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.....and to back up what I said earlier in this thread the signalling has just failed again at Hayes (1600 on 06/07/2017)   Paddington at a standstill as well. Seems nothing being let out to avoid blocking up the whole area for the next few hours. You really couldn't make it up could you? Totally unfit for purpose. Quite. Looks like I was lucky in managing to miss this. Completed my meetings in London and decided to head home early catching the 14:30 from Padd which was fine - even had working aircon. Looks like still nothing moving out of Padd. Another screwed up evening peak to come  |
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« Reply #1921 on: July 06, 2017, 17:07:47 » |
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Thanks for the heads up! Would my Travel Card from Didcot allow me to go via Marylebone and Oxford?
Judging from Jason's post I would consider the answer to be 'yes' Allow plenty of time though because the Marylebone-Oxford trains get quickly wedged once Paddington is stuffed. They're mostly 5 car units every 30 mins (more in the peak with one loco-hauled service. Fortunately I was on the bus to Paddington so easily diverted to Marylebone and am now sitting in an air conditioned train leaving in ten minutes not stuck at Paddington! |
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« Reply #1922 on: July 06, 2017, 17:07:57 » |
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If its two nights on the trot GWR▸ might need to reinforce those 6 BTP▸ at Paddington that I observed last night.
What an utter utter farce. And zero compensation for season ticket holders for this.
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« Reply #1923 on: July 06, 2017, 17:15:05 » |
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If its two nights on the trot GWR▸ might need to reinforce those 6 BTP▸ at Paddington that I observed last night.
What an utter utter farce. And zero compensation for season ticket holders for this.
And passengers using the Cotswold Line had no morning peak service due to the failure of the 04:50 Hereford blocking the line at Charlbury for two hours. Wonder what the justification will be for not declaring a void day. |
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« Reply #1924 on: July 06, 2017, 17:58:21 » |
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At 17:56 Network Rail engineers are on site, but are unlikley to be able to fix the problem within 2 hrs. Customers are advised to postpone journeys, while those that are able travel at any time tomorrow. |
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« Reply #1925 on: July 06, 2017, 17:58:42 » |
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At least this time the website is saying major disruptions rather than last nights some trains may be delayed up to 30 mins.
I also noticed the Twitter team was being slightly more conciliatory when season tickets complained telling them to email GWR▸ rather than that's your terms and conditions tough. Although that's not going to help the email backlog much.
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« Reply #1926 on: July 06, 2017, 18:05:01 » |
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If it wasn't before, I think it is now time for a deep level cross-industry enquiry regarding the ongoing signalling reliability between Maidenhead and Paddington. There are far too many minor outages and far too many major ones such as today and yesterday. With the ever increasing numbers of people wanting to travel by train, this simply isn't good enough.
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To view my GWML▸ Electrification cab video 'before and after' video comparison, as well as other videos of the new layout at Reading and 'before and after' comparisons of the Cotswold Line Redoubling scheme, see: http://www.dailymotion.com/user/IndustryInsider/ |
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« Reply #1927 on: July 06, 2017, 18:07:46 » |
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At 17:56 Network Rail engineers are on site, but are unlikley to be able to fix the problem within 2 hrs. Customers are advised to postpone journeys, while those that are able travel at any time tomorrow. That's utterly pathetic "postpone journeys"....how are people supposed to get home? |
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« Reply #1928 on: July 06, 2017, 18:17:00 » |
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Spoke to soon. Apparently all lines blocked out of Paddington is a minor disruption. Go customer service.
Any idea if the stoppers from Reading might run some way into London for the final leg of the Waterloo to Reading journey? According to the website all running and all on time.
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« Reply #1929 on: July 06, 2017, 18:30:46 » |
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« Reply #1930 on: July 06, 2017, 18:46:38 » |
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If it wasn't before, I think it is now time for a deep level cross-industry enquiry regarding the ongoing signalling reliability between Maidenhead and Paddington. There are far too many minor outages and far too many major ones such as today and yesterday. With the ever increasing numbers of people wanting to travel by train, this simply isn't good enough.
Hear, hear. This thread should be forwarded to the DfT» . It's an excellent catalogue of the frequent failings of infrastructure in the Thames Valley. The ministers in the department need to start kicking butts at Network Rail. |
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« Reply #1931 on: July 06, 2017, 18:49:49 » |
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The interlocking is connected to the trackside equipment by means of two diverse data links using a pair of Long Distance Terminals (LDT▸ ). I am told the A link failed today and when the techs tried to use the B link it established briefly and then also went down. |
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« Reply #1932 on: July 06, 2017, 18:52:54 » |
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''Better go to plan C, then ''
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« Reply #1933 on: July 06, 2017, 18:54:12 » |
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They have - stop everything.
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