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TRAIN DELAYS 5 DAYS COMMENCING 15TH JANUARY 2007

Location

Cause

Duration

Almost entire rail network

Bad weather on Thursday 18th January. Overhead wires down, trees on line, displaced train crews and several other reasons.

Delays for much of day.
Services disrupted/suspended. Delays below are separate.

Ruabon/Wrexham General

Fatality

In excess of 2 hours

Inverness to Kyle of Lochalsh

Landslip

Closed indefinitely

Inverness to Kingussie

Flooding

5 hours 24 minutes

Wye (Kent)

Broken down train

2 hours 4 minutes

Bedford

Signalling problems

3 hours 21 minutes

Christs Hospital (Horsham)

Vandalism

In excess of 2 hours

Kemble

Landslip

Closed indefinitely

Dinting

Signalling problem

In excess of 3 hours

Normans Bay

Obstruction on line

In excess of 3 hours

Town Green

Electrical supply problems

In excess of 13 hours

Hampstead Heath

Broken down train

3 hours 54 minutes

Calstock

Broken down train

3 hours 20 minutes

Rugby

Overhead wire problems

13 hours 50 minutes

Wokingham

Described as “operating incident”(?)

5 hours 3 minutes

Southall

Signalling problems

5 hours 9 minutes

Kensington Olympia

Broken down train

2 hours 10 minutes

Kelvedon

Overhead wire problems

5 hours 40 minutes

Knottingley

Signalling problems

2 hours 32 minutes

Shrewsbury/Llandrindod

Tree on line

3 hours 55 minutes

Roydon

Broken down freight train

3 hours 58 minutes

Ipswich to Stowmarket

Signalling problems

4 hours 25 minutes

Sleaford

Lineside equipment problems

2 hours 9 minutes

Huddersfield

Electrical supply problems

6 hours 9 minutes

Longport

Overhead wire problems

5 hours 4 minutes

Westcliff

Overhead wire problems

6 hours 38 minutes

Lincoln

Described as “problem near line”

9 hours 29 minutes

Cardiff to Bridgend

Electrical supply problems

2 hours 27 minutes

Higham to Gravesend

Electrical supply problems

4 hours 45 minutes

Maidstone to Hollingbourne

Electrical supply problems

5 hours 4 minutes

New Barnet

Overhead wire problems

11 hours 14 minutes

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