Paul Scott wrote:
"Great Eastern" wrote in message
et...
Reported about 19:52 this evening, trains in and out of Liverpool
Street stopped.

Seems to be a problem with the new ELL bridge, but nothing confirmed
yet

BBC are now saying there are problems with the bridge:

"Train services at Liverpool Street station have been suspended while
structural engineers inspect a new bridge which has partially
collapsed"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7424757.stm

Amazing...

"Justin Drerup, who lives close to the tracks, said his flat suddenly shook
and cracks appeared in the plaster. 'I looked out of my window and could see
the bridge was no longer sitting level,' he said."

The closest buildings to the bridge are just off Brick Lane, on the other
side of a narrow street from the site containing the western end of the
bridge. It sounds as if one of the pillars supporting that end of the
bridge may have partially collapsed. I can now understand why the security
guys insisted that I wore a hard hat to take the photo at
http://rjnews.fotopic.net/p50210450.html !

The relevant location is arrowed at http://tinyurl.com/3so94k .

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