?
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Post by Eastlondoner62 on Dec 31, 2023 18:45:38 GMT
Unfortunately this flooding couldn’t have happened at a worse time, if this happened a week later, it would have very little adverse effects, as travel would have been very light.and the news would have moved on very quickly. To put down back facilities at Ebbsfleet and have immigration point there too, would not be financially viable for such a freak event. Obviously you couldn’t run a train service through the tunnels, if there was 3rd rail conductors as this would be dangerous, water and electricity are strange bedfellows, this had overheads, so no danger there. So therefore assume this affected the signalling, why they couldn’t run through the tunnel under rule? What was the reason what made this unsafe to operate trains? I'm assuming you start going into territory where the flood water would have been deep enough to cause a few issues with the trains. You probably wouldn't want to drive a car through such water if you came across it on a road even if it technically would be safe. A train going through it will also disturb it, meaning a train behind would probably need to wait for it to settle before going through it, otherwise the water could potentially even derail a train, tides can be very powerful.
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Post by Eastlondoner62 on Dec 31, 2023 18:57:53 GMT
HS1 has been open for 16 going on 17 years, bar OHL's coming down, this is the first major incident to this extremity so unsure why there would be a mass exodus of passengers now flying, apparently flights to Paris rose to nearly £700 because of the excessive demand of passengers wishing to travel to Paris over the last couple of days. . SE HS are running a limited service, because only one of two tunnels are open, so single line working is in operation and paths will be limited. In normal circumstances flying is cheaper and obviously any disruption at an airport and a flight can be diverted to another airport. It's not been a great Christmas holiday for the railway industry. It generally doesn't seem to be a good time for the railway industry no matter the time of year. Paris is probably the distance where in this country and neighbouring areas it makes sense to actually use a train as it's the faster option because of the High speed lines and location of Charles De Gaulle and Heathrow in respect to their various cities. I mentioned in my trip in September I'll probably be flying to Manchester as flying back was both faster and cheaper with the Railway station up at Manchester Airport and the Elizabeth Line too. Trying to justify the train over the plane to Edinburgh or Glasgow is a near impossible task, unless you have a swathe of luggage you're always going to be faster taking the plane on such journeys. Ryanair, EasyJet and British Airways all make multiple flights to Edinburgh and certainly Ryanair won't be making the journey if they're not making good enough returns on the route. Planes as you mention have the ability to divert if necessary, although they can be susceptible to wind gusts it doesn't seem to happen on anywhere near the scale of railway disruption in this country. Obvious thing by this point would be to press ahead with the third runway, probably evens safeguard some slots specifically for domestic use.
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Post by greenboy on Jan 2, 2024 17:02:15 GMT
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Post by wirewiper on Jan 2, 2024 17:17:24 GMT
There is widespread disruption on the rail network this evening, not just on Southeastern. Avanti, South Western Railway and GWR are all warning of line closures.
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Post by moz on Feb 4, 2024 1:32:16 GMT
Just in case anyone hasn't noticed, Southeastern is currently undertaking a recruitment blitz with opportunities across all disciplines including on board staff and London area ticket office staff. Some part-time London ticket office vacancies also working Mon-Fri 0600-1100. www.southeasternrailway.co.uk/about-us/careers-at-southeasternMoz
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Post by greenboy on Feb 8, 2024 20:05:14 GMT
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Post by Dillon95 on Feb 28, 2024 9:50:23 GMT
Albany Park is to go back to 4 trains per hour starting in June following a campaign.
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Post by lonmark on Feb 28, 2024 16:10:17 GMT
Albany Park is to go back to 4 trains per hour starting in June following a campaign. Hi Dillon95, Can I ask where did you find out more about Southeastern coming up with train timetable changes on all of Southeastern?
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Post by Dillon95 on Feb 28, 2024 16:46:50 GMT
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Post by PGAT on Feb 28, 2024 17:40:56 GMT
It's also up on RealTimeTrains
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Post by greenboy on Mar 1, 2024 9:41:04 GMT
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Post by wirewiper on Mar 4, 2024 18:46:16 GMT
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Post by greenboy on Mar 7, 2024 11:19:35 GMT
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Post by buspete on Mar 10, 2024 1:53:08 GMT
So if the Charlton - Blackheath tunnel is having problems, then it wouldn’t be unreasonable to assume that the Blackheath - Kidbrooke tunnel would be having the same problems, so see the same fate for that in the near future.
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