05:46 Exeter St Davids to London Paddington due 08:38
This train has been revised.It will no longer call at: Castle Cary, Westbury, Pewsey, Hungerford and Newbury.This is due to a train fault.
It was fascinating to see how a train problem at Exeter St Davids meant that people in Theale/Midgham/Aldermaston didn't get to work on time.
Removing the call at Newbury saw the communting throng (expecting a
HST▸ ) all trying to get onto the stopping service to Reading to make a connection. By the time the two coach Turbo left Newbury it was already packed in the aisles and doorways. As it stopped at each intermediate station a few lucky people found a way on (just) but many were left behind with a wait for the next stopper. I guess few people who missed the train realised the reason they were late was a problem at Exeter and a decision not to stop an HST at Newbury.
A classic knock-on effect.