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Commuters faced rush hour mayhem after a lorry wedged itself under a railway bridge, cutting off a major Overground route through north London.
The bridge strike happened in Wood Street, Walthamstow, just before 5pm, and left London Overground services severely delayed between Hackney Downs and Chingford.
An Irish truck by the look of the reg, most likely driven by a flip flop following a sat nav. A german said to my father once while loading in Germany laughing, “Irishman if you think the pole is going to help your business your mistaking”. The German was correct 
London my arse. Hardly brought the city to a standstill
Good attempt but it was never going to fit really?
wood Street E17, is not in North London.
none of the route even goes via north london … typucal lazy journal.
would of affected 2 bus routes 230/W16.
hardly any traffic gridlock to that area at all.
discoman:
wood Street E17, is not in North London.
none of the route even goes via north london … typucal lazy journal.would of affected 2 bus routes 230/W16.
hardly any traffic gridlock to that area at all.
It doesn’t say wood street is in north London.
It says trains were affected not buses.
Seany:
discoman:
wood Street E17, is not in North London.
none of the route even goes via north london … typucal lazy journal.would of affected 2 bus routes 230/W16.
hardly any traffic gridlock to that area at all.
It doesn’t say wood street is in north London.
It says trains were affected not buses.
He can’t read headlines right as the bridge it struck takes the NORTH London railway line which runs around the top of London down to Stratford
Good effort
i know he’s got nobody to blame but himself but I feel for the fella. His ego and his pride will be bruised that’s for sure.
Unless my eyes are deceiving me that sign on the bridge reads 4 metres, 13’ 6" : WRONG 4 metres is 13’ 1" result OOOPS crash.
cav551:
Unless my eyes are deceiving me that sign on the bridge reads 4 metres, 13’ 6" : WRONG 4 metres is 13’ 1" result OOOPS crash.
I reckon if he had of floored it he would have made that. Wouldnt fancy having to stop in Walthamstow for any reason place is a dump.
cav551:
Unless my eyes are deceiving me that sign on the bridge reads 4 metres, 13’ 6" : WRONG 4 metres is 13’ 1" result OOOPS crash.
Your eyes are deceiving you, the sign reads 4.1 metres which is just under 13’ 6".
why didn’t he reverse back and straighten the trailer out[only kidding lol]
truckman020:
why didn’t he reverse back and straighten the trailer out[only kidding lol]
He couldn’t do that because of the chaos he had caused with traffic solid for miles behind him and plod busy looking at his tacho 
TheYoungTrucker:
An Irish truck by the look of the reg, most likely driven by a flip flop following a sat nav. A german said to my father once while loading in Germany laughing, “Irishman if you think the pole is going to help your business your mistaking”. The German was correct
No doubt. After all it’s a well known fact no British or Irish driver has ever hit a bridge…
NewbieNeil:
i know he’s got nobody to blame but himself but I feel for the fella. His ego and his pride will be bruised that’s for sure.
Hope he doesn’t work for himself. Delaying London Overground services at rush hour will attract a healthy fine 
blue estate:
Seany:
discoman:
wood Street E17, is not in North London.
none of the route even goes via north london … typucal lazy journal.would of affected 2 bus routes 230/W16.
hardly any traffic gridlock to that area at all.
It doesn’t say wood street is in north London.
It says trains were affected not buses.He can’t read headlines right as the bridge it struck takes the NORTH London railway line which runs around the top of London down to Stratford
it
Where did it mention the north london railway? …
trains across north london? yeah Chingford, Highams Park, Wood St , Walthamstow and st james street. all East London … … then Hackney downs Bethnal green and liverpool street where is stratford on that line?
read it correctly and it says later North london was disrupted, all pictures are of wood street walthamstow that it indicates in the article.
discoman:
blue estate:
Seany:
discoman:
wood Street E17, is not in North London.
none of the route even goes via north london … typucal lazy journal.would of affected 2 bus routes 230/W16.
hardly any traffic gridlock to that area at all.
It doesn’t say wood street is in north London.
It says trains were affected not buses.He can’t read headlines right as the bridge it struck takes the NORTH London railway line which runs around the top of London down to Stratford
it
Where did it mention the north london railway? …
trains across north london? yeah Chingford, Highams Park, Wood St , Walthamstow and st james street. all East London … … then Hackney downs Bethnal green and liverpool street where is stratford on that line?
read it correctly and it says later North london was disrupted, all pictures are of wood street walthamstow that it indicates in the article.
Think you need to read too lol, he said the bridge takes the North London Line, thats what that train route is called THE NORTH LONDON LINE
I thought there were fancier sat navs that said warnings of low bridges to the level you punch into the device?
I’ve always thought that the reason Truck drivers use SatNavs out of a Christmas Cracker - was they are too cheapskate to buy a proper one. 
