Bridge Strike Watch - history

[ozbob]

Bridge Strike Watch (BSW) > http://railbotforum.org/bsw/

BSW web site was set up 4 April 2016.

Date	Time	Location	Period between strikes
03/04/16	02:26 PM	Indooroopilly
21/04/16	07:20 AM	Cue Street Auchenflower	17 days 16 hours 54 minutes
29/04/16	09:52 AM	Highlands Road Eudlo	8 days 2 hours 32 minutes
29/04/16	03:20 PM	Bridge Street Chelmer	0 days 5 hours 28 minutes
14/05/16	09:45 AM	Park Road Yeronga	14 days 17 hours 25 minutes
17/05/16	08:29 AM	Logan Road Buranda	2 days 22 hours 44 minutes
18/05/16	06:10 PM	Pickering Street Gaythorne	1 days 9 hours 41 minutes
19/05/16	12:41 PM	Boomerang Street Milton	0 days 18 hours 31 minutes
21/05/16	02:53 PM	Dunlop Tce Corinda	2 days 2 hours 12 minutes
31/05/16	11:46 AM	Margaret St Palmwoods	9 days 20 hours 53 minutes
02/06/16	01:33 PM	Peel St South Brisbane	2 days 1 hours 47 minutes
10/06/16	08:30 AM	Oxley Rd Tennyson	7 days 18 hours 57 minutes
14/06/16	12:13 PM	Logan Rd Buranda	4 days 3 hours 43 minutes
21/06/16	04:54 PM	Beam struck Allwood St Indooroopilly*	7 days 4 hours 41 minutes
01/07/16	08:55 AM	Logan Rd Buranda	9 days 16 hours 11 minutes
01/07/16	11:13 AM	Allwood St Indooroopilly*	0 days 2 hours 18 minutes
08/07/16	02:00 PM	Beenleigh - southern end platform Market Pl Dr	7 days 2 hours 47 minutes
15/07/16	07:40 PM	Rocklea - Rocky Waterhole Muriel Ave	7 days 5 hours 40 minutes
16/08/16	11:06 AM	Booval - Burgen St (up side)	31 days 15 hours 26 minutes
16/08/16	02:24 PM	Corinda - Oxley Road	0 days 3 hours 18 minutes
23/08/16	10:22 AM	Indooroopilly - Allwood Street	6 days 19 hours 58 minutes
19/09/16	12:35 PM	Muriel Avenue Rocklea	27 days 2 hours 13 minutes
21/09/16	11:05 AM	Boomerang Street Milton	1 days 23 hours 30 minutes
5/10/16	9:45 AM	Std gauge line Glenapp	13 days 20 hours 40 minutes
5/10/16	1:05 PM	Muriel Avenue Moorooka	0 days 3 hours  20 minutes
7/10/16	6:07 AM	Allwood Street Indooroopilly	1 days 17 hours 2 minutes
7/10/16	2:46 PM	Logan Road Buranda**	0 days 8 hours 39 minutes
16/10/16	5:00 PM	Annerley Road Dutton Park***	9 days 2 hours 14 minutes
27/10/16	4:45 PM	Sylvan Road Toowong	10 days 23 hours 45 minutes
4/11/16	6:30 PM	Eudlo	8 days 1 hours 45 minutes
9/11/16	11:40 AM	Logan Road Buranda	4 days 17 hours 10 minutes
17/11/16	9:39 AM	Pickering St Enoggera	7 days 21 hours 59 minutes
22/11/16	12:40 PM	Market Place Drive Beenleigh	5 days 3 hours 1 minute
23/11/16	1:32 PM	Bridge Street Chelmer	1 days 0 hours 52 minutes
24/11/16	12:25 PM	Cribb Street Milton	0 days 22 hours 53 minutes
1/12/16	10:20 AM	Ernest Street South Bank	6 days 21 hours 55 minutes
9/12/16	10:55 AM	Allwood Street Indooroopilly***	8 days 0 hours 25 minutes
12/12/16	5:05 PM	Logan Road Buranda	3 days 6 hours 10 minutes
27/12/16	1:45 PM	Thornside Road Thornside<>Birkdale	14 days 20 hours 40 minutes
25/01/17	10:15 AM	Indooroopilly Station	28 days 20 hours 30 minutes
17/03/17	11:45 AM	Pickering Street Enoggera	51 days 1 hours 30 minutes
24/03/17	12:40 PM	Ernest St South Brisbane	7 days 0 hours 55 minutes

