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Journey by Journey => London to Swindon and Bristol => Topic started by: tomL on July 08, 2015, 17:55:45



Title: 'Poor Rail Conditions'
Post by: tomL on July 08, 2015, 17:55:45
Quote
Due to poor rail conditions between Chippenham and Swindon the Swindon bound line is blocked.
Impact:
Train services running through these stations may be cancelled, delayed by up to 30 mins or revised. Disruption is expected until the end of the day.

The real loser here seems to be the 16:30 from BRI. Stuck outside Chippenham with a freight train right up it's rear behind it.


Title: Re: 'Poor Rail Conditions'
Post by: IndustryInsider on July 08, 2015, 17:56:34
Kink in the rail.


Title: Re: 'Poor Rail Conditions'
Post by: ChrisB on July 08, 2015, 21:23:23
Heat-related or damage by rogue train


Title: Re: 'Poor Rail Conditions'
Post by: Chris from Nailsea on July 08, 2015, 21:31:09
Is that a question, or a statement?  ;)


Title: Re: 'Poor Rail Conditions'
Post by: ChrisB on July 08, 2015, 21:41:14
Oops, the ? dropped off....


Title: Re: 'Poor Rail Conditions'
Post by: John R on July 08, 2015, 22:35:32
I'm puzzled as to why the 1700 PAD to BRI was terminated at SWI, but then ran ECS along it's normal route around 20 mins later.  Apart from the fact that it was travelling in the opposite direction, normal practice would have been to divert it via Hullavington if the usual route was unavailable. Especially as the 1630 ex PAD passed in the same direction 10 minutes earlier without delay. 


Title: Re: 'Poor Rail Conditions'
Post by: ChrisB on July 09, 2015, 10:24:05
Strike started at 1830 didn't it?.....suspect the guard wanted home.


Title: Re: 'Poor Rail Conditions'
Post by: OxfordNick on July 09, 2015, 10:33:39
Kink in the rail.
Happened to be on the Ill-fated 16:30 from BTM last night - Kink in the rail was the given reason, but I didnt detect it being any kinker than normal when we did finally get moving.

Handled well by train staff I thought - plenty of announcing / walking thru the train / free water - coffee - tea ; would have been nice to have had a little more info about what the process was (presuably someone needed to do an inspection & it just took time to get out there) but I guess they were as much in the dark as we were.




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