Sleeper failures in August 2014 - ongoing?

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[TaplowGreen]

Last night's 1A40 PNZ-PAD^» (Paddington (London) - next trains) was terminated at Bristol Parkway due to a train fault apparently.

Last night's 1C99 PAD-PNZ appears to have made it all the way.

Blimey..........not a good week for the sleeper, maybe it should be renamed the Insomnia Express!!!

[bobm]

Last night's 1A40 PNZ-PAD^» (Paddington (London) - next trains) was terminated at Bristol Parkway due to a train fault apparently.

Sorry to doubt you but wasn't that the night before?

[ellendune]

Last night's 1A40 PNZ-PAD^» (Paddington (London) - next trains) was terminated at Bristol Parkway due to a train fault apparently.

That was a funny route to take

[phile]

Historical info left on Journey Check.  Possible confusing because of overnight.

[grahame]

Last night's 1A40 PNZ-PAD^» (Paddington (London) - next trains) was terminated at Bristol Parkway due to a train fault apparently.

That was a funny route to take

We've got an old thread somewhere that came up with a lot (I think it was over a dozen) different routes.

As far west as Plymouth, there are three sections of railway that it must traverse ...
* Paddington to Old Oak
* Exeter St David's to Newton Abbott
* Newton Abbott to Plymouth

There are a lot of tracks from Paddington to Old Oak, and in the event of major problems there alternative arrangements could no doubt be made at Euston / Waterloo / Olypmia.   Exeter to Newton Abbott would be mostly fixed by one of the "new inland line" options talked about to bypass the Dawlish sea wall, and it would also be fixed by Okehampton to Tavistock.  Newton Abbott to Plymouth would also be fixed by Okehampton to Tavistock, but not by the other bypass options.   As we move towards Network Rail's 7 day railway, odd routings will turn up on lots of other super-duper-offpeak services!

[bobm]

In this particular case the answer is closer to home - higher up this thread. 

Delivery at Plymouth, so probably not!


Tonight's up-sleeper will be a HST^▸ (High Speed Train) between Penzance & Plymouth, with the sleeper starting at Plymouth.

..and terminating at Bristol Parkway.

Left Plymouth with a class 57 on each end just for good measure but one failed at Bathampton Junction.  Decision was taken to reverse the train using the one on the back to return to Bristol and use the Rhubarb curve to get to the Badminton Line.  Unfortunately the other loco then failed just after Bristol Parkway where (at 06:45) it sits awaiting assistance to be dragged back to the platform.

[bobm]

57s used to work Cardiff to Taunton but were eventually replaced by 67s to increase reliability.  LHCS^▸ (Locomotive Hauled Coaching Stock) on this route no more now of course.   ATW^▸ (Arriva Trains Wales (former TOC^▸ (Train Operating Company))) used to use 57s on the
Welsh Government Cardiff to Holyhead but replaced them by 67s to increase reliability.

May not be directly attributable to the loco but both yesterday and today's northbound ATW Premier Services from Cardiff have not reached Holyhead.  Yesterday's was terminated at Shrewsbury (which meant no southbound one this morning) and tonight's only reached Abergavenny.   Both listed as train faults.

[Brucey]

57s used to work Cardiff to Taunton but were eventually replaced by 67s to increase reliability.  LHCS^▸ (Locomotive Hauled Coaching Stock) on this route no more now of course.   ATW^▸ (Arriva Trains Wales (former TOC^▸ (Train Operating Company))) used to use 57s on the
Welsh Government Cardiff to Holyhead but replaced them by 67s to increase reliability.

May not be directly attributable to the loco but both yesterday and today's northbound ATW Premier Services from Cardiff have not reached Holyhead.  Yesterday's was terminated at Shrewsbury (which meant no southbound one this morning) and tonight's only reached Abergavenny.   Both listed as train faults.

Tonight's problem is brake issues.  Running ECS^▸ (Empty Coaching Stock) back to Cardiff apparently.

[Gwiwer]

Morning all. New arrival here. 1C99 down sleepers 21/08/2014 left Paddington late for Thursday (well into the small hours of Friday) despite boarding on time.  As I was asleep until we jerked into motion I don't know what time we actually left. Judging by the piles of bedding in the lounge car there seemed to be a problem in one of the sleepers.

Anyone know what time the train actually departed and why it was delayed?

Running was very fast, rough at times, and with the usual hour at Exeter apparently cut to a couple of minutes. Right time was not regained until Hayle by my reckoning.

On the positive side 57605 achieved an end-to-end run and also returned me perfectly punctually on 1A40 Friday night 29th

[Chris from Nailsea]

Welcome to the Coffee Shop forum, Gwiwer, and thanks for giving us all some useful background information when asking your question. 

Personally, I don't know the answer, but I'm sure we have other members here who can help with that one! 

[bobm]

Anyone know what time the train actually departed and why it was delayed?

Left 41 minutes late after fitters fixed an air conditioning fault.