Fortunately for the driver, he seems to have done it without realising if they have to check them out at the depot to see if there is any sign of the collision. I’ve often read of drivers who realise this is going to happen but can’t stop their train on time.
Loughborough Junction chitter-chatter
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not-bono-ever
meh
without being mawkish, families in the area may be having to deal with their son/ partner not returning home for work after a night out and seeing this on the news. awful to have to take on board
CH1
"Red Guard"(NLYL)
Just to interject, as teuchter says the bodies on the film clip are being removed from the SouthEastern Trains lines rather the Overground ones.
I reckon ricbake has given a horrifyingly plausible explanation, but in any case if there is forensic material to be recovered from trains there are also frequent freight services along there, so if nothing were found on a SouthEastern train they could be seeking evidence from a train by now in the north of England.
I find this particularly shocking as it must have happened only a few feet from where I live - and presumably people in the upper floor flats of the mansion blocks in Coldharbour Lane a few doors down can see all this.
I reckon ricbake has given a horrifyingly plausible explanation, but in any case if there is forensic material to be recovered from trains there are also frequent freight services along there, so if nothing were found on a SouthEastern train they could be seeking evidence from a train by now in the north of England.
I find this particularly shocking as it must have happened only a few feet from where I live - and presumably people in the upper floor flats of the mansion blocks in Coldharbour Lane a few doors down can see all this.
xsunnysuex
Life is a horizontal fall.
Really sad. 
Look at this idiot.
Look at this idiot.
Is that not an attempt at humour?
xsunnysuex
Life is a horizontal fall.
No idea. But not funny if it is.
Certainly not the circumstances to make a joke. I looked up the twitter account and he appears to be someone pretending to be an old Mail reading former Army Captain brexiteer type.
Involving Katie Hopkins and Piers Morgan points to it being a wind up to me.
Angellic
Well-Known Member
Can confirm - all 3 were graffiti artists - two have been IDed but they don’t yet know the third guy.
Friends of a good friend of mine who is obviously beside himself distraught. They were only young, 20’ish. Can’t go into any more details.
That's very sad. I'm sure you'll offer all the support, love and care that you can for your friend.
Angellic
Well-Known Member
SpamMisery
Pretty comfortable here right under your skin
Might influence others to think twice before tagging on train tracks? A bit of a shock tactic like when they repeatedly showed the body of the migrant toddler on the beach.
bimble
floofy
You don't seriously think that the people at sky who sent the helicopter were motivated by hoping to save other lives in the future do you? But having a look at press complaints rules it seems that might be what they'd say, that its in the public interest for 'public health or safety' reasons so overrules anyones right to privacy.
SpamMisery
Pretty comfortable here right under your skin
No, I imagine they did it because we're all, by and large, fascinated by death. I was trying to see the positives.
agricola
a genuine importer of owls
They'd no doubt argue that, but its hard to see how that argument to public safety would ever pass muster. For a start they almost certainly sold the footage to other news organizations.
RIP to the three dead men
CH1
"Red Guard"(NLYL)
The Transport Police put this out earlier:
18 Jun 2018 18:57
UPDATE : Three men died at Loughborough Junction - London
Officers are continuing to investigate the deaths of three men at Loughborough Junction this morning.
The three men have not yet been formally identified, but we now believe them to have been aged 19, 23 and 23. They were all from the London area.
Their families have been informed and are now being supported by specially trained officers.
Efforts are still under way to establish the circumstances of how the men came to be on the tracks this morning.
Anyone with information is asked to contact BTP by calling 0800 40 50 40 or texting 61016 with reference 93 of 18 June.
18 Jun 2018 18:57
UPDATE : Three men died at Loughborough Junction - London
Officers are continuing to investigate the deaths of three men at Loughborough Junction this morning.
The three men have not yet been formally identified, but we now believe them to have been aged 19, 23 and 23. They were all from the London area.
Their families have been informed and are now being supported by specially trained officers.
Efforts are still under way to establish the circumstances of how the men came to be on the tracks this morning.
Anyone with information is asked to contact BTP by calling 0800 40 50 40 or texting 61016 with reference 93 of 18 June.
not-bono-ever
meh
this tory scummer has now locked down his twatter account
eta- he has plenty of previous on a range of subjects
eta- he has plenty of previous on a range of subjects
snowy_again
Slush
Sadly so are some higher profile Brixton ones.
CH1
"Red Guard"(NLYL)
I see Camberwell Forum are asking people to reTweet their petition to re-open Camberwell Station
Very interested to get an assessment from teuchter on this. Looks to me if they reopened Camberwell it would be an intermediate station between Elephant and Castle and Denmark Hill, generally speaking.
Not much use to most of us though. Surely the best option for everyone would be to re-introduce the Denmark Hill line platforms at Loughborough Junction.
Considering LJ was considered a major interchange in 1870, things have got to a pretty pass now. There seems to be de facto permanent staffing because the ticket barriers are inadequate and the steps too dangerous. LJ surely would be a candidate for a proper rebuild.
Very interested to get an assessment from teuchter on this. Looks to me if they reopened Camberwell it would be an intermediate station between Elephant and Castle and Denmark Hill, generally speaking.
Not much use to most of us though. Surely the best option for everyone would be to re-introduce the Denmark Hill line platforms at Loughborough Junction.
Considering LJ was considered a major interchange in 1870, things have got to a pretty pass now. There seems to be de facto permanent staffing because the ticket barriers are inadequate and the steps too dangerous. LJ surely would be a candidate for a proper rebuild.
teuchter
je suis teuchter
Selfishly, I'd sort of like it to stay closed because it means we speed from LJ to Elephant without interruption.
But it is quite a big gap without a station and I can see a good argument for re-opening it. As I understand it, it wouldn't be too challenging technically.
As I think has been discussed here before, the problems with opening the old platforms at LJ are (a) the curve is too steep for modern standards and (b) to extend the platforms to be long enough for modern trains would involve extending them out over the road bridge.
But it is quite a big gap without a station and I can see a good argument for re-opening it. As I understand it, it wouldn't be too challenging technically.
As I think has been discussed here before, the problems with opening the old platforms at LJ are (a) the curve is too steep for modern standards and (b) to extend the platforms to be long enough for modern trains would involve extending them out over the road bridge.
CH1
"Red Guard"(NLYL)
I was thinking of this when I changed onto the DLR from the Central Iine on Sunday.
The gap between the doors and the platform at Bank (Central Line) is huge - enough to get an undertaker and the coffin down, never mind twisting your ankle. I look forward to the post-Brexit re-opening of the Denmark Hill bound platforms at LJ - extended onto the bridge, since Elf and Safety presumably comes under a Brussels Quango! (Just kidding)
The Thameslink journey between Elephant and Castle is very quick. Time machine like. The trains seem to get well above the speed at any other point on my journey between Tulse Hill and City Thameslink.
editor
hiraethified
Piece in the BBC about the graffiti artists who died:
I'm not so bothered about walls, buy I wish graf artists wouldn't draw on the side of trains and completely cover up windows.
Railway graffiti: Props, respect and death
I'm not so bothered about walls, buy I wish graf artists wouldn't draw on the side of trains and completely cover up windows.
Railway graffiti: Props, respect and death
Crispy
The following psytrance is baṉned: All
The trouble with reopening Camberwell is that the trains are already arse-to-crotch full at LJ. To get more trains on that line, they'd have to terminate lots of them at Blackfriars. Residents on the line have strongly campaigned to retain fewer through services rather than more frequent terminators, so here we are.
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