TRAVEL: 'Dragging brake' caused train problems (From News Shopper)
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TRAVEL: 'Dragging brake' caused train problems
9:06am Wednesday 28th July 2010 in
PROBLEMS with a ‘dragging brake’ on a train in the Bromley South area caused delays for commuters this morning.
Passengers travelling on the service from London Victoria to Orpington at around 8.45am were evacuated at Bromley South and the train was taken out of service.
This caused around a 10 minute delay on some services but they have now been returned to normal.
One woman who called the paper from the station says she believed the problem was due to a fire underneath a train carriage.
A Southeastern trains spokeswoman says there may have been a burning smell or the smell of smoke caused by the brake dragging on the track.
Comments(17)
Orp Boy
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10:40am Wed 28 Jul 10
You didnt mention that the service on board cart had run out of mars bars either.
Simon Bull
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11:00am Wed 28 Jul 10
We try to keep people informed of delays on the roads or public transport. While relatively short-lived, these problems on the trains around the Bromley area would have affected lots of people travelling to work.
Orp Boy
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11:22am Wed 28 Jul 10
jca111
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11:43am Wed 28 Jul 10
Also who the hell phones a news paper from the station to report a minor deley!
Simon Bull
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11:57am Wed 28 Jul 10
We do run a live website, you know.
The version here is an update to that earlier story which mops up the details and explains that it turned out to only be a minor incident.
porkpie
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12:44pm Wed 28 Jul 10
Newsflash Lidls are selling goodfellas pizza for £1. Now that's news.
hell
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12:52pm Wed 28 Jul 10
Make Life
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1:01pm Wed 28 Jul 10
porkpie wrote:What toppings though?
You didn't report about the cancelled train and then delays yesterday. Newsflash Lidls are selling goodfellas pizza for £1. Now that's news.
Simon Bull
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1:47pm Wed 28 Jul 10
porkpie wrote:We do our best and report on what we can. If there were delays on the trains yesterday it would have still shown up in our live travel bulletins if we didn't do a story on it.
You didn't report about the cancelled train and then delays yesterday. Newsflash Lidls are selling goodfellas pizza for £1. Now that's news.
Simon Bull
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1:48pm Wed 28 Jul 10
hell wrote:Actually, in the past travel updates have been among our most popular articles.
I agree. Its a rediculous story. Who checks the Newsshopper website for train delays. National Rail enquiries is the site for that. Thanks for the Pizza info though - I nice quick tea for when I've been delayed 10 minutes on the train x
Make Life
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4:47pm Wed 28 Jul 10
There are currently delays between London and Dartford/Gravesend. Please can you report this? Thanks
Simon Bull
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5:20pm Wed 28 Jul 10
Make Life wrote:Just happened upon your message. In the future if there's anything happening which you think we might report on it's probably best to email it so someone sees it more quickly.
Simon, There are currently delays between London and Dartford/Gravesend. Please can you report this? Thanks
Looking into train delays.
There's been a problem at Orpington this afternoon and also in the Dartford/Gravesend area.
If you follow our live travel bulletins you'll see this currently on there:
Replacement bus service running on Southeastern between Dartford and Gravesend due to broken down train at Swanscombe. London Underground are accepting tickets for reasonable routes. Recovery of the train is expected to take some time, and journey times will be extended by up to 30 minutes.
Make Life
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5:39pm Wed 28 Jul 10
Simon Bull wrote:just looked at you live bulletins and it only mentions the disruption between Victoria and Orpington on the Southeastern line. Did you get that message from the Southeastern website? Your a good sport Simon :)
Make Life wrote: Simon, There are currently delays between London and Dartford/Gravesend. Please can you report this? ThanksJust happened upon your message. In the future if there's anything happening which you think we might report on it's probably best to email it so someone sees it more quickly. Looking into train delays. There's been a problem at Orpington this afternoon and also in the Dartford/Gravesend area. If you follow our live travel bulletins you'll see this currently on there: Replacement bus service running on Southeastern between Dartford and Gravesend due to broken down train at Swanscombe. London Underground are accepting tickets for reasonable routes. Recovery of the train is expected to take some time, and journey times will be extended by up to 30 minutes.
Simon Bull
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10:37am Thu 29 Jul 10
The message about trains being delayed in Dartford/Gravesend was on our site last night. If you view the travel report via the box in the top right-hand corner of the site then this delay may not have shown up because that box is set by default to Orpington. However, if you go to newsshopper.co.uk/li you can set the location to what you want and you'll get a pretty decent travel bulletin for your area.
We also did a brief article on the site last night about the delays in Orpington and north Kent. We're obviously not going to cover every single travel problem but when we know about something and we think it's going to be of interest to people then we'll cover it. Whether people consider that to be news is up to them!
ksc
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1:44pm Thu 29 Jul 10
Simon Bull wrote:Simon, you're the web manager so you can report what ever you think is reportable, don't let porkpie and the rest of the rabble brow beat you, besides, porkpie seems too preoccupied with food to be taken seriously.
porkpie wrote:We do our best and report on what we can. If there were delays on the trains yesterday it would have still shown up in our live travel bulletins if we didn't do a story on it.
You didn't report about the cancelled train and then delays yesterday. Newsflash Lidls are selling goodfellas pizza for £1. Now that's news.
Make Life
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2:19pm Thu 29 Jul 10
ksc wrote:ksc, there is something on the end of your nose
Simon Bull wrote:Simon, you're the web manager so you can report what ever you think is reportable, don't let porkpie and the rest of the rabble brow beat you, besides, porkpie seems too preoccupied with food to be taken seriously.porkpie wrote: You didn't report about the cancelled train and then delays yesterday. Newsflash Lidls are selling goodfellas pizza for £1. Now that's news.We do our best and report on what we can. If there were delays on the trains yesterday it would have still shown up in our live travel bulletins if we didn't do a story on it.
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Make Life says...
10:21am Wed 28 Jul 10