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minus-squarerami@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·15 hours agoI’m surprised to see no one else mention that it only took them an hour and a half to get an inspection done, signed of on and the lines reopened? That seems pretty impressive for something as important as a rail bridge.
minus-squareleftzero@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·15 hours agoI mean, it’s the time to get an inspector off of bed, on the road, to the site, and for them to go “yup, bridge’s still there” and call back…
minus-squareohulancutash@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 hours agoIn reality though they’re responsible, so they’re going to do a proper assessment regardless.
minus-squareronigami@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·15 hours agoFor a “once in decades” event you would normally expect that people aren’t really on call to respond in a few minutes.
minus-squareohulancutash@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 hours agoNetwork Rail have emergency response crews.
I’m surprised to see no one else mention that it only took them an hour and a half to get an inspection done, signed of on and the lines reopened? That seems pretty impressive for something as important as a rail bridge.
I mean, it’s the time to get an inspector off of bed, on the road, to the site, and for them to go “yup, bridge’s still there” and call back…
In reality though they’re responsible, so they’re going to do a proper assessment regardless.
For a “once in decades” event you would normally expect that people aren’t really on call to respond in a few minutes.
Network Rail have emergency response crews.