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Lisa @TicklishHoneyBee@twoot.site
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Train problems on the way to work this morning: I leave earlier so I have a buffer in case of delays. I was still late to work.
Basically everything was fine, and then we left a station and it took 45 minutes to get to the next one; it usually takes 3 minutes.

Power problems apparently; there was a crew working on the OHLE.
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Jeder neocat_floof_googly_woozy neocat_flag_agender @jeder@miau.jeder.pl
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@TicklishHoneyBee did someone steal the cables neocat_googly_woozy
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Lisa @TicklishHoneyBee@twoot.site
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@jeder It was the sort of area where that's possible.

Mostly just surprised it wasn't a truck hitting the OHLE at the level crossing there; that seemed the most likely.
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Jeder neocat_floof_googly_woozy neocat_flag_agender @jeder@miau.jeder.pl
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@TicklishHoneyBee ...truck? are there support pylons close to it
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Lisa @TicklishHoneyBee@twoot.site
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@jeder Here's the station it took 45 minutes to get to this morning: my train came from the left (north), the problem was at the next station to the south (or that's where the work crew were).

An overheight truck could hit the OHLE when crossing the tracks, or someone could hit a power pole and bring the mains power lines down onto the train power lines: Both have happened in the past.
Screenshot of google streetview, showing a road crossing a railway line at a level crossing (both road and rail at the same ground level) next to station. The railway has overhead powerlines (OHLE) for the electric train service, and over the top of it all a mains power lines crosses, with a power pole visible in the near-distance at the other side of the tracks. The photo was taken on a bright sunny day.
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Jeder neocat_floof_googly_woozy neocat_flag_agender @jeder@miau.jeder.pl
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@TicklishHoneyBee overheight huh
damn
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