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1	All across the Great Western territory / Across the West / Re: Infrastructure problems in Thames Valley causing disruption elsewhere - ongoing, since Oct 2014	on: March 28, 2024, 19:59:48
According to this X post from someone stuck at Dorking West the 17:29 GTW-RDG^‡(resolve) has struck a tree: https://twitter.com/Flipthecoin3/status/1773434707281055793

2	All across the Great Western territory / Across the West / Re: would you like your own LIVE train station departure board?	on: March 26, 2024, 11:20:41
Geoff Marshall has covered these a few times on his YouTube channel, here's his most recent video about them from 4 months ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsImUtqSCZg

3	All across the Great Western territory / Across the West / Re: Vivarail chosen for fast charging trial on the Greenford branch	on: February 16, 2024, 12:02:31
Tim Dunn is aboard and reporting live on X (link to thread): https://twitter.com/MrTimDunn/status/1758447007469895732

4	Journey by Journey / London to Reading / Re: Paddington Disruption 8 Feb 2024	on: February 08, 2024, 11:37:05
AIUI^▸ (as I understand it) it the train involved is 1C10 10:30 PAD^» (Paddington (London) - next trains)-WSM and the incident occured near Hanwell. This appears to be confirmed by Open Train Times and from this post on X from a passenger on board that (looking backwards) clearly shows signal SN232 which is the junction signal on the UR for the curve round to Drayton Green: https://twitter.com/MetalDetectorUK/status/1755547860089639173

5	All across the Great Western territory / Across the West / Re: Problems with IET trains from April 2021	on: February 02, 2024, 13:47:18
Industry expert Gareth Dennis has posted on X some quite alarming photos of corrosion on LNER^» (London North Eastern Railway - about) Azumas^▸ (Brand name for Class 80x trains on LNER): https://twitter.com/GarethDennis/status/1753413827067097297

6	All across the Great Western territory / Across the West / Re: Infrastructure problems in Thames Valley causing disruption elsewhere - ongoing, since Oct 2014	on: January 10, 2024, 19:35:52
Scenes at PAD^» (Paddington (London) - next trains) this evening on a TikTok video: https://www.tiktok.com/@thesmilingfoodjournal/video/7322553099493690657?lang=en Quote Commuter chaos at Paddington Station with yet more #traincancellations and delays leaving passengers with limited information and staff not letting commuters through the barriers

7	All across the Great Western territory / Across the West / Re: Travel advice 4th January onwards	on: January 04, 2024, 21:21:04
Quote from: eightonedee on January 04, 2024, 21:17:29 Quote There's something going on in the Pangbourne/Goring area, presumably the fatality incident - 1C90 1703 PAD^» (Paddington (London) - next trains)» -PNZ has been stuck there for 3 hours now. This is shown on Journey Check as "terminated at Reading......due to flooding", but is apparently a Hants & Berks routed service that should not be going via Goring & Streatley. It is however still Open Train Times as halted at signal 805 just east of Goring..... A minute or two ago I saw this from someone stuck on that train: https://twitter.com/SaraRoseAllen/status/1743018485033164828 Quote @GWRHelp I'm on the static train that had the fatality at Pangbourne. Can I do a public shoutout for the amazing staff on this train who are doing all they can for us, and remaining positive in a clearly distressing situation. Please pass on my huge admiration of them.

8	All across the Great Western territory / Across the West / Re: Travel advice 4th January onwards	on: January 04, 2024, 21:03:13
There's something going on in the Pangbourne/Goring area, presumably the fatality incident - 1C90 1703 PAD^» (Paddington (London) - next trains)-PNZ has been stuck there for 3 hours now.

9	All across the Great Western territory / Across the West / Re: Infrastructure problems in Thames Valley causing disruption elsewhere - ongoing, since Oct 2014	on: December 15, 2023, 08:03:15
I've just been monitoring 1K03, the 06:00 from Bedwyn (which I used to regularly take from Twyford when I commuted from there) - it left Bedwyn 5 minutes late and arrived at PAD^» (Paddington (London) - next trains) 49 late having taken 34 minutes to get from West Drayton to Southall.

