⚠️VIDEO: A major landslip has damaged our main line, just outside of #Hook, in Hampshire.
📢@SW_Help customers are being advised not to travel tomorrow if their journey is to or from London to the south or west of Basingstoke.
Here's route director Mark on what's happened 👇 /1
📢@SW_Help customers are being advised not to travel tomorrow if their journey is to or from London to the south or west of Basingstoke.
Here's route director Mark on what's happened 👇 /1
This link takes you through to our press release, which has more details.
networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/news/video-maj…
TLDR? We will summarise it in a few Tweets on this thread. /2
networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/news/video-maj…
TLDR? We will summarise it in a few Tweets on this thread. /2
A 44m section of 10m-high embankment, built largely of London Clay in the late 1830s, has slid out from underneath the railway, leaving one track in mid-air.
It's also exposed the ends of the sleepers of the track next to it (sleepers are what rails are fixed to) /3
It's also exposed the ends of the sleepers of the track next to it (sleepers are what rails are fixed to) /3
Exposed sleeper ends means there's no lateral stability for the track and it's right on the edge of the backscar (slip site).
That is all bad news as it means we have lost both Westbound lines. /4
That is all bad news as it means we have lost both Westbound lines. /4
This is the location in happier times, photographed by @nrairops a few years ago.
The slip is to the right, halfway up the picture. /5
The slip is to the right, halfway up the picture. /5
With no Westbound tracks, we need to work with @SW_Help and our signaller colleagues to create a train plan that will make use of the remaining London-bound lines and the diversionary route via Haslemere as we have done this weekend. /6
@SW_Help That plan is not created yet and therefore we are advising customers not to travel tomorrow (Monday) as we can't advise them on how to complete their journeys.
Once the plan is in place, it will generate a timetable and @SW_Help will share it with you. /7
Once the plan is in place, it will generate a timetable and @SW_Help will share it with you. /7
Network Rail engineers and suppliers are working on designs to fix the slip, and once we have them in place, we will know how long this is likely to take to repair.
It's what engineers call a rotational failure, and it will be a major job to do. /8
It's what engineers call a rotational failure, and it will be a major job to do. /8
To conclude, we are so sorry for this extra disruption, after a weekend of disruption, and we can only apologise and say we will do everything we can to repair the railway and run trains again.
Many thanks. /Ends.
Many thanks. /Ends.
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