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Title: Crew shortages ... Weymouth service reduced to a minibus Post by: grahame on November 14, 2020, 17:01:00 A series of 4 cancellations this afternoon:
Quote 22:46 Castle Cary to Weymouth due 23:47 22:46 Castle Cary to Weymouth due 23:47 will be cancelled. This is due to a shortage of train crew. Additional Information A rail replacement minibus has been arranged to operate between Castle Cary and Weymouth. Journey times will be increased by up to 60 minutes. Further Information Off season, engineering curtailed, lockdown ... I suspect a minibus is adequate! While reporting ... 20:33 London Paddington to Cheltenham Spa due 22:34 21:58 London Paddington to Bristol Parkway due 23:23 22:30 London Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads due 00:04 all cancelled for the same reason. Staff using up holiday before the end of the year? Not a good evening for a BBQ! Title: Re: Crew shortages ... Weymouth service reduced to a minibus Post by: bobm on November 14, 2020, 17:57:21 Also a couple of services from London to Weston-super-Mare and Taunton formed of two or three car units from Bristol Temple Meads onwards because of a shortage of IET drivers.
Title: Re: Crew shortages ... Weymouth service reduced to a minibus Post by: grahame on November 15, 2020, 12:21:33 A series of 4 cancellations this afternoon: Quote 22:46 Castle Cary to Weymouth due 23:47 22:46 Castle Cary to Weymouth due 23:47 will be cancelled. This is due to a shortage of train crew. TO clarify the above - that was 4 services (two round trips) on that line yesterday. The other three service I mentioned in the same post were in addition - IET evening trains out of Paddington. And for today ... Quote 11:40 Castle Cary to Weymouth due 12:42 13:25 Weymouth to Castle Cary due 14:27 13:25 Weymouth to Castle Cary due 14:27 will be cancelled. This is due to a problem currently under investigation. Title: Re: Crew shortages ... Weymouth service reduced to a minibus Post by: IndustryInsider on November 15, 2020, 12:27:21 Staff using up holiday before the end of the year? Yes, I should imagine so. Plus of course, the increase in prevalence of Covid cases at the moment means more likelihood of staff self isolating. Title: Re: Crew shortages ... Weymouth service reduced to a minibus Post by: Electric train on November 15, 2020, 17:17:59 Staff using up holiday before the end of the year? Yes, I should imagine so. Plus of course, the increase in prevalence of Covid cases at the moment means more likelihood of staff self isolating. There are a couple of ToC I deal with who have a number of train crew either of sick with Covid or are having to self isolate due to a family member testing positive. This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |