That's good news. I was at Ealing Broadway for the 1707 last night (cancelled, train fault)) and the 1720 was shortformed as a 3 car Turbo (another train fault). Managed to wedge myself on but it was packed beyond description and left many behind on the platform.

Yes it was just shown on the ITV evening News...…….wouldn't want to be the signaller in question!!!

That's a very good point - the world of work is changing, fewer and fewer people work 9-5 and the railways should reflect this - a lot of people work flexibly and/or from home 1 or 2 days a week, a "loadable" season ticket which is on an Oyster^▸ (Smartcard system used by passengers on Transport for London services) card type system and is valid for 30 days worth of trips rather than a calendar month would be a good step forward.

Worth remembering as the blame is shifted between GWR^▸ (Great Western Railway) & Hitachi that this is first and foremost a problem for customers, and try not to lose sight of the impact on them as a consequence of shortforms etc.

If that was the case he'd probably be stuck there for a good few months and it would cost him a fortune to be extracted from it! 

Welcome back to BBQ season! (All cancelled today due to "shortage of train crew")



09:10 Plymouth to Gunnislake due 09:56
10:10 Gunnislake to Plymouth due 10:55
12:41 Gloucester to Cheltenham Spa due 12:51
13:46 Cheltenham Spa to Gloucester due 13:58
14:32 Hereford to London Paddington due 17:59
15:02 Liskeard to Looe due 15:31
15:34 Looe to Liskeard due 16:02
15:50 Exeter St Davids to Penzance due 19:32
16:10 Liskeard to Looe due 16:39
16:42 Looe to Liskeard due 17:10
16:46 Exeter St Davids to Exmouth due 17:19
17:05 Exeter St Davids to Okehampton due 17:50
17:23 Exmouth to Paignton due 18:49
17:35 Liskeard to Looe due 18:04
17:56 Okehampton to Exeter St Davids due 18:41
18:15 Looe to Liskeard due 18:43
18:42 London Paddington to Swindon due 19:35
18:54 Paignton to Exmouth due 20:24
19:00 Penzance to Exeter St Davids due 22:21
19:49 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 22:27
20:15 Liskeard to Looe due 20:44
20:47 Looe to Liskeard due 21:15
20:51 Swindon to London Paddington due 21:54
21:48 Brighton to Portsmouth Harbour due 23:07
23:07 Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads due 23:59
23:25 Exeter St Davids to Exmouth due 23:57
00:01 Exmouth to Exeter St Davids due 00:32

Yes got that, but I think the issue was that the promised provision of buses between London & Reading was chaotic & woefully inadequate, (GWR^▸ (Great Western Railway) tweets seem to bear this out) to the point of eventually giving up & putting people in taxis at 0430.....apparently only one member of staff present to marshal the whole thing.

https://twitter.com/GWRHelp/status/1134981695759929344?s=19

Did any members experience/have any knowledge of this? Sounds pretty awful, people still stranded at Paddington at 0430.

Yes. of course they are, that's not in question. I'm far closer to helping to  alleviate it through my business on a daily basis than you could ever know.
Do you think a proper or acceptable way to mitigate this is to put hundreds of lives at risk by flying drones across Heathrow Airport, or would you agree that it's thoroughly irresponsible and illegal?

It certainly wasn't meant literally! 

Notwithstanding the activities of hypocritical luvvies, I hope that anyone from "Extinction Rebellion" moronic enough to put lives at risk by flying drones near Heathrow is prosecuted to the full extent of the law.

It's very good news for the customer, which is the main point, and a step in the right direction towards enabling navigation through the ridiculous labyrinth of fares, and a means by which customers can be more confident that they are getting the best deal.

Are you channelling Jeremy Corbyn? 🙂

https://www.virgin.com/news/new-split-ticketing-app-will-cut-ps1bn-rail-fares

Excellent idea. Let's hope all TOCs^▸ (Train Operating Company) are obliged to follow suit.

That's Emma Thompson buggered then.

"More trains, more seats, (no surfboards)!"