According to this Telegrope article:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/3205728 ... apped.html
Not like the old days when it went a bit faster:
http://www.sydenham.tv/cgi-bin/sydtv_ju ... 1IyPi9EcAQ
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500 Passengers Trapped Under Sydenham
Wee, how strange - thought this would be about Syd Station!
Inspired by talk of the fast trains on another thread, I rushed from work to catch the 1825 today(yesterday!). However, the driver announced there was an incident at Honor Oak and informed that the train would therefore not stop at Forest Hill. Sydenham station was already heaving with irate people trying to hop back northwards when my "fast" train pulled in...
Inspired by talk of the fast trains on another thread, I rushed from work to catch the 1825 today(yesterday!). However, the driver announced there was an incident at Honor Oak and informed that the train would therefore not stop at Forest Hill. Sydenham station was already heaving with irate people trying to hop back northwards when my "fast" train pulled in...
Gaz... people were actually WAITING for the train back? It amazes me just how lazy people are. Just think how much easier it would have been to walk back, its 15mins tops (more like 10), and the benefits of not sitting on the train and getting a bit of excersize would have done them the world of good. I've just found out both my work colleague and my boss are on drugs for high blood pressure, one is aged forty and one is aged forty eight. One smokes, one is overweight - otherwise intelligent people, why can't people take responsibility for their health. It REALLY galls me!!!
Here is the Press Statement:
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PRESS STATEMENT RE SYDENHAM HILL INCIDENT
At about 6.20pm last night the 17.45 London Victoria to Rochester train, comprising eight Class 465/9 Networker carriages and carrying some 500 passengers, became divided at Sydenham Hill station.
The front four coaches of the train came to a halt inside Penge Tunnel, while the rear four stopped with two coaches still at the platform some 10 feet behind.
People in the rear part of the train were able to get out onto the platform, while those inside the tunnel had to wait while engineers were called to check the units and arrangements made to move all the carriages back into Sydenham Hill station. This took about an hour and a half.
Passengers were able to board alternative trains and local buses accepted Southeastern tickets in the Penge/Sydenham area to help people to continue their journeys. But many passengers were delayed.
The carriages involved in the incident were taken out of service and transferred to our depot at Slade Green, where a full investigation into what had caused the trains to divide is being carried out.
A Southeastern spokesperson said: “While no one was in immediate danger we appreciate this would have been concerning for passengers onboard.
“And it would have been frustrating for many as it meant their journeys home were delayed.
“A safety mechanism means that in the unlikely event of train units dividing in service – and this was a very unusual occurrence - the brakes are automatically activated and an alarm sounds in the driver’s cab.
“An investigation was launched immediately and the trains taken to the depot for inspection. Early indications suggest that the fault lies with one of the train’s coupling units.
“Further tests are now being carried out. All our trains are regularly checked before entering passenger service to ensure they are in working order.”
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Notes to editors:
Southeastern is owned by Govia, the most enduring partnership between transport operators delivering rail franchises in this country.
Govia is the UK’s busiest rail operator, responsible for nearly 30 per cent of UK passenger rail journeys through its three rail companies, Southern, Southeastern and London Midland. Further information on Govia is available at: www.govia.info
Southeastern runs train services into London from Kent and East Sussex, operating some 1750 trains a day, facilitating more than 400,000 passenger journeys a day, managing 182 stations and covering 480 miles of track.
The network now forms part of the Integrated Kent Franchise and Southeastern will provide high-speed domestic services on the Channel Tunnel Rail Link from December 2009.
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PRESS STATEMENT RE SYDENHAM HILL INCIDENT
At about 6.20pm last night the 17.45 London Victoria to Rochester train, comprising eight Class 465/9 Networker carriages and carrying some 500 passengers, became divided at Sydenham Hill station.
The front four coaches of the train came to a halt inside Penge Tunnel, while the rear four stopped with two coaches still at the platform some 10 feet behind.
People in the rear part of the train were able to get out onto the platform, while those inside the tunnel had to wait while engineers were called to check the units and arrangements made to move all the carriages back into Sydenham Hill station. This took about an hour and a half.
Passengers were able to board alternative trains and local buses accepted Southeastern tickets in the Penge/Sydenham area to help people to continue their journeys. But many passengers were delayed.
The carriages involved in the incident were taken out of service and transferred to our depot at Slade Green, where a full investigation into what had caused the trains to divide is being carried out.
A Southeastern spokesperson said: “While no one was in immediate danger we appreciate this would have been concerning for passengers onboard.
“And it would have been frustrating for many as it meant their journeys home were delayed.
“A safety mechanism means that in the unlikely event of train units dividing in service – and this was a very unusual occurrence - the brakes are automatically activated and an alarm sounds in the driver’s cab.
“An investigation was launched immediately and the trains taken to the depot for inspection. Early indications suggest that the fault lies with one of the train’s coupling units.
“Further tests are now being carried out. All our trains are regularly checked before entering passenger service to ensure they are in working order.”
Ends
Notes to editors:
Southeastern is owned by Govia, the most enduring partnership between transport operators delivering rail franchises in this country.
Govia is the UK’s busiest rail operator, responsible for nearly 30 per cent of UK passenger rail journeys through its three rail companies, Southern, Southeastern and London Midland. Further information on Govia is available at: www.govia.info
Southeastern runs train services into London from Kent and East Sussex, operating some 1750 trains a day, facilitating more than 400,000 passenger journeys a day, managing 182 stations and covering 480 miles of track.
The network now forms part of the Integrated Kent Franchise and Southeastern will provide high-speed domestic services on the Channel Tunnel Rail Link from December 2009.
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Aye. When I crossed the footbridge a 4-carriage train was just pulling in heading to LB - the platform was a swarm of people trying to board this (perhaps 5-6 deep) and many others from the train I had just left were trying to push themselves through the footbridge traffic in order to reach this train.Savvy wrote:Gaz... people were actually WAITING for the train back?
It is certainly quite shocking how something like this could happen. Thankfully it happened just as the train was pulling away from the station and so there was hardly any speed built up. Sounds like it could have been a whole lot worse if it had separated in between stations or as it was pulling into one...Admin wrote:At about 6.20pm last night the 17.45 London Victoria to Rochester train, comprising eight Class 465/9 Networker carriages and carrying some 500 passengers, became divided at Sydenham Hill station.
That sounds quite scary and it could have been a lot worse - I will think twice about moving from one carriage to another when the train is moving in future.
As this happened by Sydenham Hill station, the train going the other way (referred to in earlier posts) would have gone to London Victoria (not London Bridge) and wouldn't have affected services to/ from Sydenham I suppose.
As this happened by Sydenham Hill station, the train going the other way (referred to in earlier posts) would have gone to London Victoria (not London Bridge) and wouldn't have affected services to/ from Sydenham I suppose.
465/6 class networkers (used on that line) are set up in a 4-2 carriage formation. I suspect that the separation happened between the 466 and the 465 unit....not between the internal passenger-use doors. Therefore no chance of anyone falling out.
Additionally, when carriages are separeated the brakes come on automatically. Therefore everything just grinds to a halt. No real danger. Just a damn inconvenience.
Additionally, when carriages are separeated the brakes come on automatically. Therefore everything just grinds to a halt. No real danger. Just a damn inconvenience.
