Broithe Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 It was supposed to re-open in a couple of weeks, but it'll be March now. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-35342612 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broithe Posted January 18, 2016 Author Share Posted January 18, 2016 Apologies for the random extra vowel in "Coast" - it's a Laois thing.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 ... it's a Laois thing.... "...you wouldn't understand...." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayner Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Reminds me of when I was living in Scotland about 20 years ago, we had a heavy snow fall after Christmas and went out for a drive one as far as Killin out by Callander and home via Lough Tay and Perth. Beautiful cold sunny afternoon, cross-country skiers out in the hills by Lough Tay. Snow was gone the following morning with a sudden thaw washed a viaduct on the Glasgow-Perth main line near Glen Eagles closing the line for the best part of 12 months Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broithe Posted January 25, 2016 Author Share Posted January 25, 2016 Mmmm, this could have been rather more serious - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-35401921 . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Mmmm, this could have been rather more serious - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-35401921 . Yikes! Uncomfortable reading. It doesn't bare thinking about the consequences of a HST derailing at speed near a river. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broithe Posted January 25, 2016 Author Share Posted January 25, 2016 Yikes! Uncomfortable reading. It doesn't bare thinking about the consequences of a HST derailing at speed near a river. I suspect it was probably a Pendelino, but one imagines there was 'pressure' to keep things running... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broithe Posted November 14, 2016 Author Share Posted November 14, 2016 Even more uncomfortable reading - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-37975937 ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayner Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 Even more uncomfortable reading - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-37975937 ... Strikingly similar to the underlying cause of the Malahide Viaduct collapse. The engineers that had knowledge of the structure had either retired or had been made redundant when Network Rail was re-structured. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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