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« on: December 12, 2012, 16:25:25 »

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14:21 London Paddington to Worcester Foregate Street due 16:44
This train has been delayed at Charlbury and is now 15 minutes late.
This train has started from London Paddington.
This train will call additionally at London Paddington, Slough, Reading, Oxford, Hanborough, Charlbury, Kingham, Moreton-In-Marsh, Honeybourne, Evesham, Pershore, Worcester Shrub Hill and Worcester Foregate Street.
This train will no longer call at London Paddington, Slough, Reading, Oxford, Hanborough, Charlbury, Kingham, Moreton-In-Marsh, Honeybourne, Evesham, Pershore, Worcester Shrub Hill and Worcester Foregate Street.
This is due to an earlier trespass incident.
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« Reply #1 on: December 12, 2012, 16:47:20 »

Some of the information appears to be correct.  The train left Oxford 11 minutes late and was 20 minutes late at Moreton-in-Marsh, so it probably was 15 minutes late at Charlbury and the train did leave London Paddington on time.  The rest of the message is a mystery!
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« Reply #2 on: December 13, 2012, 05:42:44 »

From this morning:

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05:09 Plymouth to London Paddington due 09:44 This train will be started from Taunton.
This train will call additionally at Taunton, Bridgwater, Highbridge & Burnham, Weston-Super-Mare, Worle, Yatton, Nailsea & Backwell, Bristol Temple Meads, Bath Spa, Chippenham, Swindon, Didcot Parkway, Reading and London Paddington.

This train will no longer call at Plymouth, Newton Abbot, Teignmouth, Exeter St Davids, Tiverton Parkway, Taunton, Bridgwater, Highbridge & Burnham, Weston-Super-Mare, Worle, Yatton, Nailsea & Backwell, Bristol Temple Meads, Bath Spa, Chippenham, Swindon, Didcot Parkway, Reading and London Paddington.
This is due to a train fault.

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Owing to IT issues PLEASE IGNORE the narrative paragraphs above in respect of calling points for this train. The stations and times are correctly shown below in the 'Show Calling Stations' section.

I think we have a confused IT system rather than confused trains  Grin
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« Reply #3 on: December 13, 2012, 08:49:29 »

It gets worse.....

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Torquay Facilities:
Ticket Office Closure At Torquay station.
The ticket office will be open from 13/12/2012 09:30 until further notice.

Additional Information:
Please purchase tickets at ticket vending machines, where applicable, or ticket barriers or on-train where no other means of purchasing is available.
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« Reply #4 on: December 13, 2012, 16:26:50 »

Just goes to show too much reliance on computers to provide travel info and not enough human input.
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« Reply #5 on: December 13, 2012, 23:47:04 »

It gets worse.....

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Torquay Facilities:
Ticket Office Closure At Torquay station.
The ticket office will be open from 13/12/2012 09:30 until further notice.

Additional Information:
Please purchase tickets at ticket vending machines, where applicable, or ticket barriers or on-train where no other means of purchasing is available.

Surely that is showing there is a closure of the ticket office, but will be open from 13/12 09:30 ?
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« Reply #6 on: December 19, 2012, 20:23:05 »

Automated announcements are a nightmare at best when things go wrong, at worst a nightmare. See a previous post I sent regarding a shambles at Kingham a few months back. Can't adjust to changing circumstances
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