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Northern is advising customers not to travel on routes between Carlisle and Skipton due to the availability of replacement buses this weekend.
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Three derailed freight wagons have been successfully recovered by railway engineers in Carlisle so major repairs can ramp up to get passengers back on the move as soon as possible.
(Permalink) Petteril Bridge Junction Petteril Bridge Junction: Recovery of the derailed freight train at Petteril Bridge continues. An emptied cement wagon is carefully lowered onto a low loader for removal from site on 14th November 2022. Another damaged wagon s ... Petteril Bridge Junction: Wagon which was in river Petteril being lifted onto the back of a low-loader on 14th November 2022. Petteril Bridge Junction: Following Wednesday's accident, cement tanks fell off the Petteril Bridge, even turning upside down, as a result of the derailment at the nearby junction. This was the scene four days later, and the r ... |
Rail engineers are making good progress to recover a derailed freight train in Carlisle so major repairs can take place to get the railway reopened for passengers as soon as possible.
(Permalink) Petteril Bridge Junction Petteril Bridge Junction: An aerial view of operations remove the derailed wagons at Petteril Bridge Junction taken by drone at night. |
Engineers are continuing a complex operation to recover several freight wagons which derailed a week ago in Carlisle.
(Permalink) Newcastle and Carlisle Railway Petteril Bridge Junction Settle and Carlisle Line (Midland Railway) Petteril Bridge Junction: Following Wednesday's accident, cement tanks fell off the Petteril Bridge, even turning upside down, as a result of the derailment at the nearby junction. This was the scene four days later, and the r ... Petteril Bridge Junction: A view from the east of the derailed cement train at Petteril Bridge Junction taken on the 22nd. Theres no heavy lifting gear on site yet. |
Network Rail have released the latest update as to when travellers will be able to travel as normal, following the derailment of a freight train carrying cement.
(Permalink) Newcastle and Carlisle Railway Petteril Bridge Junction Petteril Bridge Junction: This inverted and flattened cement wagon illustrates the scale of damage at the Carlisle derailment and why the scene will take some time to clear. Petteril Bridge Junction: Following Wednesday's accident, cement tanks fell off the Petteril Bridge, even turning upside down, as a result of the derailment at the nearby junction. This was the scene four days later, and the r ... |
Northern Rail are advising passengers not to travel from Carlisle on services to Haltwhistle and Appleby.
(Permalink) Appleby Carlisle Haltwhistle Petteril Bridge Junction Petteril Bridge Junction: A view from the east of the derailed cement train at Petteril Bridge Junction taken on the 22nd. Theres no heavy lifting gear on site yet. |
Investigation into the derailment of a freight train at Petteril Bridge Junction, Carlisle, 19 October 2022. Currently available evidence indicates that the derailment was almost certainly a result of a wheelset with false flanges encountering a set of switches that are part of the junction. False flanges are associated with the flat areas on wheel treads which can result when rail wheels stop rotating while a vehicle is running.
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Network Rail have announced that the efforts to recover the derailed train will take 'weeks rather than days'.
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Railway engineers have been inspecting the damage caused after a freight train carrying cement derailed in Carlisle.
(Permalink) Derailment Petteril Bridge Junction Petteril Bridge Junction: Railway engineers have been inspecting the damage caused after a freight train carrying cement derailed in Carlisle.
Network Rail is working with the Rail Accident Investigation Branch to determine ... |
Line across northern England to be out of service for several days after cement wagons derail. A line across northern England will be closed for several days after a freight train derailed. Network Rail said carriages carrying cement came off the track near Carlisle, Cumbria, shortly after 8pm on Wednesday.
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