Waterloo Incident

[tonyav]

Looks like something has happened at Waterloo, the whole Jubilee line is suspended.
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1161157/waterloo-station-jubilee-line-police-london-news?fbclid=IwAR0uQRaYIIbu_itaXlQYlGCWlAuN9kGP5Y2m_Yniw7He1It6v1AycwT6wWA

[ladybirder]

Open again.
https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-train-incident/londons-jubilee-underground-line-suspended-after-incident-idUKKCN1US2B0

[marval]

Glad it was nothing too serious.

[Buenchico]

Reuters is reporting that everything is getting back to normal:
https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-train-incident/londons-jubilee-underground-line-suspended-after-incident-idUKKCN1US2B0

[Buenchico]

Ooh! Snap, Ladybirder!

[tonyav]

Something to nothing then, ladybirder. No security issues.

[Buenchico]

It could have just been something shorting the power circuit. I was in charge of a railway station when a pigeon, sitting on an overhead power cable, brought it's wing into contact with the earthed frame of a bridge. That resulted in one hell of a bang!

[tonyav]

Probably will turn out to be something like that, Chris.

[Patsy33]

That's good, my daughter travelling to Waterloo to Weymouth tomorrow morning, to join us on holiday...

[ladybirder]

Yes thank goodness Tony.
And a cooked pigeon Chris?

[tonyav]

All will be well then, Patsy.

[Patsy33]

Hope so Tone, wonder what it was??

[tonyav]

Like Chris say's probably a pigeon or something touching an earth and causing a bang and some sparks, Patsy.

[tonyav]

Are you enjoying Weymouth, Patsy ?
Nice big beach isn't it.

[Buenchico]

The pigeon actually flew off, Ladybirder, but it probably didn't survive long afterwards, I suspect :(

There have been several cases where rail workers have come into contact with live overhead wires and have been taken to hospital happily chatting away to people. However their relatives have immediately been called in to hold their hands during their dying moments, because the medics have known that their internal organs will have been rendered useless. (It's amazing what one learns on railway safety courses!)

[Prudie]

Are you enjoying Weymouth Patsy? I drove along the front there yesterday and the beach was packed and loads of people in the sea.

[Patsy33]

Going to Weymouth in the morning. A very popular beach! Staying for a week with family. We have a caravan there..

[Buenchico]

Hmmm.

Prudie drives along the seafront and everyone jumps into the sea!

Even my driving isn't that bad ;-)

[tonyav]

Don't forget to pack your bikini, Patsy. We want pics ;-)

[Patsy33]

Right you are Tone! :-)

[Patsy33]

It's very popular, Prudie. A lovely beach..