Loadings, cancellations and other issues

[whole diary]

[bobm]

Alteration to the 05:18 Gloucester to Southampton Central due 08:09.

This train will be terminated at Westbury.

This train will no longer call at Dilton Marsh, Warminster, Salisbury, Romsey and Southampton Central.

This is due to a broken down train.

Engineering train having problems getting into Westbury yard.

[bobm]

Alteration to the 19:32 Westbury to Cheltenham Spa due 21:33.

This train has been delayed from Westbury by 40 minutes, has been further delayed between Trowbridge and Melksham and is now 46 minutes late.

This train will be terminated at Gloucester.

This train will no longer call at Cheltenham Spa.

This is due to an earlier broken down train.

[grahame]

In the past, mind you, that would have been cancelled ... so we have moved forward.   And the extra 6 minutes delay was almost undoubtedly caused by another train that wasn't there last year.

[grahame]

08:36 Swindon to Westbury due 09:20
This train will no longer call at Melksham.
This is due to a train fault.

Err ... odd one ...

[bobm]

It is because of this

Delay on the 08:22 Westbury to Swindon due 09:06.

This train is being delayed at Melksham.

This is due to a train fault.

So the single line is blocked....

[JayMac]

0822 from Westbury has suffered a loss of air...

[bobm]

The 08:36 has gone via Bathampton Junction and was 21 minutes late at Trowbridge (having left Swindon four late).

Meanwhile the 08:22 from Westbury has left Melksham 55 minutes later after a fitter travelled out to it to make repairs.

[grahame]

Oh dear ... just six passengers on the 10:48 this morning when it arrived from Trowbridge.  2 got off, 2 more got on making 8 users on the Trowbridge - Chippenham section ... may be one or two more as I was counting through the windows.   Weather windy, overcast, cold and heavy rain showers; more like a winter day that May, and that was reflected in the loadings.   Last weekend of winter train service, last Sunday it was bustituted and it was a bank holiday and next Sunday the summer service starts.

P.S. - Conductor says he's been on the run since Thursday and it's been pretty busy ...

[bobm]

After last Thursday's problems, it seems the gremlins have struck again this week..

Alteration to 12:47 Swindon to Westbury due 13:33.

This train is being delayed between Chippenham and Trowbridge and is now expected to be 7 minutes late.

This train will be diverted between Chippenham and Trowbridge.

This train will no longer call at Melksham.

This is due to signalling problems.

Additional Information:

Replacement road transport will operate between Chippenham and Westbury via Melksham. .

[bobm]

Delay on 15:14 Swindon to Westbury due 16:10.

This train has been delayed from Swindon and is now 25 minutes late.

This is due to earlier signalling problems.

[grahame]

A busy day for me ..
09:15 at Melksham to Westbury -3 +5 -> 9  = 12/8
14:14 from Westbury 10 on arrival from TRO^» (Trowbridge - next trains) -2 +3 = 13/5
"Quiet all around due to half term week" say crew; I can vouch for that business wise.
16:31 at Melksham -14 +3 -> 21 = 35/17 then -16 +5 at CPM^» (Chippenham - next trains)
17:36 from Swindon left with 46 on. -6+10@CPM -5+0@MKM^» (Melksham (Station code) - next trains) 55/5
18:38 from Trowbridge 12 from TRO +1 -0 @MKM 13/1
19:09 from CPM - between 25 and 30 on train / -6 +2 @ MKM

10:08 Westbury to Warminster carried 2 passengers - me + 1 other
10:23 back left WMN^» (Warminster - next trains) with 6+me and picked up 5 at DMH^» (Dilton Marsh - next trains)
"The similar trip at around 3pm is busy with school traffic - otherwise it's a quiet set of services" say crew.

Old reports from 3/5 ...
07:48 at Melksham -12 + 10 -> 72 = 84/22
09:02 at Melksham +25
Old report from 19/5
18:48 at Melksham -5 +2; 2 caught bus

[grahame]

13:32 Westbury to Swindon due 14:20
This train will be cancelled.
This is due to a broken down train.

14:36 Swindon to Westbury due 15:20
This train will be cancelled.
This is due to a broken down train. [/quote

[bobm]

Unusual one.  Cancelled because the driver was needed to take another unit to Castle Cary to help with a failed train.

[phile]

The root cause is always given en though it may not appear to be the direct cause.

[John R]

Unusual movement at Chippenham tonight. The 1852 Swindon to Westbury (SWT^▸ (South West Trains) CL 158) departed at the same time as the CL153 operating the TW service today did. However,   the TW service was also heading west, and they ran parallel towards Thingley Jn. "We do like to race them sometimes said one of the platform staff".  Appears the 153 was declared a failure at Chippenham and was on its way back to the depot for some TLC^▸ (three letter code ), but it certainly made for an unusual movement, which I wish I'd recorded.

26 on the 1852 leaving SWI^» (Swindon - next trains), and around 22 leaving Chippenham, although difficult to confirm having left the train.