* trains not stopped but reduced speed till cleared.

** freight trains only affected.

*** beam strike.

[ozbob]

There was a bridge strike at Glenapp on the 5th October 2016.

This strike severely damaged the bridge and bent the rails and has stopped rail traffic on the standard gauge line until repairs done.

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http://www.nswtrainlink.info/your_journey/on_the_day/service_alerts

North Coast -

5 October - 7 October 2016

Due to emergency rail maintenance between Tamrookum and Glennapp in Queensland, CLK31 the overnight 14:41 Sydney to Brisbane XPT service will terminate at Casino where passengers will transfer to a road coach service to their final destinations.

5 October - 8 October 2016

Due to emergency rail maintenance between Glennapp and Tamrookum in Queensland, CLK32 the 04:55 Brisbane to Sydney XPT service will be replaced by a road coach service between Brisbane and Grafton, Passengers departing from Brisbane will be conveyed by a road coach service to Grafton then transfer to the XPT for the remainder of their journey. The XPT service will commence from Casino on-time. 

[ozbob]

Estimated the standard gauge line will re-open 8th October 2016.

A bridge pillar was severely damaged and also has to be replaced.

[ozbob]

Rail Express --> Truck hit-and-run shuts ARTC line to Brisbane

The Australian Rail Track Corporation believes its North Coast railway line will be shut down for at least three days, after a truck driver allegedly hit a rail bridge near Dulbolla, causing severe damage which must be fixed.

A reckless truck driver is believed to have hit-and-run the rail overbridge at Running Creek Road near Dulbolla, south of Brisbane, just before 9.45am on October 4.

ARTC's interstate general asset manager Brian Green said on October 5 the bridge would need to be repaired before passenger and freight trains could return to service.

"The careless action of the driver has caused significant damage to the bridge," Green said, "and it is only thanks to a member of the community reporting the incident that we could ensure no trains ran over the rail line after the incident.

"Even worse is the truck driver has seemingly reversed and drove away from the incident site without reporting it, leaving the rail line and rail services, as well as motorists, exposed to potentially serious harm."

Green urged residents and motorists who may have seen anything suspicious around the time of the incident to call Crimestoppers.

The ARTC shut down the line, which links Brisbane with Newcastle, for at least 72 hours from October 5.

Road diversions will also be in place during repair works.

"Alongside our own experts, we are currently mobilising structural engineers, plant, lights, cranes, steelworks and concrete contractors and other material and supplies to ensure we can return the track as safely and quickly as possible," Green said.

NSW TrainLink said Sydney to Brisbane XPTs would be replaced by coaches from Casino, while Brisbane to Sydney passengers would be coached to Grafton, where they would board XPTs to Sydney.

[tazzer9]

Anything that could do that much damage to a bridge like that would be easily identifiable.   Hope everyone has fun with the few hundred extra trucks on the pacific motorway.

[aldonius]

Regarding Muriel Avenue: is it in Moorooka or Rocklea? Or does it depend on which side it was hit from?

[ozbob]

Regarding Muriel Avenue: is it in Moorooka or Rocklea? Or does it depend on which side it was hit from?

Yes, I think that is the case.

[aldonius]

I ask mostly because the same bridge is in the table under three different names...

[ozbob]

I ask mostly because the same bridge is in the table under three different names...

Rocky waterhole is just Rocklea.  Older name I think.  Same bridge, two sides, Moorooka or Rocklea depending I guess.

