Lorry stuck under bridge leads to train delays on Lakes Line (From The Westmorland Gazette)
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Lorry stuck under bridge leads to train delays on Lakes Line
3:15pm Wednesday 6th March 2013 in News
By Ellis Butcher, Reporter
The lorry stuck under the bridge. Pic by Andrew Stuart.
TRAIN services along the Lakes Line were experiencing delays and cancellations this afternoon after a lorry collided with a railway bridge.
The accident happened when a HGV Scania struck the underside of the railway bridge spanning Burneside Road in Kendal.
The male driver of the vehicle, belonging to haulage firm, Bird’s Groupage Limited, was said to be unhurt.
Police attended the scene and traffic was moving freely after the lorry was eventually reversed from under the 14ft nine inch bridge.
Passerby Andrew Stuart was on the scene and said he saw the driver 'holding his head in his hands' after the accident.
"The lorry was the only vehicle involved and the driver was not hurt," said Mr Stuart.
As a precautionary measure, train services running in both directions and involving stations at Windermere, Staveley, Burneside, Kendal and Oxenholme were subject to delays.
At least one service to Oxenholme was cancelled and it is likely structural checks will be made to the bridge before services can fully resume.
Delays are expected of up to 20 minutes and are expected to continue unti approximately 3.45pm.
Northern Rail and First Transpennine Express run services along the route from the West Coast Mainline at Oxenholme.
To find out if trains are delayed, call National Rail Enquiries on 08457 48 49 50 or visit http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/
Twitter users can also use the hashtag #kendal to find out service updates.
Comments(9)
Lakeuk
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9:51pm Wed 6 Mar 13
Topp66
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9:54pm Wed 6 Mar 13
hogheaven
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6:53am Thu 7 Mar 13
oceancloud
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12:27pm Thu 7 Mar 13
h Road.There is a sign on the main road opposite the entrance to Sandylands Road telling the height of the bridge but you still meet wagons reversing all the way from the bridge back up to Sandylands Road on a regular basis. Mostly foreign drivers but not entirely.
life cycle too
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2:17pm Sat 9 Mar 13
They already do so when maintenance closes it, and it makes it easier for users to access at Staveley, where disabled people cannot reach the platform up the steep steps.
hogheaven
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2:47pm Sat 9 Mar 13
station there always seems to be a good few people waiting for the train,also if there was the room for a larger carpark it would be useful for visitors to leave cars at oxenholme and travel to Ambelside , helping to alleviate some of the congestion ,so long as the fares are offordable,combined park and ride ticket?
life cycle too
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5:14pm Sat 9 Mar 13
hogheaven wrote:There are not so many users that they couldn't be comfortably accommodated on a bus.
The line is a important link for visitors to the lakes when I have been at Oxenholme
station there always seems to be a good few people waiting for the train,also if there was the room for a larger carpark it would be useful for visitors to leave cars at oxenholme and travel to Ambelside , helping to alleviate some of the congestion ,so long as the fares are offordable,combined park and ride ticket?
Rail is a great way to haul freight - but the days when even the newspapers arrived in Windermere by train are gone, and the cost of maintaining the track is huge... and as I pointed out - some passengers are excluded.
Kendmoor
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9:12pm Sat 9 Mar 13
not worth worrying about though - it'd never happen (quote me on that ;) )
Topp66 says...
7:25pm Wed 6 Mar 13