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All across the Great Western territory / Buses and other ways to travel / Re: Integrated travel - should be a routine alternative at times of disruption?
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on: July 01, 2023, 11:37:58
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But hang on a moment - what if our public transport system was treated as a network? What if buses and trains talked to each other?
"OOOze gonna pay for it?". Nobody. It's already paid for. Both trains and buses are under the tight management regulation of the public sector, all the alternative services I have mentioned are running already, financed already, and with (I can be pretty sure) space available for Phil and his two fellow passengers.
In Cornwall, First Kernow are run as a commercial service - they run if profitable. GoCornwall/Transport for Cornwall are run on a council subsidy, so tend to run in the early mornings/late evening/Sundays, etc. There are reports that even bus services that are supposed to connect to each other don't. Largely due to traffic, temporary road works, diversions, lack of staff, etc. Almost impossible to run a connected service on time. If a train is delayed - should the bus wait? Delaying it even a few minutes will give it late running further down that schedule, possibly missing other connection slots. No easy answer.
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All across the Great Western territory / Across the West / Re: Shortage of train crews on Great Western Railway since September 2017 - ongoing discussion
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on: July 01, 2023, 11:10:57
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11:14 Newquay to London Paddington due 15:57 11:14 Newquay to London Paddington due 15:57 will be terminated at Plymouth. It will no longer call at Newton Abbot, Exeter St Davids, Reading and London Paddington. This is due to a shortage of train crew.
This one seems to have become the 'Melksham' service to be curtailed, especially at weekends. Latterly either curtailed completely or curtailed at Plymouth.
Weekends looking increasingly bleak for shortage of crew. Interesting that this thread has been going since September 2017 and GWR▸ are still short (of staff AND trains)!
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Journey by Journey / London to the West / Re: Half term Havoc ?
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on: June 27, 2023, 07:14:09
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This forum title ought to renamed to something else now, as half term has long passed. However, delays to crew, shortages of crews, line and equipment failure, concerts (sorry, festivals), shortages of trains all appear in other forum branches, so no one section totally applicable!
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All across the Great Western territory / Introductions and chat / Re: Out and about, June, 2023
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on: June 25, 2023, 08:52:50
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I claim the wooden spoon. I would have scored one - I'd have guessed Pompe[y], and I hadn't even noticed the Westbury sign. Mind you, I have an excuse - I've never been to any of the stations, at least not the ones mentioned by PhilWakeley.
Lovely job Phil, well done. I'm with PrestburyRoad, total 1. I noticed a station sign but don't know how to enlarge pictures, so didn't. I was going for Taunton somewhere as that's as famous as Melksham, but hadn't seen any 3rd rail placements there recently. Portsmouth Harbour, Fareham were part of my pre-teen years as stayed with an Aunt and Uncle in Gosport. Not been back train-wise since.
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Journey by Journey / London to the West / Re: Half term Havoc ?
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on: June 24, 2023, 12:33:43
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Mods - please move as required - not the correct post to put this but..
Cancellations to services between Plymouth and Penzance Due to a points failure between Plymouth and Penzance the line towards Penzance is blocked. Train services running to and from these stations may be cancelled or delayed. Disruption is expected until 13:15 24/06. And Cancellations to services between Gunnislake and Bere Alston Due to a points failure between Gunnislake and Bere Alston the line towards Gunnislake is blocked. Train services running to and from these stations may be cancelled. Disruption is expected until 14:30 24/06.
Two excursions are Penzance bound today, having lost considerable time between Newton Abbot and Plymouth. Also delays on service trains. If the line is blocked between Plymouth and Penzance, why is delaying services from Newton?
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