10	All across the Great Western territory / Across the West / Re: Infrastructure problems in Thames Valley causing disruption elsewhere - ongoing, since Oct 2014	on: December 13, 2023, 15:51:01
Groundhog day Quote A broken rail between London Paddington and Reading / Heathrow Airport means trains have to run at reduced speeds on some lines. As a result, trains may be cancelled or delayed by up to 15 minutes. This is expected until the end of the day. Looking at Open Train Times Maps there seems to be a queue of trains at a standstill currently on the UM from Ealing Broadway back to Hanwell. And now they're on the move but being switched to the UR at Acton West.

11	Journey by Journey / Thames Valley Branches / Re: Reading Green Park	on: December 12, 2023, 15:51:16
Reading Buses has announced that from January 2nd route 9 ('buzz 9') will be extended from Whitley Wood to Green Park Station via Imperial Way and will run Mondays to Saturdays: https://www.reading-buses.co.uk/timetable-changes-tuesday-2-january

12	All across the Great Western territory / Across the West / Re: Infrastructure problems in Thames Valley causing disruption elsewhere - ongoing, since Oct 2014	on: December 10, 2023, 11:20:30
Quote from: GBM on December 10, 2023, 10:18:35 infoman has posted similar at http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/coffeeshop/index.php?topic=28248.new#new GWR^▸ (Great Western Railway)'s post on X has about 50 very disgruntled replies: https://twitter.com/GWRHelp/status/1733780947252699427

13	All across the Great Western territory / Across the West / Re: Infrastructure problems in Thames Valley causing disruption elsewhere - ongoing, since Oct 2014	on: December 07, 2023, 22:37:31
Quote from: TaplowGreen on December 07, 2023, 21:08:36 Quote from: nickswift99 on December 07, 2023, 21:05:07 Looks like nothing moving from Paddington to Slough. A sorry end to the week. Stranded trains being evacuated by the emergency services outside Paddington & Reading according to GWR^▸ (Great Western Railway) Twitter feed. Far more detailed information on the National Rail website. Problems expected until 0900 tomorrow. https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/service-disruptions/london-paddington-20231207/ Screenshot from X attached: https://twitter.com/Charles83230639/status/1732888947221479921

14	All across the Great Western territory / Across the West / Re: Infrastructure problems in Thames Valley causing disruption elsewhere - ongoing, since Oct 2014	on: November 30, 2023, 10:49:32
Quote from: TaplowGreen on November 30, 2023, 08:23:41 Quote from: TaplowGreen on November 30, 2023, 07:02:42 Continuing all day today, with repairs apparently being undertaken tonight. BBC^» (British Broadcasting Corporation - home page) London just ran a story on it reporting 4 similar incidents in 8 days and showing pictures of the broken rails. Alterations to services between London Paddington and Reading Due to a broken rail between London Paddington and Reading trains have to run at reduced speed on some lines. Train services running to and from these stations may be delayed or revised. Disruption is expected until the end of the day. And just to add to the ongoing fun & games, now this...... Alterations to services between Slough and London Paddington Due to a points failure between Slough and London Paddington some lines towards London Paddington are blocked. Train services running to and from these stations may be delayed or revised. Disruption is expected until 11:00 30/11. It looks like there was some sort of issue between EAL^▸ (Ealing Broadway Station) and PAD^» (Paddington (London) - next trains), e.g. the 07:16 EL service from MAI^▸ (Maidenhead station) took 75 minutes to travel between those two stations: https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:L79515/2023-11-30/detailed EDIT: I've just seen this blog post from IanVisits, the delays were due to a broken down train at PAD: https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/observances-of-the-elizabeth-line-problems-this-morning-67829/

15	All across the Great Western territory / Across the West / Re: Infrastructure problems in Thames Valley causing disruption elsewhere - ongoing, since Oct 2014	on: November 26, 2023, 21:31:15
Bad news for tomorrow morning: Disruption to Great Western Railway services between Reading and London Paddington expected until 10:00 on Monday 27 November Urgent repairs to the track between Reading and London Paddington means some lines will be blocked. As a result of this, trains may be cancelled or delayed. Disruption is expected until 10:00 on Monday 27 November. Customer Advice: A Track Circuit Failure means some lines between Reading and London Paddington will be blocked on Monday 27 November. Ticket acceptance is in place with the following train operators: Chiltern Railways from Oxford to London Marylebone. London Underground from London Marylebone and London Waterloo to London Paddington. South Western Railway from Reading to London Waterloo.

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