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South Yorkshire landslip rail line closed for weeks

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Old 13th February 2013, 23:52
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South Yorkshire landslip rail line closed for weeks

Train services between Doncaster, Scunthorpe and Cleethorpes will be suspended for at least eight weeks after a landslip, Network Rail said.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...shire-21441070

A Network Rail spokeswoman said the track could not be repaired until the spoil heap was stabilised.


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Old 13th February 2013, 23:56
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I wonder how that will affect all the power station coal trains ?
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Old 14th February 2013, 07:39
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At least no one was killed or injured.

Remember "Aberfan"
http://www.nuff.ox.ac.uk/politics/aberfan/home.htm
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Old 14th February 2013, 18:37
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I wonder how that will affect all the power station coal trains ?
No great problem for them as they can divert and in general would not be too affected by this slip anyway as they tend to be on the Wakefield - Goole line.
However the services to and from Immingham via Scunthorpe will have to divert via Gainsborough.
As for the passenger services, well its on the bus.
Just wonder if the Trans pennine or Northern Units to the East of the slip have any servicing facilities or will there have to be some ECS workings via Gainsborough to fuel and empty tanks?
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At least no one was killed or injured.

Remember "Aberfan"
http://www.nuff.ox.ac.uk/politics/aberfan/home.htm
but they havnt remembered aberfan at all.those of us who remember that awfull disaster were led to believe that it would never happen again and here we are seeing the same thing happen.
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Check out the Railway Herald website for an update plus an incredible image of the trackbed: http://railwayherald.com/uknews
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but they havnt remembered aberfan at all.those of us who remember that awfull disaster were led to believe that it would never happen again and here we are seeing the same thing happen.

Of Course Big Business hasn't remembered it didn't happen TO THEM
in fact one of the TV broadcasts about this landslip showed that they were actually putting MORE spoil on top of the heap immediately above it in clear view of the cameras
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I wonder if the owners of the tip are paying Railtrack for the delay time as a TOC would heve to in case of breakdown/accident ?
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