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Title: Short forms in Cornwall due to Whiteball Tunnel works Post by: grahame on February 25, 2019, 20:50:54 From Plymouth Live (https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymouth-news/fury-unacceptable-dangerous-overcrowding-plymouth-2582770)
Quote Fury at 'unacceptable and dangerous' overcrowding on Plymouth to Penzance train GWR has been accused of allowing "unacceptable and dangerous" overcrowding on a train that left Plymouth headed for Penzance in Cornwall this afternoon. Chelsie Pearce, who is travelling to Truro, shared photos of conditions on the train - where she says passengers have been "packed on like sardines" - at 4.22pm, less that half an hour after it left Plymouth. She tweeted GWR and said: "GWRHelp imagine paying £10 for a train ticket and being packed on like sardines! 4pm when all the schools, colleges, commuters and unis leave. 10 carriage train reduced to a 2 carriage- unacceptable and dangerous." GWR responded: "Sorry for any discomfort on your journey. We use all available carriages during peak travelling times. More capacity is coming over the course of the year as more new trains are delivered, which allows us to cascade existing carriages to support other routes. "It's usually a five carriage Intercity Express Train but with the upgrade works in the tunnels between Exeter and Taunton it's not available during the work." Logic suggests to me that if the IETs aren't running through Whiteball Tunnel and are only running every 2 hours via The Mule (Honiton), then shouldn't more be available for other services rather than less? Not the only short form ... 5 cars from Chippenham into Bristol at about 12:45 today .... Title: Re: Short forms in Cornwall due to Whiteball Tunnel works Post by: SandTEngineer on February 26, 2019, 07:55:45 Grahame, I think it might be because the diversions are mostly HSTs sourced from Laira and there aren't many left now. Also I suspect there might be 'contractural issues' concerned with getting IETs back to their home depots on time for maintenance etc.
Title: Re: Short forms in Cornwall due to Whiteball Tunnel works Post by: grahame on February 26, 2019, 08:11:45 Grahame, I think it might be because the diversions are mostly HSTs sourced from Laira and there aren't many left now. Also I suspect there might be 'contractural issues' concerned with getting IETs back to their home depots on time for maintenance etc. Oh - I suspect so. But is explaining to customers who turn up for a train that it's badly under normal length that it's to do with contactual issues between different parts of the rail industry is going to be something they'll appreciate and understand the need for, or will they reasonably say "you should have sorted this out between yourselves in preparation for these three weeks"? Title: Re: Short forms in Cornwall due to Whiteball Tunnel works Post by: SandTEngineer on February 26, 2019, 08:18:12 ...mmm. I think they need to address that question to their local MPs. Oh, hold on a minute, they have other things on their plates at the moment.... ::)
Title: Re: Short forms in Cornwall due to Whiteball Tunnel works Post by: njt on February 28, 2019, 17:43:34 9 car Class 802 on 2C48 today.
Title: Re: Short forms in Cornwall due to Whiteball Tunnel works Post by: bobm on February 28, 2019, 18:02:29 ..and the return service (obviously ;D)
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