Eurostars in the cold

[AlistairW]

I'd love to know the answers gwladok05.

[KiwiPete]

theres a few rules being broken in this Thread, please try and stay within the rules.

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Also remember that its speculation that exists within this thread and it should come under rulling for railway incidents. The people on the ground have had a pretty difficult week, I should think , and as they are not allowed to post in public, it must be frustrating at the level of speculation that currently exists. Please can you consider the effect that these posts have on those who work on the railway .

[ralph0chadkirk]

Why are you assuming that some of us don't work on the railway? There is certianly nothing to stop railway employees from posting - just look at RailUK.

[jp4712]

That's true in general Ralph, but there is at least one employee of Eurostar on this forum who feels that the criticism levelled at Eurostar is speculative and to some extent inaccurate - but for obvious reasons that member can't get involved in an active debate here. I'm sure that railway employees of ALL operators are working very, very hard to cope with the adverse weather happening across Europe just now, and they are doing their best under very trying circumstances. My thoughts and good wishes are with them all.

Paul

[terrycunliffe]

Please don't forget, the main criteria is the passengers and crew's safety... that is paramount.
Any off-the-cuff shortcuts to manage a situation (some would call it common sense ) is a thing of the past.

If this had happened 30 years ago (Yes, I know that the tunnel hasn't been there that long), a rat or something similar would have been sent down there to haul the stranded trains out, passengers et al

I'll never forget the time I was travelling from Liverpool Exchange to Wigan Wallgate when the DMU ran out of fuel at Pemberton.
The driver simply coasted down the gradient to a smooth stop at the station. Nowadays, I suspect that the passengers would have needed to disembark and busstituted the rest of the way, whilst the line was shut for several hours whilst recovery took place.

Nowadays, the proceedure is eliminating any risk, no matter how much that disrupts comfort and punctuality.
I for one, however, would rather be cold and late, and live to travel another day.

[dorlan]

<snip>I'll never forget the time I was travelling from Liverpool Exchange to Wigan Wallgate when the DMU ran out of fuel at Pemberton.
The driver simply coasted down the gradient to a smooth stop at the station. <snip>

I remember travelling 4 miles, plus 3 station stops, like that in 1962!

[gwladok5]

I'm sure all types of "whistle blowers" are welcome on these forums!

[CaptainBazza]

The problem has apparently been fixed...something to do with the unforseen and extreme winter conditions causing a problem with filters, which affected the electrical cooling system.

Enough said, eh?

Cheers Bazza (Mod)