Massive landslip in the UK: There is no end in
sight to the severe disruption a landslide has caused for Scunthorpe
area rail passengers, according to a leading rail expert. Sim Harris,
managing editor at Railnews, the national newspaper for
the British rail industry, says the landslide near Hatfield Colliery
that is affecting thousands of North Lincolnshire rail passengers is the
worst in decades. The disruption for passengers travelling between
Scunthorpe and Doncaster has seen their journeys extended by up to an
hour as they take buses to and from their destination. Work cannot begin
repairing the track until the landslide stops moving – and officials at
Network Rail say they have no idea when this will be. Mr Harris said:
“Landslips themselves are not that uncommon and over the last year there
have been quite a few because of the heavy rain that we have had.
“There have been a lot of landslips that have not been rail-related, but
some railways have been affected. This one is certainly the worst in my
recollection and you have to go back a long way to find anything of
this nature. In 1953, there were floods along the east coast service
near Newcastle, where bridges were washed away. I don’t think I have
seen anything like this in recent memory. I don’t recall anything as
serious as this. There is no end in sight. He says repairing the line
will not be an easy task. Until the ground stops moving, there is not
much that Network Rail can do – their hands are tied. When it stops
moving, it will take more than five minutes to rebuild four tracks of
main railway. There are junctions that are involved which make it much
more difficult.” –TIS.uk
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