Regarding the LNER^» (London North Eastern Railway - about) twitter thread, someone's remarked that water ingress at the windows is causing issues as it's able to travel to where it can cause galvanic corrosion. LNER's trains run in a somewhat salt-rich environment, and GWR^▸ (Great Western Railway)'s even more so, and this cannot help either.

I'd vote for the 24 hour clock

... I can no longer rely on the rail service on the West of England line. Strikes, landslips, basic maintenance failures...

Was this a pre-cursor to the Hierarchy of users in the latest update of the Highway Code (;

I'd disagree - surely 12am is midnight? And therefore 12pm is midday.

Slightly unusual sight at Westbury........

I have learned over the weekend that I am far from the only one - sounds like APCOA^▸ (Car parking company used at GWR^▸ (Great Western Railway) - controlled stations in the area) or the agents they use may have a systemic problem, but be putting the onus on their customers rather than admitting to the issues.   Is it just me, or does that remind others too of another organisation that's in the news at the moment; the problems of APCOA users, mind you, are many orders of magnitude less.

Alterations to services between London Paddington and Newbury via Reading

Alterations to services between London Paddington and Didcot Parkway via Reading

Answering my own question.  Looking at Realtime Trains it was 166 207 as far as Exeter St Davids and then 150 248 forward from there.   Thinking about it, are turbos cleared on the main line past Newton Abbot?

Got there in the end, the day before normal service resumes!