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New Adventures in Train Travel
This time the train made a quick track change to avoid collision with a slow freight train ( train driver told us personally once we got to the next station and stopped, she was a bit shook up )
we ended up on a different line and going to different stations
that was a 1 hour extra trip
at least no one hurt
Ooh gosh, am glad it didn't end up any worse!! Good on the drive for reacting accordingly, hope no one was grumpy about the change of direction!
it would have been a dramatic crash, a very heavy slow moving freight train and an accelerating passenger train. Luckily the train had very few passengers, maybe 2 dozen
once we knew what happened we were all grateful to the driver and happy we were safe
in the train, immediately after the event , when we were safe, an announcement was made over intercom that the train was diverted , but no reason was given at that time
once we were stopped at the next station and debarked the driver came out onto the platform talked to passengers in person
Yikes! So lucky you were near a shunt point
coming out of Newport rail yard toward Seaholme there are many shunts and sidings
I imagine there will a safety investigation. Why were the signals green? Why was the freight train there?
Wow that's wild, glad everyone is ok
Gawd that must be rare (and a bit worrying).