Trains between Southend and London running slow due to heat (From Echo)
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Trains between London Liverpool Street and Southend Victoria are running to a revised timetable
3:11pm Tuesday 24th July 2012 in News By Emma Thomas
TRAINS between Southend and London are running slower than usual due to overhead wire problems.
Services in and out of London Liverpool Street and Southend Victoria are running to a revised timetable after decades old cable between Stratford and Chelmsford has sagged in the heat.
Network Rail says it is currently upgrading the overhead wire on the Greater Anglia line as part of a multi-million pound project - but this section has not been replaced yet.
Some services are not calling at Romford and journeys are taking longer than usual. The problems are set to continue into this evening's rush hour.
A Network Rail spokesperson said: “We are currently in the middle of a £200m+ project to completely replace all the overhead lines on the Great Eastern Main Line between London and Chelmsford.
“While the core section from Liverpool Street to Stratford has been completed, the sections of railway which have speed restrictions in place today have overhead lines dating from the 1950s and 1960s.
"The wire in these sections can expand and sag in high temperatures and, as a result, it is necessary to reduce speeds in order to avoid damaging the equipment and trains.
“The contingency arrangements put in place today are tried and tested and are designed to minimise both the risk of damage to equipment and trains as well as any disruption to passengers.”
Commuters are advised to check www.journeycheck.com/greateranglia before they travel.
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j-w
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3:20pm Tue 24 Jul 12
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billericay boy
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4:25pm Tue 24 Jul 12
Happygirly
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5:21pm Tue 24 Jul 12
craigie123
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5:23pm Tue 24 Jul 12
The Cater Wood Creeper
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5:44pm Tue 24 Jul 12
craigie123 wrote:they're going for the more traditional, heaters on at full blast and carriages left in the blazing sun at a siding somewhere until required for rush hour duties approach of the 'good old days' when it used to be British Rail.
why cant greater anglia have air con like c2c, yesterday awful on the liverpool st to southend line made me sick
In winter it'll be the draughtiest carriages available and no heating with windows jammed slightly ajar approach, of course
Steve H
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6:10pm Tue 24 Jul 12
Norfolk
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6:32pm Tue 24 Jul 12
Audioman
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7:08pm Tue 24 Jul 12
Nebs
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8:02pm Tue 24 Jul 12
emcee
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8:49pm Tue 24 Jul 12
If there is a problem, why not tell the truth rather than use the weather as an excuse each time. The excuses should make these companies more embarassed than the issue itself. Next thing we'll hear is that things are not working or are delayed because things are "too normal".
Gone Expat
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9:21pm Tue 24 Jul 12
SARFENDMAN
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9:50pm Tue 24 Jul 12
leighsteve
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10:30pm Tue 24 Jul 12
AnotherSister
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11:22pm Tue 24 Jul 12
Trainman
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1:05am Wed 25 Jul 12
Dumbnut
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4:02am Wed 25 Jul 12
Trainman wrote:^ Here we go again ^. WHEN you pay what we do for a third class service, then come back to have a go. You USED to work in it, but, now you don't. Please give it a rest & change the record.
STOP complaining, as passengers ARE the worst cause of delays upon the railway. You NEVER complain when some IDIOT causes delays on roads, by crashing their car, because they COULDN'T keep to the speed limit, or whatever.
AndyBSG
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10:46am Wed 25 Jul 12
Odd that because of the 11 instances where I have been late for work this year only 1 of those was due to a passenger/member of the public, which was the death of the overhead cable thief a few weeks ago.
The other 10 were all caused by signalling problems or broken down trains so my experience of the cause of delays is completely contrary to your 'fact' that the public are responsible for most delays.
The Cater Wood Creeper
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12:43pm Wed 25 Jul 12
So glad I gave up on commuting years ago......
openspace
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9:59am Thu 26 Jul 12
alimac69
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11:30am Thu 26 Jul 12
The Cater Wood Creeper
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12:15pm Thu 26 Jul 12
alimac69 wrote:'wrong sort of Thursday' probably....
C2C was running slow this morning too - no word from the driver as to why
152
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1:41pm Thu 26 Jul 12
The Cater Wood Creeper says...
3:18pm Tue 24 Jul 12