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Title: Signalling problems at Gloucester, 12th March 2010 Post by: Deltic on March 12, 2010, 18:05:34 It seems that they had problems at Gloucester this afternoon with both the 16.31 Cheltenham to Paddington and the 14.51 Great Malvern to Weymouth being delayed by 20 to 30 minutes. As a result of this both are missing stops, with the former running fast from Swindon to Paddington and the latter ran non-stop from Temple Meads to Westbury. Is this a sensible decision to minimise disruption to other services or a cynical ploy to reach the destination within 10 minutes of booked time and thereby avoid financial penalties?
Title: Re: Signalling problems at Gloucester, 12th March 2010 Post by: devon_metro on March 12, 2010, 18:11:37 Sensible considering there is a Paddington train from Swindon at 1759 calling Didcot & Reading.
Title: Re: Signalling problems at Gloucester, 12th March 2010 Post by: Oxman on March 12, 2010, 18:42:17 And don't forget that the set will turn round at Paddington to form a Friday evening down service - which I imagine would be very busy. Turnround times at Paddington are tight in the evening peak, so much better to get the set into Paddington in good time to turn round, without serious disruption to the Friday evening peak service and without delaying the down service.
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