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

On 28 May, 20:03, Great Eastern wrote:
Reported about 19:52 this evening, trains in and out of Liverpool Street
stopped.

Weirdly London Overground is suspended Camden Road-Stratford as part
of the same incident, and their site says local power failu
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/livetravel...l/default.html

U

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Mr Thant wrote:
On 28 May, 20:03, Great Eastern wrote:
Reported about 19:52 this evening, trains in and out of Liverpool Street
stopped.

Weirdly London Overground is suspended Camden Road-Stratford as part
of the same incident, and their site says local power failu
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/livetravel...l/default.html

The BBC are saying "emergency engineering works at Liverpool Street".
http://www.bbc.co.uk/london/travel/t..._feature.shtml

"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...

Paul S

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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"Richard J." wrote

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 !

I don't think a hard hat would have been much use if that lot had landed on
your head.

Peter

Peter Masson wrote:
"Richard J." wrote

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 !

I don't think a hard hat would have been much use if that lot had
landed on your head.

:-)

Also on BBC News tonight: "The leaning tower of Pisa has stopped moving for
the first time in its 800-year history." Perhaps the bridge is trying to
make a name for itself as the leaning bridge of Shoreditch.
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Richard J.
(to email me, swap 'uk' and 'yon' in address)

On May 28, 10:30 pm, "Richard J." wrote:
Peter Masson wrote:
"Richard J." wrote

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!

I don't think a hard hat would have been much use if that lot had
landed on your head.

:-)

Also on BBC News tonight: "The leaning tower of Pisa has stopped moving for
the first time in its 800-year history." Perhaps the bridge is trying to
make a name for itself as the leaning bridge of Shoreditch.
--
Richard J.
(to email me, swap 'uk' and 'yon' in address)

Does the bridge sit on existing pillars or are they new?

Neill

Richard J. wrote:

Also on BBC News tonight: "The leaning tower of Pisa has stopped
moving for the first time in its 800-year history."

Not true, on several levels.

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On 28 May, 20:03, Great Eastern wrote:
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


Network Rail released this strongly worded statement late this
afternoon:

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http://www.networkrailmediacentre.co...ReleaseID=3744
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NETWORK RAIL SEEKS URGENT ANSWERS FROM TfL FOLLOWING LIVERPOOL STREET
BRIDGE FIASCO

Thursday 29 May 2008 16:45

Network Rail's Chief Executive today wrote to Transport for London's
Commissioner Peter Hendy to seek urgent answers about the severe
disruption caused to tens of thousands of passengers as a result of
the failure of TfL infrastructure outside Liverpool Street station on
the evening of Wednesday 28th May.

At about 1915 last night a concrete slab fell from a TfL bridge that
had been erected over the May Day bank holiday as part of TfL's
ongoing project to extend the East London line. Services were stopped
as a result of the incident and it wasn't until 0930 this morning that
TfL gave the 'all clear' and services were allowed to re-start.

Because of concerns over TfL's handling and management of both the
project and its contractors, Network Rail has banned work on the
bridge, effective immediately. This will remain in place until TfL has
completed an investigation and reported back on the causes of the
incident and what measures it will be putting in place to prevent a
repetition.

Commenting on the incident, Network Rail's Director of Operations and
Customer Service, Robin Gisby, said: "Passengers rightly want an
explanation, as do I. Passengers deserve an apology for the disruption
they suffered last night and this morning and I want assurances that
such an incident can't and won't happen again."
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