For the record, yesterday's meltdown:
1W02 11:52 Paddington - Hereford : arrived Great Malvern 70 late and cancelled thereafter.
1W25 12:51 Paddington - Foregate Street : departed 14 late, arrived Shrub Hill 16 late and terminated there.
1W27 13:50 London Paddington to Great Malvern : cancelled throughout.
1W29 14:53 London Paddington to Foregate Street : cancelled between Oxford and Worcester Foregate Street "due to an issue with the train crew (TH)".
1W30 15:23 Paddington - Foregate St : Started from Reading 13 late. On time into Foregate Street.
1W31 15:52 London Paddington to Great Malvern : left 7 late. +31 at Reading. +37 at Oxford. Passed Norton +33, but took 25 minutes from there to Shrub Hill (+53). Cancelled after Foregate Street.
2E14 17:04 Didcot - Moreton : Sat at Oxford for 20 minutes. Arrived Moreton +24.
1W33 16:58 London Paddington to Great Malvern : cancelled throughout.
1W03 17:34 London Paddington to Hereford : cancelled throughout.
1W34 17:57 London Paddington to Worcester Foregate Street : cancelled throughout.
1W36 18:57 London Paddington to Great Malvern : left +2, +9 at Reading, sat at Oxford for 12 minutes (+21), arrived Great Malvern +30.
1W05 19:53 London Paddington to Hereford : RTT» reports departed +32, sat at Reading for 10 minutes (+44), +46 at Shrub Hill, arrived Hereford +35.
1W41 20:52 London Paddington to Great Malvern : cancelled throughout.
1W43 21:53 London Paddington to Worcester Shrub Hill : Left +8, arrived +13.
1W45 22:51 London Paddington to Worcestershire Parkway : ran more-or-less to time.
1P04 13:18 Hereford to Paddington : Cancelled after Reading.
1P34 15:17 Foregate St - Paddington : started from Shrub Hill, arrived Reading +8 and terminated there.
1P05 15:18 Hereford to Paddington : started from Great Malvern, arrived Oxford -1 and terminated there.
1P38 16:32 Great Malvern to London Paddington : cancelled throughout.
1P39 17:26 Foregate St - Paddington : started from Oxford (+11 - "an issue with the train crew"). Held at Didcot avoiding line (+45), sat at Reading for 14, Paddingtom +58.
1P40 18:02 Worcester Foregate Street to London Paddington : on time to Oxford. Sat at Didcot for 27 (+43), arrived Paddington +41.
1P42 19:05 Great Malvern to London Paddington : started from Foregate St, held at Charlbury (+12), arrived Paddington +18.
1P44 19:45 Great Malvern to London Paddington : cancelled throughout.
1P46 20:56 Worcester Foregate Street to London Paddington : cancelled throughout.
1P06 22:00 Hereford to Paddington : ran from Oxford to Reading.
What a way to run a railroad!
From buddliea growing out of masonry, to overflowing drains, to massive vegetation growth on the lineside, it's easy to see that basic maintenance tasks are not being given the attention that they have been, in the past. Unexciting basics like keeping drains flowing and vegetation cut-back go a long way towards reducing the occurrence of landslips
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