Just a quick heads up, on Thursday night a vehicle struck the railway bridge at Strines station, at the bottom of the descent from the Fox Inn

http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?X=397837&Y=386459&A=Y&Z=115

On the night, the policeman allowed us to pass underneath and said it would be open again the next morning, but we’ve been past today and it’s still shut

Doesn’t look like it’ll be a quick fix either

Delays between Manchester Piccadilly and Sheffield via Romiley until further notice
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Incident created
23/01/2014 18:04
Last updated
25/01/2014 01:10
Route affected
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Trains between Manchester Piccadilly and New Mills Central / Sheffield

Train operator affected
Northern Rail;
Description
A vehicle has struck a bridge near Strines. Due to the damaged caused to the bridge (which can be seen here) the following changes will apply until further notice:
Some trains between Manchester Piccadilly and New Mills Central will start / terminate at Marple and not call at Strines or New Mills Central
Some trains between Manchester Piccadilly and Sheffield via Romiley will be diverted via Stockport
Where needed, buses will supplement trains between Marple and New Mills Central / Chinley
Journey times will be extended by up to 20 minutes.

Twitter hashtag: #Strines
To check your journey, please use the National Rail Enquiries real-time Journey Planner

from: http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/service_disruptions/today.aspx

You can still do the fox descent, turning right before the bridge and climbing back up. To cross the railway you’ll have to go via Hague Bar or Green clough farm

http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?X=397695&Y=386901&A=Y&Z=115

From the Whitecroft Farm end it just looked like they’d put 2 orange barriers up which looked easily avoided. Is there something more in the way from the other side?

We came through from the canal – there were two groups of bikers in front of us who;d been turned back as they were working on it. Not sure what’s there in terms of security and whether you’d be able to get through while work was not happening

OMG ! How many pints did the driver drink ? He must have been on a pub crawl in a truck heading to the fox for last orders ! 😉

bumpty burp

*scuse I*