[ozbob]

Northern Star --> Police search for truck driver over rail hit and run


Repairs underway on a rail overbridge that was damaged by a truck on Tuesday.


A rail overpass support damage has caused the closure of the Casino to Brisbane rail line.

THURSDAY 2.45pm: POLICE are continuing their search for the truck driver responsible for hitting a rail overbridge at Rathdowney.

A police spokesman from Rathdowney Police Station said the driver could face charges over leaving the scene, not using due care and attention, and other traffic offences.

A spokesman from the ARTC said repairs to the bridge were progressing more quickly then expected, due in part to locating a spare bridge span to replace the damaged one.

WEDNESDAY 5.36pm: A HIT and run truck crash near Rathdowney in Queensland is responsible for the closure of the rail line between Casino and Brisbane for at least three days.

Police were called to railway overpass on Running Creek Road Tuesday morning where they discovered extensive damage to one of the supports.

"A reckless truck driver has caused delays to trains carrying valuable freight and passengers in and out of Brisbane over the next few days - and avoided even more serious consequences," Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) General Manager Asset - Interstate, Brian Green said

A rail overbridge was struck by a truck at Running Creek Road near Dulbolla, Queensland (east of Rathdowney, in the Beaudesert region) shortly before 9.45am yesterday morning (4 October). The truck driver did not stay at the location or report the incident.

The incident will also mean traffic delays and diversions for local motorists, who will now need to travel via Innisplain Road to reach the Mount Lindesay Highway.

"The careless action of the driver has caused significant damage to the bridge, and it is only thanks to a member of the community reporting the incident that we could ensure no trains ran over the rail line after the incident," Mr Green said.

"Even worse is the truck driver has seemingly reversed and drove away from the incident site without reporting it, leaving the rail line and rail services, as well as motorists, exposed to potentially serious harm.

"We are urging the community to report any observations or suspicious driving behaviour in the region around the time of the incident yesterday to Crimestoppers that might be related to this," Mr Green said.

"The incident was reported around 9.45am yesterday morning so we believe the incident occurred at a time shortly before then."

As a consequence, the North Coast railway line (a major interstate rail connection for Brisbane freight) will at this stage be closed for at least 72 hours from today (October 5).

Road diversions will also be in place during the repair works to the bridge. These repairs will take place around-the-clock to return the bridge to safe operations and to re-open Running Creek Road as soon as possible. We apologise to the local community for any inconvenience as a result of the work.

"Alongside our own experts, we are currently mobilising structural engineers, plant, lights, cranes, steelworks and concrete contractors and other material and supplies to ensure we can return the track as safely and quickly as possible," Mr Green said..

NSW TrainLink are reporting due to emergency rail maintenance between Tamrookum and Glennapp in Queensland buses will transport passengers from Casino to Brisbane in the evening, and Brisbane to Grafton in the morn". The XPT service will commence south from Casino on-time.
 

[ozbob]

Police search for truck driver over rail hit and run > https://t.co/XmMNR4wusW #qldpol #nswpol help find this gutless moron#bridgestrike pic.twitter.com/PaSBkQr8Uw

— Robert Dow (@Robert_Dow) October 6, 2016

[ozbob]

As part of the protection for bridges protection beams are increasingly used.

Following a fatal bridge strike at the Annerley Road Dutton Park rail over road bridge protection beams were put in place.

More background > https://railbotforum.org/mbs/index.php?topic=10943.msg146063#msg146063

The photographs below were taken by brissypete 23rd November 2016.

It shows a truck  that has impacted the protection beam.  This saves the bridge of course (and consequent rail service disruption) however is still a very serious offence, there are very serious potential risks to bystanders and vehicle operator and of course causes generalised road chaos.  The beams are designed to help minimise topple risks and in this case vehicle has remained upright.





Photographs brissypete 23rd November 2016

[ozbob]

This BSW has now ceased.